SpeedStep Problem T7300

Hello together,
I have a two years old ThinkPad X61 with an Intel Core2 T7300 Processor which has a maximal Frequency of 2GHz.
My ThinkVantage Power Manager has following settings:
· on battery the maximal Frequency is set to “low” which is about 800 Mhz.
· with a power supply the maximal Frequency is set to “highest” which is 2000 Mhz.
On the battery is everything ok.
But when I connect the power supply the CPU accelerates at first 1 or 2 minutes to 2 GHz as it should be, but then goes down to 800MHz. If I fully load the CPU (e.g 5 youtube videos) it stays at 800MHz and is 100% loaded.
I have tried some settings and options in the Power Manager, but it didn’t change anything. The only thing I could finger out is: if I reactivate my profile in the Power manager it accelerates the CPU to 2GHz, but again only for 1-2 minutes. Then the speed goes down to about 800 MHz even if the CPU is fully loaded at all this time.
I have done all windows updates and ThinkVantage updates. I have Windows XP and Windows 7 and the behavior is the same on both OSs.
The behavior of the CPU is very strange, so I cannot figure out if it is software or a hardware problem.
Maybe you could have some ideas …
Greets
Roman
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Hi rooomka,
A quick search on forum came up with this result:- http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/Buyer-Beware-Your-power-adapter-may-be-...
Hope it helps.
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
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The CPU will throttle down if the battery is removed. This is intentional for various reasons.
To extend overall battery longevity, use the provided Power Manager.
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People usually have the opposite problem with these machines, that the CPU is running at full load 100% of the time...
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@batcook09:
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I have bought myself a Zepto Znote 6214w and it works quite flawless, but for the sound, which is a current alsa issue and the Speedstep on my core2duo.
I set up everything as mentioned in the wiki, the cpu throttles down, but the second cpu core wont throttle the right way. I did as mentioned in the wiki and wrote the 2 lines into rc.local. now my second core stays at 1GHZ but it should go between 1GHZ an 2GHZ.
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Are you sure you are using the correct driver module? I'm using acpi-cpufreq, and it's "ondemand" default low is 1.66 ghz. (E6300 core2duo)
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Good evening Fellow Gamers and Adepts.
I come to you tonight with a serious doubt , which has rattled me for a while , and after some intense troubleshooting i have came up blank.
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Details of IXT
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I have found a solution to all my Power Manager/CPU throttling problems!!! Though there is some good and bad news.
{EDIT: The problem has NOT been fixed, even after latest PowerManager (3.62) and BIOS (1.30) versions. Pretty much ignore anything I say below as the problem is still occurring. You can see my full post here: http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/W520-Speedstep-not-working-properly-on-battery-...}
Good news: I have NONE of the throttling issues or inconsistent CPU frequency problems I was having before on AC or battery power. Everything, including TurboBoost on battery works! It is completely fixed! (I have no idea how this factors into Lenovo’s statements that TurboBoost is disabled on battery “by design”. There is at least one other post from someone else that also reported TurboBoost was working for them on battery)
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1)Made a complete system image via Windows built-in backup feature
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13)Reconnect backup battery.
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16)Reboot to Windows. Verified still okay.
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19)Boot back into Windows.
20)Install latest Power Manager driver (1.62 ), reboot if/as prompted. Install Power Manager (3.62), reboot as prompted.
21)Boot into Windows, verified Power Manager was active and working. Verified TurboBoost was working. Restarted system a few times and played around with Power Manager for a bit to see if the different power plans worked and retained the settings, all the while monitoring the Intel TurboBoost utility and PM’s own “power gauges”. Let system Sleep, changed power sources, resumed, etc. Everything was working great.
22)Shutdown, reconnect main battery. Booted into Windows. Again, fiddled with Power Manager for a bit, switching between power plans and AC/battery power. Still worked great.
23)Success!
That’s it. Again, this is not a guaranteed fix guide. These are just simply the steps that I took on my system that resolved the problems many of us are having. Hopefully it will work for others.
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(Chipset driver) http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/oss924ww.exe
(PM driver) http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/83ku14ww.exe
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I rebooted.... then I went into bios (1.26) and set everything to default... then restarted saving changes...
Since I prefer not using optimus I changed the display settings in bios right after saving the default settings...
Not sure whether or not you really had to go into bios... but everything seems to be working...
My settings in PM is set to Maximum Power in the Advanced tab, 3rd party monitoring tools is TPFanControl and HWInfo64....
