Hello Folks,
Has anyone succeeded in reducing the power consumption of the "AMD Turion 64 Mobile" processor? I've got one in a laptop and it gets hot even when the computer does nothing. Not only does this consume battery juice but most annoying is that the rather loud fan comes on all the time. In meetings people turn around to see whether some microscopic Learjet has landed.
I was hoping that this "AMD PowerNow!" scheme would at least come close to what my old early 90's laptop had. That one offered three user selectable clock speeds. Full blast, half, and next to nothing. Not so here in the oh so modern world of 2007. Looked up and down the web and usenet. All one can get is a kind of meter applet from AMD that shows voltage and speed. But I'd like some handles and buttons here ;-)