CPUIDLE 5.8 & WinME

[hclarkjr]

read what the nice people from CPUidle have to say about support for us WinME users-

Probably never, sorry.

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: HARRY CLARK [mailto:hclarkjr@wpa.net]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 2. März 2001 20:43
> An: Andreas Götz
> Betreff: RE: cpu idle
>
>
> Do you have any idea of when it will be supported? Thank you
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Götz [mailto:cpuidle@gmx.de]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 5:55 AM
> To: hclarkjr@wpa.net
> Subject: RE: cpu idle
>
> WinME is currently not supported, sorry.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hclarkjr@wpa.net [mailto:hclarkjr@wpa.net]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 1. März 2001 02:07
> To: cpuidle@gmx.de
> Subject: cpu idle
>
>
>
> Version: 5.8 beta 5
> OS: WinME
> CPU: duron 600@800
> BIOS: A7V bios 1004D
> Chipset: KT-133
>
> i had pc probe running before cpuidle and after, it stayed the same. i
> enabled the special optimazation but it had no effect at all. i don't know
> if you are aware of this but asus has disabled the halt commands
> in all the
> newer bios files for A7V so i imagine this has something to do with this.
>
>

and to think i actualy paid for it too to have them say this
:|

 

[AMD4ME2]

windows ME already does this on its own.. there is a CPU cooling algorithm built into ACPI components in windows ME... if you have ACPI turned off then of course you won't benefit from it.. and I'm guessing if CPUidle doesn't support windows ME, then the reasoning behind it is that windows ME does the same thing by itself.

 

[hclarkjr]

where do you check for ACPI to see if it is turned off or on?

 

[AMD4ME2]

well your mobo has to support it.. it should be in the bios. if you install without it enabled in the bios, or without a mobo that supports it. then windows ME will install as a standard PC and leave out the acpi stuff.

 

[hclarkjr]

is ACPI the power management in bios? if so, i have it set to user define and everything disabled like hard drives and monitor and the suspend mode. if i set this to max will that help my CPU run cooler?

 

[hclarkjr]

i looked in device manager and there is all kinds of stuff there dealing with ACPI so i think it installed it.

 

[AMD4ME2]

hmmm... how hot exactly is your cpu running? ive got a tbird 900@1022 and idle it runs around 78F gets up to about 107 full load. thats reported temps using motherboard monitor 5. I ran win98 and win2k(with acpi disabled) and my idle temps were 98F so in windows ME its 20F cooler at idle. I don't think the hard drives or monitor settings effect it.. some bios versions will let you turn off ACPI and some won't. I can't turn mine off so I'm not sure what the settings would be to disable it enable it.. but I would try playing with the settings. if your using the asus probe, keep in mind that it can be a bit flaky or so I have heard.

 

[hclarkjr]

yeah i would say, man my temps are much higher using the asus probe. 120 degrees right now with IE 5.5 and outlook running, which i understand does stress CPU's. i always suspected it was wrong. thank you for your help