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    • K
      kejianshi
      last edited by

      Did you try deleting powerD altogether and running without it?  (-:

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        trahajopro86
        last edited by

        Do you mean just leaving it turned off, or actually removing it?

        I can't remember, but I think it was unchecked by default. I only learned about the powerD feature after initially researching the issue (and then enabling it and trying different settings).

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          kejianshi
          last edited by

          I mean delete it.  Uninstall it and see if things are better.

          (So you are saying you had this problem before powerD?)

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            75W seems incredibly high for a laptop running any OS.
            What temperature is it actually running?

            Steve

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              kejianshi
              last edited by

              Also, see if your laptop has any issues with FreeBSD.

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                trahajopro86
                last edited by

                @stephenw10:

                75W seems incredibly high for a laptop running any OS.
                What temperature is it actually running?

                Steve

                Ha ha.. I Agree! it only turns into a "heater" running pfSense ;-) Running anything besides pfSense is fine. Running pfSense make the laptop hot to the touch.

                -Tracy

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                  kejianshi
                  last edited by

                  Press the update button.  See if problem persists.

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                    trahajopro86
                    last edited by

                    @kejianshi:

                    Press the update button.  See if problem persists.

                    I previously tried the update (2.2.1) and had the same issue. I reinstalled from scratch just before that last screenshot.

                    Just for giggles, I took the HDD out of the Thinkpad x201 and put it into a Thinkpad T420 and it doesn't seem to have the same issue. The same HDD install is running at about 28 ~ 35 watts and just over 40 degrees C.

                    Must be something specific to the x201 even though very similar to the t420. Seems like FreeBSD just doesn't like the x201 since it runs fine with any other OS.

                    Thanks Everyone!

                    -Tracy

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                      kejianshi
                      last edited by

                      Yeah - This last one looks good.

                      Are you sure that you are not having a cooling problem with the hardware and that maybe the other OSs might be throttling the crap out of the CPU freqs to keep it cool?

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        You have powerd running on the cooler laptop.

                        Steve

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