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Why does my (HP Pavilion) notebook have an accelerometer?
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I have an HP Pavilion DM3 notebook, running Debian Squeeze GNU/Linux (although I doubt that's relevant to my question). Browsing through the device manager listing, I found an entry for an "ST LIS3LV02DL Accelerometer." What is this actually for? And can I do anything really nifty with it?
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It's for HDD protection, most likely. If it detects high speed movement (ie: exceeds the set 'safe zone'), the HDD stops and it protects the HDD. Pretty nice. How to get it working... On Windows, you need to install the driver from your manufacturer…
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