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00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
08:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
08:09.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
08:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
08:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
08:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
dmesg:
Linux version 2.6.23-ARCH (root@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.2.2) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 15 16:46:31 UTC 2007
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000ce000 - 00000000000d0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fec0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fec0000 - 000000007fedf000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fedf000 - 0000000080000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fed00000 - 00000000fed00400 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fed14000 - 00000000fed1a000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fed1c000 - 00000000fed90000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000ff000000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
1150MB HIGHMEM available.
896MB LOWMEM available.
found SMP MP-table at 000f7e50
Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 523968) 0 entries of 256 used
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0 -> 4096
Normal 4096 -> 229376
HighMem 229376 -> 523968
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
0: 0 -> 523968
On node 0 totalpages: 523968
DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
DMA zone: 4064 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 1760 pages used for memmap
Normal zone: 223520 pages, LIFO batch:31
HighMem zone: 2301 pages used for memmap
HighMem zone: 292291 pages, LIFO batch:31
Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
DMI present.
ACPI: RSDP 000F7E20, 0024 (r2 PTLTD )
ACPI: XSDT 7FED05BA, 0074 (r1 HPQOEM SLIC-MPC 6040000 LTP 0)
ACPI: FACP 7FEDBC3A, 00F4 (r3 INTEL CRESTLNE 6040000 ALAN 1)
ACPI: DSDT 7FED12C7, A8FF (r2 INTEL CRESTLNE 6040000 MSFT 3000000)
ACPI: FACS 7FEDEFC0, 0040
ACPI: HPET 7FEDBD2E, 0038 (r1 INTEL CRESTLNE 6040000 LOHR 5A)
ACPI: MCFG 7FEDBD66, 003C (r1 INTEL CRESTLNE 6040000 LOHR 5A)
ACPI: TCPA 7FEDBDA2, 0032 (r1 Intel CRESTLN 6040000 5A52)
ACPI: TMOR 7FEDBDD4, 0026 (r1 PTLTD 6040000 PTL 3)
ACPI: SLIC 7FEDBDFA, 0176 (r1 HPQOEM SLIC-MPC 6040000 HPQ 1)
ACPI: APIC 7FEDBF70, 0068 (r1 PTLTD APIC 6040000 LTP 0)
ACPI: BOOT 7FEDBFD8, 0028 (r1 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 6040000 LTP 1)
ACPI: SSDT 7FED0FEA, 02DD (r1 SataRe SataAhci 1000 INTL 20060912)
ACPI: SSDT 7FED062E, 04E6 (r1 PmRef CpuPm 3000 INTL 20060912)
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000
Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
OEM ID: INTEL Product ID: S. Rosa CRB APIC at: 0xFEE00000
Processor #0 6:15 APIC version 20
Processor #1 6:15 APIC version 20
I/O APIC #2 Version 32 at 0xFEC00000.
Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
Processors: 2
Allocating PCI resources starting at 88000000 (gap: 80000000:60000000)
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000ce000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000ce000 - 00000000000d0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000d0000 - 00000000000e0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order. Total pages: 519875
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet vga=792 noapic nolapic
mapped APIC to ffffb000 (fee00000)
mapped IOAPIC to ffffa000 (fec00000)
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 16384 bytes)
Detected 1995.160 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Memory: 2071792k/2095872k available (2442k kernel code, 22764k reserved, 814k data, 296k init, 1178368k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
fixmap : 0xfff80000 - 0xfffff000 ( 508 kB)
pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xf8800000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 111 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xf8000000 ( 896 MB)
.init : 0xc0435000 - 0xc047f000 ( 296 kB)
.data : 0xc0362839 - 0xc042e21c ( 814 kB)
.text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc0362839 (2442 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
SLUB: Genslabs=22, HWalign=64, Order=0-1, MinObjects=4, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3994.51 BogoMIPS (lpj=6655229)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: After generic identify, caps: bfebfbff 20100000 00000000 00000000 0000e3bd 00000000 00000001 00000001
monitor/mwait feature present.
using mwait in idle threads.
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
CPU: After all inits, caps: bfebfbff 20100000 00000000 00003940 0000e3bd 00000000 00000001 00000001
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Compat vDSO mapped to ffffe000.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Early unpacking initramfs... done
ACPI: Core revision 20070126
ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0c00)
CPU0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz stepping 0a
SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
Booting processor 1/1 eip 3000
Initializing CPU#1
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3991.19 BogoMIPS (lpj=6649906)
CPU: After generic identify, caps: bfebfbff 20100000 00000000 00000000 0000e3bd 00000000 00000001 00000001
monitor/mwait feature present.
