? Laptop is running constantly at maximum speed

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My laptop, Dell Inspiron 1150 2,800 MHZ is now running at it's maximum
speed after I rendered a home movie. Previously, my laptop's performance
would vary depending on load.

Does anyone know what has happened?

Thanks

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Sam wrote:

> I solved the problem on my own. Just want to share the fix. The
> rendering s/w adjusted the power management settings. I went into
> Control Panel > Power and changed it back to my previous settings.
> Sneaking thing for the s/w to do without letting me know.

Sneaky, but smart. Too many PC users won't think of changing their
power management settings before rendering something for hours on end
(i.e. don't you hate it when you're watching a DVD and the screen saver
comes on?)

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BillW50 wrote:
> "Michael Lee" <gte980p@prism.gatech.edu> wrote in message
> news3mqfd$8vk$2@news-int2.gatech.edu...
> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:22:46 -0400
>
> (i.e. don't you hate it when you're watching a DVD and the screen
> saver comes on?)
>
> Why are you using a screen saver with a LCD screen anyway? As they
> don't have the burn in problem. Nor does modern CRTs (unless the
> brightness is up way too high). Now plasma screens have a real
> serious problem with burn in.

In addition, why give up _any_ resources to keep a screensaver constantly
running in the background?

--
James

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Michael Lee wrote:
> JHEM wrote:
>
>> In addition, why give up _any_ resources to keep a screensaver
>> constantly running in the background?
>
> Good point. I should turn off screensaver and just use the monitor
> turnoff function in its place right? I guess I never thought much
> about what affects battery life.. no wonder I never got more than 1.5
> hrs of battery life on my old laptop (I'm spoiled now w/my Centrino
> chipset).

Yep, just set the display to turn off after whatever period of time you're
comfortable with.

Regards,

James

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Hi Duncan... Well I did a Google search through 100 links for "TFT burn
in" and here is what is typically said:

Screen Burn-in: TFT LCD VGA or video monitors do not suffer from screen
burn-in. Although most CRT displays today also avoid this issue, because
of the way TFT LCD monitors are manufactured, there is no risk of burn-
in caused by nonmoving images that are displayed for a long period of
time.

http://www.aeicomp.com/

Although only one forum, someone claimed just as you did. This was at:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/arc [...] 55858.html

Although the last poster admitted that any burn in images doesn't stay
permanent. I've never seen this myself. And I keep the same image on my
TFT displays often for days.


Cheers!


___________________________________________
Bill (using a HP AMD 1.2GHZ & Windows 2000)
-- written and edited within Word 2000



"Duncan J Murray" <duncan.murray@remove.this.bit.medical-
school.and.this.bit.oxford.ac.uk> wrote in message
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:47:10 +0100

I'm sure I've seen TFTs with burn-in.

Duncan.

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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"Michael Lee" <gte980p@prism.gatech.edu> wrote in message
news3mqfd$8vk$2@news-int2.gatech.edu...
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:22:46 -0400

(i.e. don't you hate it when you're watching a DVD and the screen
saver comes on?)

Why are you using a screen saver with a LCD screen anyway? As they don't
have the burn in problem. Nor does modern CRTs (unless the brightness is
up way too high). Now plasma screens have a real serious problem with
burn in.


Cheers!


___________________________________________
Bill (using a HP AMD 1.2GHZ & Windows 2000)
-- written and edited within Word 2000