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    Win10 CPU throtteling below 10% battery

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by boba23, Jan 30, 2017.

  1. boba23

    boba23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    I got a new Asus UX330UAK notebook here and am quiet happy with it. Especially battery performance is really great. Got one annoying issue though. Starting from 10% remaining battery capacity, the cpu (i7-7500U) is throttled to max 500mhz. At this speed the notebook is really slow and not really fun to use. Is there a way to disable that fixed throttling when the battery reaches the 10% mark? I really don't care for those extra few minutes that might be squeezed out of it by limiting the cpu at such a low level. I am running on balanced power profile. I have set the cpu max. freq there to 80% which results in max. speed of 2.3ghz and min cpu speed at 5%. Those settings in windows power management seem to only apply as long as I am above the 10% mark. I would simply like the machine to use those limits right till the battery is run down, and not fixing the speed to 500mhz when below 10% battery level.
    Can anyone help me with that?

    thanks

    boba
     
    boba23, Jan 30, 2017
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  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Constantly running a notebook dry is no good for the battery.
     
    saturnotaku, Jan 30, 2017
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    Won't windows initiate a shutdown around 5-7% remaining anyway?
     
    alexhawker, Jan 30, 2017
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  4. boba23

    boba23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, not sure ... but still I'd like to be able to configure cpu frequency myself, also below 10% ...
     
    boba23, Jan 30, 2017
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  5. SL2

    SL2 Notebook Deity

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    Why do you want to run down the battery?
     
    SL2, Feb 9, 2017
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    my thoughts too! that would only hurt its built in memory cells to keep the charge. Try not to go below 15% then charge it up again
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Feb 9, 2017
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