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Fitlet: Installing Linux Mint 17.3

667 bytes removed, 12:36, 16 December 2015
/* Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) */
* In VLC you need to select Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Hardware-accelerated decoding->Video Acceleration (VA) API
== Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) ==
* It's a mechanism where a SATA controller can put the disk into a very low power mode during periods of zero I/O activity and into an active power state when work needs to be done. Tests show that this can save some power and decrease mSATA average temperature.
* Create text file /etc/pm/power.d/sata_alpm
#!/bin/sh
for i in /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy; do
echo min_power > $i
done
* Make it executable
$ sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/power.d/sata_alpm
* Reboot, SATA power management policy has been changed
$ cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy
min_power
min_power
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