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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:03:04 +0200
From: Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be>
To: Liakakis Kostas <kostas@skiathos.physics.auth.gr>
Cc: Jan Niehusmann <jan@gondor.com>,
        "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover@intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: VCool - cool your Athlon/Duron during idle
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On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 02:48:24PM +0300, Liakakis Kostas wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Jan Niehusmann wrote:
> 
> > (asus writes that one of the problems that can happen with this power
> > saving mode are the huge changes in power dissipation, from 60W to 5W
> > and back - therefore I assume the power saving mode can save up to 55W)
> 
> The problem they are describing is not the change in power dissipation,
> but the change in current draw from the regulated 1.75V (difference of
> about 30A or more).

And what do you think power is?
Maybe it's the voltage times the current?


Kurt