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0 pointsjmclnx1y ago0 comments

I accidentally tested the battery today, I forgot to plug it in :)

So, just shy of 2 hours the level was at 5%, I usually run at Frequency 2200, the range is 1200 -- 2601. The lower the frequency, the longer the battery life. You can set on NetBSD freq. using:

sudo /sbin/sysctl -w machdep.cpu.frequency.target=2200

I set it via an entry in root's cron on reboot.

For resolution via the laptop screen is 1366x768, that is the highest on the Laptop monitor. As you can see it is a bit odd for some reason. On my external monitor I can go to 1920x1080 at about 60Hz. I think there were various models of the T430 and some had higher resolutions.

Note: The battery is original and is the larger Thinkpad battery. You can find new batteries on the WEB. I always use the T430 plugged in.

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grecy1y ago

Thanks for the info.

> just shy of 2 hours the level was at 5%

Ouch. That is unworkable for me, and would be very hard to deal with.

> For resolution via the laptop screen is 1366x768

Oh wow, that is a very low resolution, and wouldn't be good enough for editing photos and video.

> I always use the T430 plugged in.

I'm always shocked to see this. What is the point of a laptop you just use plugged in? Lower quality (and res) screen, bad thermals, lack of cheap expansion, and you're just tied to a desk anyway. It seems a basic desktop would run rings around it.

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