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    Intel Core 2 Duo and NHC

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Surfer666, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. Surfer666

    Surfer666 Notebook Consultant

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    I just installed NHC (again) to see if it would be able to lower the clock beyond what my T7300 processor does by default... It seems that NHC can't automatically do anything at all. I was wondering if anyone had a fix, or had some similar problems with this
     
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    blackmamba Notebook Evangelist

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    I have that problem. To this day, I still have not underclocked my notebook. =/
     
    blackmamba, Aug 16, 2007
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    You can't undervolt the new Santa Rosa (yet) with NHC as they were released after the latest version of NHC. I supsect the guy hasn't got round to enabling undervolting yet.
    If you (really) want to, you can lower the internal clock of the CPU (in percentage terms), but the voltage remains the same.
    For example, if you set it at 50%, then when the CPU is at max multiplier and FSB, the clock will be 1GHz for the T7300 (50% x 2GHz).
    At 800MHz, it becomes 400MHz and so on. Basically at the moment all you can do is make it slower!
    I think we got to wait a little before we'll be able to undervolt these things....
     
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    Surfer666 Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm... I couldn't even get it to do that with its "Max Battery" mode
     
    Surfer666, Aug 16, 2007
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    marmion Notebook Consultant

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    Use something like CPU-z to monitor clock speed. NHC doesn't read them properly.
     
    marmion, Aug 17, 2007
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    Well if it can't read them properly then it can't really set them right based on my CPU load and requirements either :p
     
    Surfer666, Aug 17, 2007
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