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[Matthew Percival <matthew_percival@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,
I would highly recommend following this tutorial to undervolt your Adamo.  Or 
any other laptop, for that matter.

http://openmindedbrain.info/09/05/2010/undervolting-in-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lts/

I've found undervolting to be an important step in the proper functioning of any 
laptop.  My Macbook Air, for example, was almost unusable before undervolting 
it.  Any kind of video would eventually overheat the processors.

The stock voltages applied to the various steps of the Adamo's CPUs are way too 
high.  Resulting in heat and excessive battery drain.  While undervolting my 
Adamo, I found that the test script ran all the way down to zero without 
stopping on the first pass.  I thought that to be too low, so I arbitrarily 
chose the following settings for my Adamo (12 8 4 0).  The numbers correspond to 
voltages and will make sense as you follow the tutorial.  Each CPU is different, 
so your mileage may vary.

Seriously, it may seem like a pain, but it's very easy to do.  You'll wonder why 
you didn't do it sooner.

Matthew Percival


Albert Vilella wrote:
ccing to the mailing list.  On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:53 PM, aofiaod 
<blaunchpad@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Have any of you upgraded to Ubuntu 10/Lucid? > > 
My laptop is running seriously hot, the battery is subsequently draining > fast, 

& can't figure out why. > > Adamo 13/A01 > -- > This message was sent from 
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