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    Undervolted - Which Profile?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ericmccllgh2, Jun 18, 2009.

  1. ericmccllgh2

    ericmccllgh2 Newbie

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    Hey guys, I undervolted my HP dv4 the other day with the t5800 processor and have had good success so far, it really cut down on fan noise. The question I had was when you select power plans (High Performance, Balanced, Power Saver, etc..) theres a new profile called RMClock Power Management, do I select this profile to see the undervolt benefits or is the undervolting I did effect all the profiles? Do I have to select "RMClock Power Management to have the undervolt changes in effect? Thanks! EM
     
    ericmccllgh2, Jun 18, 2009
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    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    The new power profile simply ensures that the OS isn't doing CPU throttling, so RMclock's profile's apply instead. We can see this below:

    Code: 
    C:\>powercfg /query "RMClock Power Management"

Field Description          Value
-----------------          -----
Name                       RMClock Power Management
Numerical ID               6
Turn off monitor (AC)      After 15 mins
Turn off monitor (DC)      After 5 mins
Turn off hard disks (AC)   Never
Turn off hard disks (DC)   After 3 mins
System standby (AC)        Never
System standby (DC)        After 5 mins
System hibernates (AC)     Never
System hibernates (DC)     Never
Processor Throttle (AC)    NONE
Processor Throttle (DC)    NONE
     
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    Good Spliff Notebook Geek

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    Anyone know the answer to this? I have the same problem.
     
    Good Spliff, Jun 19, 2009
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    demonhotrod Notebook Evangelist

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    I always remove the RM Clock Power Plan (you can do it within RM Clock main window).
     
    demonhotrod, Jul 1, 2009
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