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    BIOS on Sony computers and Intel Speedstep

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by JWBlue, Jul 25, 2010.

  1. JWBlue

    JWBlue Notebook Deity

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    Sony disables something in the BIOS that prevents the Intel Speedstep being used.

    Is there any that can be done to enable the BIOS feature that will allow the use of the Intel Speedstep.
     
    JWBlue, Jul 25, 2010
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  2. Andrew08

    Andrew08 Notebook Evangelist

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    be more specific! what sony model are you using?
     
    Andrew08, Jul 25, 2010
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  3. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Wrong. I've never seen a Sony, besides the W/M netbooks, that didn't have SpeedStep. The reason the netbooks don't have SpeedStep is because that's not a feature of the Atom CPU architecture. The only thing about Sony's implementation is you can't disable SpeedStep in the BIOS.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jul 30, 2010
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