Changing Clock Speeds!

Well, i installed a handy little tool called CoreDuo Temp
http://macbricol.free.fr/coreduotemp/
Its a handy tool which tells me the temp of the CPU and also the amount of CPU being used. It also tells me my clock speed.
When I start up my MacBook the little tool loads up, now what i've noticed is that the clock speed changes! Using a statistics tool i managed to take down the changes..
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SpeedStep technology has been a part of Intel's chips for quite some time albeit it is more sophisticated now, but the technology is pre-Pentium I believe.
The processor speed can be controlled by the user but the Intel Macs use the SMC to handle changing processor speed based partly on load and heat. Because this is done automatically within the CPU there's no need for the user to change processor speed in order to conserve battery life. That was definitely not the case with the PPC which required an external mechanism to change the voltage to the CPU to reduce speed. Hence the need for the feature in the Energy Saver preference to provide the alternative speed levels for AC and Battery operation.

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Quote from: Svet on 29-January-12, 08:20:59
what changes you made in bios setup?
and what's current bios version installed?
I was originally running at that speed 4 ghz (200 x 20) but only tested for stability. I wanted to re overclock by fooling around with some fsb numbers, also while benchmarking at different intervals. This is when I realized the problem when I downloaded cpuz, as before I was testing only via prime95. Even with small jumps in clock speed in the bios, it was unstable, which i think is attributed to "being stuck at 4ghz" while I can get it stable with 1.48-1.5v. Bios is version 1.2, and any changes made that are not default appears to have the same problem.
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Hi thereSuperMechaCow!: you could explore your BIOS by hitting the F10 key & see if the option to change it exists but even if does I doubt it would work because any option pertaining to any type of overclocking is rendered null & void by OEM's such as HP so owners wouldn't aggresively OC their PC & if things go wrong they wouldn't be able to make this company liable.
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I have a Lenovo G505s with an A10-5750M APU
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my clock speed has not gone over 2.1ghz. During BIOS 2.03 my laptop
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Replace current bios download link with the correct filename of needed bios.
83cn33ww.exe is v2.03
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Same here (helix ci7), after suspend and wakeup when CPU slows down ist get stuck at 750MHz and dose not recover untill reboot.
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Mark, theres more.
I found a "pseudo workaround" of this problem and hope this could lead to the real workaround.
What helped - installing win7, lenovo power manager, change power plan to other and change back to previous)
I tried to do some research and what i found:
In normal Lenovo power manager wheres 2 options in power plan:
System perfomance (Maximum turbo, Turbo, Balanced, Low) (lets call it PERF) and Optimise fan control to (Maximize perfomance, Balance all parameters) (lets call it FCNTL.
In theory FCNTL must control only fans, like table of data cpu temperature/fan speed. But in reality it affects CPU speed.
Only way to make PC always select speed from lowest to highest is to set PERF=Maximum turbo or Turbo, FCNTL=Maximize perfomance.
Lets go through options how they really works in practice:
PERF
Maximum turbo and Turbo are equal, means highest speed for CPU with turbo boost. The level of turbo bust is always maximum, Turbo didnt mean "slow turbo boost".
Low - cpu always at lowest speed 800mhz - thats ok.
Balanced - this option works a little crazy. In some situations it means "maximum cpu till 63C", in some situations it means "lowest speed, temperature doesnt matter. Why is it working in different ways but in same settings i dont know.
In theory Balance is something like "from lowest cpu speed till normal cpu speed, no turbo boost", but it doesnt work like that at all.
FCNTL
Maximize perfomance - in theory it must be "try to keep CPU on lowest temp when high load"
In practice its like "Balanced in PERF" - logic is unknown.
Balanced - the same, logic is unknown.
Unknown really means, that when i, for example, setup PERF=Maximum turbo or turbo and FCNTL to Balanced, sometimes it works in full speed and sometimes not.
Maybe there is logic, but it tottaly unknown to users.
The bad thing is that theres no way i can set mode "always run cpu from lowest speed till highest speed without turbo boost, 800-1800mhz".
By the way, there is some error in Lenovo power manager - when i change options in power plan and click "apply", sometimes they a apply, and sometimes not. If not, i need to select other power plan, and then select the needed one back.
Now about how this all can happend. I'm not shure that i'm right, but logically it is:
In Lenovo power manager theres option called "Optimise fan control to". And, there is NO such option in real windows power plan, so, it can be only changed through Lenovo power manager. As i see, this option affects maximum cpu speed. So, lets say, if this option is "damaged" some way, theres no way it can be fixed in windows 8, because Lenovo power manager for windows 8 has too few options, and native windows power plan editor doesnt have this option at all. So, when i done "something" in Lenovo power manager for windows 8, it changed that setting and all ruined.
Sorry for my bad english once more, hope you can understand what am i trying to say. Looks like we have 1) an error in power manager for win8 and 2) incorrect power option logic, or "specific" logic without a manual.
The strange thing, that in BIOS we have this options too. But changes in BIOS doesnt affect this at all.
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I have a similar problem, except on a KT3 Ultra2-R running an Athlon XP2100.
To make a long story short, awhile ago I tried to optimized my CMOS settings, and the thing wouldn't boot...and when I could get into CMOS settings again, the dang thing wouldn't let me change the FSB at all, and I was stuck at 100 FSB, and my XP2100 was recognized as an XP1500 (I guess 100 x 13 = 1.300 gigahertz).
After reading your post here, I changed the CPU ratio to be 12.5/13, and lo and behold, when I got into Fuzzy Logic, my CPU was registering 2.000 gigs with a 20 CPU multiplier and my CPU was now an Athlon XP2400! I don't know where they got that 20 CPU X from, but I ran a test on Sysandra, and yep, Sysandra says it's an XP2400 and the test benchmark puts it around that level.
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I have noticed on these forums that most clock speeds are at least 133. My BIOS is showing
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When i change my clock speed to 200 mhz My pc Gets Suspended.
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