On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >
>
> > Reducing the speed of your CD-ROM helps as well. I know a friend who played
> > MP3s from CD on his notebook. Everytime he started playing a new song his
> > zillion-speed CD-ROM player had to spin up to lightspeed, consuming lots of
> > power. Reducing the speed to single-speed helped a lot.
>
> I use the DVD ROM very seldom and AFAICT it's off or at least in standby most
> of the time, but thanks for the hint anyway.
>
Should also reduce the noise somewhat, which I find even more appealing, but
How did you do it, Geert? Is this a hdparm option?
Cheers,
Derek