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
CPU: After all inits, caps: bfebfbff 20100000 00000000 00003940 0000e3bd 00000000 00000001 00000001
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1.
CPU1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz stepping 0a
Total of 2 processors activated (7986.70 BogoMIPS).
checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]: passed.
Brought up 2 CPUs
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: Using MMCONFIG
Setting up standard PCI resources
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x17, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
ACPI: System BIOS is requesting _OSI(Linux)
ACPI: If "acpi_osi=Linux" works better,
Please send dmidecode to [email protected]
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x17, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEGP._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP01._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP02._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP03._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP04._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIB._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *11 12 14 15)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
SCSI subsystem initialized
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
ACPI: RTC can wake from S4
Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
pnp: 00:01: iomem range 0xfed1c000-0xfed1ffff could not be reserved
pnp: 00:01: iomem range 0xfed14000-0xfed17fff could not be reserved
pnp: 00:01: iomem range 0xfed18000-0xfed18fff could not be reserved
pnp: 00:01: iomem range 0xfed19000-0xfed19fff could not be reserved
pnp: 00:06: iomem range 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff could not be reserved
PCI: Failed to allocate mem resource #6:20000@e0000000 for 0000:01:00.0
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
IO window: 2000-2fff
MEM window: cc000000-ceffffff
PREFETCH window: d0000000-dfffffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.0
IO window: 3000-3fff
MEM window: f2000000-f3ffffff
PREFETCH window: f0000000-f1ffffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.1
IO window: 4000-4fff
MEM window: f4000000-f40fffff
PREFETCH window: disabled.
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.2
IO window: disabled.
MEM window: disabled.
PREFETCH window: disabled.
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.3
IO window: disabled.
MEM window: f4100000-f41fffff
PREFETCH window: disabled.
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
IO window: disabled.
MEM window: f4200000-f42fffff
PREFETCH window: disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:01.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.1[b] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.1 to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.2[C] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.3[D] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.3 to 64
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 786432 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
Freeing initrd memory: 1578k freed
Simple Boot Flag at 0x36 set to 0x1
apm: BIOS not found.
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [email protected]).
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:01.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:01.0:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:01.0:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.1 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.1:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.1:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.1:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.3 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.3:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.3:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.3:pcie03]
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xcd000000, mapped to 0xf8880000, using 6144k, total 14336k
vesafb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=1
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:b540
vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00cb5a3, set palette = c00cb5fe
vesafb: pmi: ports = 3b4 3b5 3ba 3c0 3c1 3c4 3c5 3c6 3c7 3c8 3c9 3cc 3ce 3cf 3d0 3d1 3d2 3d3 3d4 3d5 3da
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
loop: module loaded
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBD0,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
Freeing unused kernel memory: 296k freed
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
libata version 2.21 loaded.
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.3
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[b] -> Link [LNKE] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 3 ports 3 Gbps 0x7 impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf pm led clo pio slum part
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
scsi0 : ahci
scsi1 : ahci
scsi2 : ahci
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8830100 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 10
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8830180 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 10
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8830200 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 10
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-7: ST9160821AS, 3.BHD, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST9160821AS 3.BH PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.12
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.1 to 64
scsi3 : ata_piix
scsi4 : ata_piix
ata4: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x000101f0 ctl 0x000103f6 bmdma 0x00011830 irq 14
ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x00010170 ctl 0x00010376 bmdma 0x00011838 irq 15
ata4.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632M, 0A17, max MWDMA2
ata4.00: configured for MWDMA2
scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L632M 0A17 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 10, io base 0x00001840
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.1[b] -> Link [LNKF] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 11, io base 0x00001860
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.7[C] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1a.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 10, io mem 0xf4505c00
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> Link [LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 11, io mem 0xf4506000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda:sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> Link [LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 11, io base 0x00001880
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
sda1 sda2 sda3
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[b] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 11, io base 0x000018a0
usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 10, io base 0x000018c0
usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 4-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
usb 4-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 5-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64
sky2 0000:05:00.0: v1.18 addr 0xf4000000 irq 11 Yukon-FE (0xb7) rev 3
sky2 eth0: addr 00:16:d3:f0:65:5b
usb 7-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.1.0ds
iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:07:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:07:00.0 to 64
iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
usb 7-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.9
usbcore: registered new interface driver hci_usb
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] enabled at IRQ 10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> Link [LNKG] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP1] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/virtual/input/input2
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Lid Switch as /devices/virtual/input/input3
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
input: Sleep Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input4
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
ACPI: SSDT 7FED0CA8, 027A (r1 PmRef Cpu0Ist 3000 INTL 20060912)
ACPI: SSDT 7FED0B14, 010F (r1 PmRef Cpu0Cst 3001 INTL 20060912)
ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
ACPI: SSDT 7FED0F22, 00C8 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Ist 3000 INTL 20060912)
ACPI: SSDT 7FED0C23, 0085 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Cst 3000 INTL 20060912)
ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
Marking TSC unstable due to: possible TSC halt in C2.
