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    e540 CPU Throttling?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ensta, Apr 20, 2015.

  1. ensta

    ensta Newbie

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    Hi folks,



    Quick one, wonder if anyone has issues with CPU throttling on their ThinkPad. Mine is an e540.

    Seems to be throttling the CPU heavily.

    Am running BIOS 2.18 and "maximum performance" power plan.

    Still when running CPU intensive apps there's no more than ~15% of CPU speed assigned to it, while in the meantime the application hangs!



    Any thoughts?



    Hope so.



    Cheers,

    N*
     
    ensta, Apr 20, 2015
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  2. ericxps

    ericxps Notebook Geek

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    plugged in or unplugged? what happens if you cahnge your powerplan to balanced?
     
    ericxps, Apr 27, 2015
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  3. sisqo_uk

    sisqo_uk Notebook Deity

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    off the topic can anybody tell me the dimensions of the trackpad on this model or even the e440 wanna know if its possible to swap it with physical buttons.
     
    sisqo_uk, May 2, 2015
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