Holy Crap Ass! AMD's Cool & Quiet really does work...

[aphex]

Before i had C&Q turned on:

CPU: 47C

With C&Q turned on:

CPU: 37C

Not bad considering my case ambiant temp is 35C

 

[aphex]

Down to 36C now.

 

[nboy22]

what exactly is this C&Q?

 

[0roo0roo]

go to silentpcreview.com they have a list of mb and stuff that support it, and another article on it.

its constantly throttling cpu speed/voltage/fan speed based on usage. most of the time cpu's are rather idle when not doing something hardcore or gaming. running at 100% is not good. i use crystal cpuid to do the same thing to my mobile barton. drops 10c during normal browsing etc over not using it.

 

[aphex]

Just turned on my computer this morning about 10 mins ago,

Case: 29C
CPU: 31C

Amazing!

 

[zsa]

What motherboard?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

It'd be a serious SNAFU if it didn't given the DTR version doesn't have PowerNow! It's useless to me because mine folds 24/7

 

[Dman877]

C/Q with some sort of bios controlled fan throttling is a silent pc enthusiasts dream. The K8V can turn your cpu fan off when your comp is idle and c/q is on, it's pretty nice.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: zsa
What motherboard?

Asus K8V SE Deluxe

Under low/medium load, but nothing heavy im looking at right now;

CPU: 34C
Case: 33C

 

[Granorense]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
go to silentpcreview.com they have a list of mb and stuff that support it, and another article on it.

its constantly throttling cpu speed/voltage/fan speed based on usage. most of the time cpu's are rather idle when not doing something hardcore or gaming. running at 100% is not good. i use crystal cpuid to do the same thing to my mobile barton. drops 10c during normal browsing etc over not using it.

I can't find anything at Silentpcreview about it. A link would be appreciated.
Thank you.

 

[Spikey217]

Originally posted by: Granorense

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
go to silentpcreview.com they have a list of mb and stuff that support it, and another article on it.

its constantly throttling cpu speed/voltage/fan speed based on usage. most of the time cpu's are rather idle when not doing something hardcore or gaming. running at 100% is not good. i use crystal cpuid to do the same thing to my mobile barton. drops 10c during normal browsing etc over not using it.

I can't find anything at Silentpcreview about it. A link would be appreciated.
Thank you.

It's on the front page.

http://silentpcreview.com/news392.html

 

[mitchafi]

Cool and Quiet doesn't seem to work for me anymore. I have it enabled but when looking at CPU-Z my multiplier is never lowered and my temps never decrease. It used to lower the multiplier when it was idle but I don't know what happened. I heard resetting the CMOS fixes it but last time I did that for a different reason it caused a few annoying problems.

 

[Corporate Thug]

aphex, what cooling are you using?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: mitchafi
Cool and Quiet doesn't seem to work for me anymore. I have it enabled but when looking at CPU-Z my multiplier is never lowered and my temps never decrease. It used to lower the multiplier when it was idle but I don't know what happened. I heard resetting the CMOS fixes it but last time I did that for a different reason it caused a few annoying problems.

Go into your power settings under the Display Properties/Screen Saver tab. Turn your Power Management to 'Minimal Power Management'

Did the trick for me when mine wasnt working.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: shady06
aphex, what cooling are you using?

stock.

 

[mitchafi]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: mitchafi
Cool and Quiet doesn't seem to work for me anymore. I have it enabled but when looking at CPU-Z my multiplier is never lowered and my temps never decrease. It used to lower the multiplier when it was idle but I don't know what happened. I heard resetting the CMOS fixes it but last time I did that for a different reason it caused a few annoying problems.

Go into your power settings under the Display Properties/Screen Saver tab. Turn your Power Management to 'Minimal Power Management'

Did the trick for me when mine wasnt working.

I already have it set to that

 

[dheffer]

cool n quiet rocks
on my abit kv8 i idle at 23 C
weee

 

[aphex]

Absolutely unreal...

Check out this screencap i just cap'd after letting the system idle for 15 mins,

Idle Temp

 

[lobadobadingdong]

I'd never use it I put my spare cpu cycles to work....(see my sig for details)

 

[sillymofo]

So does it work for OCing also? Let's say I get my 3000+ to run @2.4GHz, if I install C&Q, then when it's not working, the core voltage will drop too? And when it's working will it bring it back to the voltage that I tell it to run at? I never tried the C&Q before.

From what I understand, C&Q just controls the core voltage to the CPU.

 

[Tremulant]

I get about the same, before CnQ was on my temps were 41-45 idle. Now they're 35-37 idle. I'm not sure what my case temp is exactly, I need to get a separate probe for that (the onboard probes measure the NB and something else, but I'm not sure)

CPU: A64 3000+
Mobo: MSI K8N Neo Platinum

 

[Dman877]

Originally posted by: mitchafi
Cool and Quiet doesn't seem to work for me anymore. I have it enabled but when looking at CPU-Z my multiplier is never lowered and my temps never decrease. It used to lower the multiplier when it was idle but I don't know what happened. I heard resetting the CMOS fixes it but last time I did that for a different reason it caused a few annoying problems.

Clearing the CMOS IS how you fix that. There is no other way.

 

[KhoiFather]

You lucky A64 users!!!!

 

[botman]

hey guys, I have an k8v se deluxe and an a64 3000, but when I try to get cool and quiet running, it never actually varies the cpu core voltage, all it does is vary the fan speed, occassionally getting my system over 50 C. I've followed all the directions in the readme and such. (changed the power settings, set pm and acpi in the bios, installed drivers and software) what am I doing wrong? thanks for the help.

 

[Dman877]

Did you try clearing the cmos?