Time: hpet clocksource has been installed.
ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZS0] (54 C)
ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZS1] (65 C)
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
Linux agpgart interface v0.102
input: Microsoft Microsoft Notebook/Mobile Optical Mouse 2.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/input/input5
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft Notebook/Mobile Optical Mouse 2.0] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[C] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
input: PS/2 Mouse as /devices/virtual/input/input6
input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input7
input: Video Bus as /devices/virtual/input/input8
ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
input: Video Bus as /devices/virtual/input/input9
ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
rtc_cmos 00:09: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[10] MMIO=[f4200000-f42007ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/4]
sdhci: SDHCI controller found at 0000:08:09.1 [1180:0822] (rev 22)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:09.1[b] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf4200800 irq 10 DMA
EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[07e40a00fd365135]
Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -266484522 ns)
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd9 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd9 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059 <keycode>' to make it known.
usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 4-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Micro 0.1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 2001888 512-byte hardware sectors (1025 MB)
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 2001888 512-byte hardware sectors (1025 MB)
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1 sdb2
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

At this moment, I believe the ipw3945 module and it's deamon work better than the iwf3945. So you can start changing this. In the module line in rc.conf change iwf to ipw. In the deamons line add before the network deamon ipw3945d and youre done.
The double archlogo is standard I think, got them too

Xp networking problems on mbp c2d

i don't know if this problem should be addressed under the mbp forum or boot camp forum so i'll post in both to get the most input.
i'm having a problem connecting to my home wireless network under bootcamp. i installed xp sp2 as well as the driver cd. when i try to connect to my router it takes a long time detecting the network type. then it pops up a window that says "windows is unable to connect to the selected network. the network may no longer be in range. please refresh the list of available networks, and try again." when i connect to another network in range (that has 0 bars) it quickly detects the network type and gives a window where i can enter the wpa password (which i don't have).
the mbp connects fine under os x. my mac mini along w/ a few windows computers in the house have no problems either.
our router is a 2wire that has wep encryption. the ssid is broadcast and found by windows.
any help would be great. this is driving me nuts!!!

That behavior is normal. Intel's chips use a technology called (I believe) "SpeedStep", which dynamically adjusts the processor speed as is needed. This improves battery life and has no impact on performance.
With respect to quitting the battery, I assume you mean to remove it... This will, in fact, freeze the processors at a max of 1GHz, which is a safety feature.
A quick review of these forums would have revealed that, btw.
Thanks for trolling, though!

Overclocking using ITB problems

My gear summary:
i7-2600k, watercooled (XSPC Raystorm block, stock, idle 27-32c, load highest core ~45-47)
Z68A-GD55-G3 (E7681IMSvP80, 26.8)
Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (4 sticks, 16gb total)
inno3D GTX480 SLI (2 cards), watercooled, idle ~33, load ~45
OCZ ZX 1000W psu
Corsair Force3 120gb ssd
I have done ITB auto voltage overclock in the past and it worked. Then i updated bios and it didn't work anymore and i didn't bother retrying. Don't remember details as it was some time ago. Now that i watercooled i want to try again. But it just doesn't work...
Just now i updated bios to freshest beta (see gear summary).
(My annotations in red)
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Hi all, thought I would write a quick guide on my settings for the MSI Z68 GD65 (G3) and it's UEFI BIOS
Remember your mileage may vary...
Why would you want to overclock with the CPU voltage set to auto?
Well it seems that to get the power saving features to work properly you need to keep the CPU Core Voltage set to auto.
When the CPU voltage is set manually, the multiplier will drop but the volts remain at the manually set level. So if you would like to have the voltage at <1.0 on idle but still have a nice OC when you load the CPU then this could be a good route to take.
This method will use EIST (Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology) and Intel Turbo Boost to overclock your CPU.
Load up the BIOS and navigate to the "Overclocking settings" tab on the left.
Here you should see the first page of the overclocking settings.
CPU Base Frequency [10kHz] 10000
Adjust CPU Ratio [34] This was set to 16 by me
Note I have left this at 34 as we will be using the Intel Turbo Boost to get the overclock.
