Problem with Speedstep on Laptop - Lenovo L412

Hey guys, I own a Lenovo L412, just purchased two weeks ago, with an i-3 370m processor. Initially, the laptop was installed with W7 Pro 32bit, and speedstep worked perfectly fine, where when the load was high, it would show 2.4MHz running, and if low power around 796MHz, it would range between there. However, I wanted an upgrade to Pro 64bit, so I did a clean install, installed all the normal Windows Updates, and now speedstep does not seem to be working, it is always kept at a constan 2.4MHz, running at the top frequency. I have All Meter CPU and CPUZ for monitoring, this has been going on since I did the full reinstall of the OS. I have made changes to the BIOS, and nothing gets the Speedstep to work. I have tried all power plans, even changing the advanced setting, multiple things with battery in and on AC, no avail. What can I do? I mean it shows no problems yet, but I find it a problem, when constantly running at full 2.4MHz. In CPUZ, the Bus Speed shows 133.0MHz w/ Multiplier being 18.

I fresh installed from a digital download copy, and used the MS Store program to make a bootable USB.

Here is a screen shot of what I am talking about:

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It always stays at that frequency, not changing no matter what power plan I use.

Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report

Computer Name USER28-PC
Scan Time 2011-03-15T04:28:16Z
Scan Duration 60 seconds
System Manufacturer LENOVO
System Product Name 4403CTO
BIOS Date 01/11/2011
BIOS Version 81ET49WW (1.25 )
OS Build 7600
Platform Role PlatformRoleMobile
Plugged In true
Process Count 70
Thread Count 777
Report GUID {37795432-21a8-49c4-84fc-a882e6553636}

Analysis Results
Errors
USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name Generic USB Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B3C
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 26, function 0
Device ID USB\VID_8087&PID_0020
Port Path 1

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Root Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B3C
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 26, function 0
Device ID USB\VID_8086&PID_3B3C
Port Path

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Mass Storage Device
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B3C
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 26, function 0
Device ID USB\VID_0718&PID_0638
Port Path 1,1

Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Performance or Throttle State Domain Member Count Incorrect
There is a problem with the number of processors defined as members of a processor performance or throttle state domain. Installing the latest system firmware (BIOS) may resolve this issue.
Domain ID 0
Expected Member Count 128
Actual Member Count 4

Warnings
Power Policy:802.11 Radio Power Policy is Maximum Performance (Plugged In)
The current power policy for 802.11-compatible wireless network adapters is not configured to use low-power modes.
CPU Utilizationrocessor utilization is moderate
The average processor utilization during the trace was moderate. The system will consume less power when the average processor utilization is very low. Review processor utilization for individual processes to determine which applications and services contribute the most to total processor utilization.
Average Utilization (%) 3.93

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name svchost.exe
PID 3812
Average Utilization (%) 1.41
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume2\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wind ows Defender\Definition Updates\{B4C7BF26-0AD9-480F-A296-7BECE1C7A73E}\mpengine.dll 1.26
\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll 0.04
\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe 0.04

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name sidebar.exe
PID 2768
Average Utilization (%) 1.23
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\jscript.d ll 0.25
\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\mshtml.dl l 0.24
\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\winsxs\amd64_micro soft.windows.gdiplus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.1.7600.163 85_none_2b4f45e87195fcc4\GdiPlus.dll 0.17

Information
Platform Timer Resolutionlatform Timer Resolution
The default platform timer resolution is 15.6ms (15625000ns) and should be used whenever the system is idle. If the timer resolution is increased, processor power management technologies may not be effective. The timer resolution may be increased due to multimedia playback or graphical animations.
Current Timer Resolution (100ns units) 156000

Power Policy:Active Power Plan
The current power plan in use
Plan Name OEM Balanced
Plan GUID {381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e}

Power Policyower Plan Personality (On Battery)
The personality of the current power plan when the system is on battery power.
Personality Balanced

Power Policy:Video Quality (On Battery)
Enables Windows Media Player to optimize for quality or power savings when playing video.
Quality Mode Balance Video Quality and Power Savings

Power Policyower Plan Personality (Plugged In)
The personality of the current power plan when the system is plugged in.
Personality Balanced

Power Policy:Video quality (Plugged In)
Enables Windows Media Player to optimize for quality or power savings when playing video.
Quality Mode Optimize for Video Quality

System Availability Requests:Analysis Success
Analysis was successful. No energy efficiency problems were found. No information was returned.
Battery:Analysis Success
Analysis was successful. No energy efficiency problems were found. No information was returned.
Platform Power Management Capabilities:Supported Sleep States
Sleep states allow the computer to enter low-power modes after a period of inactivity. The S3 sleep state is the default sleep state for Windows platforms. The S3 sleep state consumes only enough power to preserve memory contents and allow the computer to resume working quickly. Very few platforms support the S1 or S2 Sleep states.
S1 Sleep Supported false
S2 Sleep Supported false
S3 Sleep Supported true
S4 Sleep Supported true

Platform Power Management Capabilities:Adaptive Display Brightness is supported.
This computer enables Windows to automatically control the brightness of the integrated display.
Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group 0
Index 0
Idle (C) State Count 2
Performance (P) State Count 12
Throttle (T) State Count 8

Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group 0
Index 1
Idle (C) State Count 2
Performance (P) State Count 12
Throttle (T) State Count 8

Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group 0
Index 2
Idle (C) State Count 2
Performance (P) State Count 12
Throttle (T) State Count 8

Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group 0
Index 3
Idle (C) State Count 2
Performance (P) State Count 12
Throttle (T) State Count 8

I have already contacted Lenovo, and they say that I would need to purchase their "Lenovo Upgrade Discs", is there anyway for me to do it without a hitch like this, without having to shell out $60-70? Or anyway to fix this issue?

 

Did you already download and install the Power Management driver? If you already have, then try re-install them over what is currently installed.