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"Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@loop.com> said the following on the auspicious date
of 98-03-24:
>On Tue, 24 Mar 98 22:10:28 -0600, jeffj@ro.com wrote:
>>I have a ThinkPad 765D running OS/2 v4, fix pack 5. When I run it on
>>battery power and the battery metter program is running, I sometimes see
>>high CPU usage. When the system is idle, I may see more than 1/3 CPU time
>>in use with the CPU stuck in its slowest speed. When allowed to adjust its
>>speed, I see idle CPU usage of 8 to 10% -- more than twice the normal when
>>plugged in.
>>
>>It just seems to be the battery meter program. Has anyone else seen this?
>>
>Have you tried Warp 6? I don't know if it will give you the same font
>trouble I had (but as shown in my sig, works on this machine fine), but
>it changes the APM applet, and adds 1.2 compatiblity, so that might help.
I've been hesitant to install fixpack 6 because of the amount of traffic
on news groups regarding problems related to it. I was thinking I might
wait for the next fixpack. I'm still using fixpack 4 on my desktop (works
great, so I won't mess with it just yet).
>Also, if you'd like, I can send you an OS/2 VIO program that shows
>running processes, because there could be a runaway process that's eating
>your CPU time.
I do have such a program, and just got Process Commander in the mail
today. I don't think there was a runaway process, with the exception of
the battery meter.
>Also, when you talked about adjusting the CPU's speed, is this in the
>BIOS?
I made the adjustment from the command line ps2 program.
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