Adjust CPU ratio in OS [Disabled]
Internal PLL Overvoltage [Disabled]
Originally I had this set to enabled, however at my 24/7 OC @4.5 mine is stable when disabled. I have read when enabled it can cause problems when using Sleep.
EIST [Enabled]
We need this enabled to allow the Turbo Boost to work.
Intel Turbo Boost [Enabled]
The limit of the Turbo Boost will be set later on in the "CPU Features" section.
Now i have something called "Enhanced Boost" or some such ?
DRAM Frequency [DDR3-1600Mhz] Why bios detects 1333 ?
Set this to the required speed of your own RAM.
Extreme Memory Profile(XMP) [Disabled]
I have mine disabled but you can enable if you like just remember to manually set the DRAM Voltage.
DRAM Timing Mode [Link]
Using this option will allow you to set the Advanced DRAM Configuration.
Advanced DRAM Configuration Dont think i changed this last time
In here you can configure your memory timings, I have set the first five manually according to my RAM specifications from G Skill.
Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
VDroop Control [Low VDroop] Previous bios(P60?) had numeric voltages, not low/high, beta has only LOW
Set this to Low VDroop to help limit any fluctuation in voltage when the system is under load.
CPU Core Voltage [Auto]
Left on Auto to allow the power saving features to function.
CPU I/O Voltage [Auto]
DRAM Voltage [1.507 V] Cant set it to this, next step is 1.5055, numeric input sets back to AUTO
Set manually as the motherboard tends to set the volts below the recommended for my RAM.
Onto the second page of the "Overclocking Settings"
GPU Voltage [Auto]
System Agent Voltage(SA) [Auto]
CPU PLL Voltage [1.800000 V] Cant set to this, next step is 1.8100, numeric input returns to AUTO
Set manually just to prevent it from being set to high by the MB.
DDR_VREF_CA_A [Auto]
DDR_VREF_CA_B [Auto]
DDR_VREF_DA_A [Auto]
DDR_VREF_DA_B [Auto]
PCH 1.05 [Auto]
Next navigate into the "CPU Features" section.
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores [All]
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]
Intel Virtualization Tech [Enabled]
Power technology [Custom]
C1E Support [Disabled]
Possibly better performance than using C-State (needs confirmation) can also be used in conjunction with C-States
OverSpeed Protection [Disabled]
Intel C-State [Enabled]
Lower vcore on idle than C1E
Intel C-State limit [C2] There is no C2 state if setting using ClickBIOS, i use normal bios, just a comment
Originally set to Auto, but changed to C2 to enhance performance.
Long duration power limit(W) 200
Long duration maintained(ms) 1000
Short duration power limit(W) 250
Primary plane turbo power limit(W) 0
Secondary plane turbo power limit(W) 0
There is also some other pri/sec settings, not covered here
Now comes the interesting bit... the following will give the Intel Turbo Boost the limits of the Overclock. You may need to start lower down, say from 42-45 and see if your PC will load into Windows and is stable.
I started from 45 and found out I can go to 48 which is obviously 4.8GHz.
At 48 I can load Windows, can do 10 passes of very high with IBT, and is Prime stable for 6 hours. That's as much stability testing as I have done so far.
At 49 I can load Windows but as soon as any real load goes on the CPU it will bluescreen.
1-Core ratio Limit 48
2-Core ratio Limit 48
3-Core ratio Limit 48
4-Core ratio Limit 48
Next onto the Power settings under the "Energy Saving" tab.
EUP 2013 [Disabled]
CPU Phase Control [Intel SVID Mode] There is no "SVID MODE" selection, just AUTO and DISABLED
Motherboard LED Control [Auto]
C1E support [Disabled]
Intel C-state [Enabled]
Package C State limit [C2] Again, there is no C2 if setting from ClickBIOS, its there in normal bios.
And that's it just go to the "Mainboard settings" Tab save settings and reboot.
Once you are in Windows the power saving features should be enabled, giving you lower clocks and volts when you don't need them,
And a nice OC when you do
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Used it before, now it doesnt work because some options are not available.
Namely "Intel VIDS mode" only disabled or auto, some other setings differ as well.
Could someone more experienced look it through and tell me where i'm making a mistake ?
For the record, i can do a constant OC, but i'm after power efficiency as well, no need to run 4.7 when you browsing internet...
Using this guide i was running 1.6ghz while no/light load and automatic 4.6 while gaming.
Now, i set most of the settings but ITB just wont swich gear...
Help ?

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#Edit1# Nope, multiplier not chaniging under load (prime95)...
Hmm...........will have to think about this for awhile.
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