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Anyone else out there using Norton's Essential for Powerbook (NEP) on a PB100?
I'm having a problem with one of its features, which perhaps one of you could
help me verify.

In the battery saver module, it allows one to adjust something called
"Minutes Until Processor Rests". Supposedly, this allows one to set
the interval in which the machine would shift it's CPU clock rate down from
16Mhz to 1 Mhz (on a PB100) when the machine detects no user I/O.

Using a little program (Edison) that continuously displays the CPU
clock rate, I timed this interval at 15 seconds without NEP installed
(just like the Power Manager chapter in Inside Mac VI said it should be)
With NEP installed, and setting the "Minutes Until Processor Rests" value
to N seconds, I measured the actual rest interval as N + 15  seconds;
ie, setting this value to 5 seconds (the minimum allowed) actually made
the rest interval 20 seconds, 5 seconds more than normal!

I've already faxed a problem report to Symantec's tech support and also
talked with one of them directly to discuss this problem (about 2 weeks ago),
but the person I spoke with hadn't heard of this behavior and they
haven't come back to me with a resolution.

I don't know if this problem is just related to PB100's in general or
specifically to my setup (PB100 8/120 w/vanilla system 7.0.1, no other inits
besides NEP)

Also, can someone using Connectix' CPU or Bill Steingberg's PBTools verify
if these programs correctly sets the "Minutes Until Processor Rests" interval?
Thanks.


						- jaime villacorte

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