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    Gateway 6836 - Core 2 Duo Underclocking?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by shmoe010, Aug 17, 2008.

  1. shmoe010

    shmoe010 Notebook Guru

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    I have changed the windows vista advanced power settings to make the minimum processor state 100% (2.0ghz) when plugged in, but it still sits at 997 MHz most of the time, even when trying to encode DVD's (I'm monitoring it in CPU-Z in real-time). Note this does not happen in ubuntu, which I assume rules out a BIOS setting (but I could be wrong.) I don't use windows very much, so is there another CPU frequency scaling setting?
     
    shmoe010, Aug 17, 2008
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  2. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    Download RMClock and uncheck all but the highest multiplier. But this is going to make your machine pretty warm to say the least.
     
    Dook, Aug 17, 2008
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    Good tip, thanks. And you're right, after setting that up I'm pretty sure I have 2nd degree burns in a rectangular shape across my lap. So I figured out that the power conservation settings weren't so bad after all! :)
     
    shmoe010, Aug 19, 2008
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    LOL. I hear burn cream is on sale at WalMart. :D
     
    Dook, Aug 19, 2008
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    Download CPU-Z and set your battery to high performance. You will notice the processor will always run at 2.0Ghz. If running at balanced your CPU should go briefly down to 1Ghz. Download CoreTemp and you will see your processor run as low and .90v
     
    Hans Gruber, Aug 21, 2008
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