how the hell do i disable speedstep

[Anubis]

running vista 64

i know this is in the bios someplace but i cannot for the life fo me find it

 

[brencat]

Advanced Bios Features --> CPU Feature --> Press Enter

 

[krnmastersgt]

Edit: Nvm, I guess I'm the only one that turns speedstep off and has the system still read likes its on...

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
Edit: Nvm, I guess I'm the only one that turns speedstep off and has the system still read likes its on...

You're not. I'm running an Asus P5K w/ E6600, it will not turn off for me either. If I try, the system ends up crashing in Windows after a few minutes.

 

[krnmastersgt]

Well my system doesn't crash, it just doesn't seem to matter to the system, I even tried enabling and then disabling it in the dynamic BIOS but that doesn't work either, oh well I always have it at 60+% load so doesn't matter but whatever.

 

[ch33zw1z]

I'm gonna give it the ole BIOS update, see if that helps. Yours at latest?

 

[Anubis]

thans for the quick responce, i was looking in the right place and woudl have found it if they called the option SPEEDSTEP and not some silly acronym

seems to be working fine

 

[imported_wired247]

I am curious what the practical difference is between having it on or not.

What is the threshold or criteria that the CPU decides to increase multiplier, and does it actually bog your system down?

 

[SexyK]

I agree, what is the rationale for turning it off at all? All you're doing is eating up more power.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Some say it reduces stability...

 

[krnmastersgt]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
Some say it reduces stability...

Well maybe not reduce stability but most would say its easier to overclock with it off, most people start their OC with speedstep off, I see no real difference but whatever. And yeah my BIOS is at the latest from what I've checked, rather new mobo so I don't think they made a real BIOS update except for Yorkie support.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Yea, I'm an asshat...have to disable BOTH C1E and EIST!!

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
Edit: Nvm, I guess I'm the only one that turns speedstep off and has the system still read likes its on...

Have you changed the C1E setting as well, or just EIST?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: wired247

I am curious what the practical difference is between having it on or not.

What is the threshold or criteria that the CPU decides to increase multiplier, and does it actually bog your system down?

no i just find it easier to stabilize a OC with it off ill prob turn it back on when i get the stabilized

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: wired247

I am curious what the practical difference is between having it on or not.

What is the threshold or criteria that the CPU decides to increase multiplier, and does it actually bog your system down?

The OS makes the throttling decision, not the CPU. If the load suddenly increases, it may take a moment before the OS decides it needs to increase the CPU speed; the exact behavior is OS-dependent (linux even lets you choose different policies, e.g. whether you want to minimize the impact or maximize power savings).

 

[sempur]

If it is the OS that makes the throttling decision, is it on by default in a WinXP installation ?

Didn't you have to select 'Minimal power requirements' to enable Cool'n'Quiet on AMD CPU's ?

 

[zodder]

Originally posted by: ch33zw1z
Yea, I'm an asshat...have to disable BOTH C1E and EIST!!

I know this is a year old, but add me to the asshat list, too. LOL