Thanks a lot, Eric. I'll try it. Greetings,
Ramón Riera El sáb., 20 sept. 2025 12:14, Eric Auer via Freedos-user < [email protected]> escribió: > > Hi! If you want to use FreeDOS on 10+ year old laptops > and reduce heat and power consumption, then you may want > to use FDAPM APMDOS (or similar FDAPM settings) and maybe > even something like FDAPM SPEED4 to reduce CPU speed via > ACPI control if your ACPI tables are simple enough for > FDAPM. You may want to read the FDAPM docs first. > > If anything crashes, you can keep the power button pressed > for several seconds to force a power off. Test the settings > before you add them to your autoexec or config, or use boot > menus, F5 or F8 to selectively skip some steps at boot. > > Regards, Eric > > PS: Using idlehalt and FDAPM at the same time would be > somewhat redundant, but should not cause other problems. > IDLEHALT uses no memory, FDAPM does not need much either. > > > > > Thanks a lot, Rugxulo. > > > > I have a few older laptops. The newest one is about 10 years old. > Although > > I can run light versions of Linux correctly but I love the immediacy of > > FreeDos. The only drawback I find with FreeDos is that It use the full > > power of the CPU and my laptops get hot. > > > > I've tried to solve this problem with IDLEHALT=-1 and a laptop cooling > pad, > > with some success. In any case, I don't like to spend long hours sitting > in > > front of the computer and I prefer to work in short periods, alternating > > between reading or walking, so I think I've solved this problem of > > overheating. > > > > When I have the budget, I'm thinking of buying an inexpensive PC with a > > processor that works well with FreeDos and doesn't get hot. I don't know > if > > one exists. > > > > Thanks for your suggestion about RAM Drive. I'll use it. > > > > Thanks again, Rugxulo. > > > > Thanks FreeDos!!! > > > > Ramón Riera > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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