What's a good program that writes HALT commands to the processor?

[InlineFive]

 

[Megatomic]

CPUIdle

 

[txxxx]

I thought this was a native feature of NT based operating systems, whilst system has idle loads?

 

[NFS4]

If you're running WinXP, it already issues aggressive HALT commands

 

[iclick]

2000/XP does not issue HALT commands when in DOS mode, thus taxing the CPU when running DOS apps. I use a small (1k) prog called DOSIDLE that works great. Let me know if you want me to email it to you.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: NFS4
If you're running WinXP, it already issues aggressive HALT commands

Really? No worries then I guess...

I read somewhere that someone found out that Athlons have an even deeper power saving state called something like SHTDWN. It shuts off the FSB and parts of the core. Anyone know if this has been implemented into a program for Windows?

Thanks!

-Por

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

vcool.occludo.net

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
vcool.occludo.net

That's a cool program but my computer uses an nForce chipset. 🙁

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: NFS4
If you're running WinXP, it already issues aggressive HALT commands

Really? No worries then I guess...

I read somewhere that someone found out that Athlons have an even deeper power saving state called something like SHTDWN. It shuts off the FSB and parts of the core. Anyone know if this has been implemented into a program for Windows?

Thanks!

-Por

If it shuts off the FSB, then surely its in a standby ?

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: NFS4
If you're running WinXP, it already issues aggressive HALT commands

Really? No worries then I guess...

I read somewhere that someone found out that Athlons have an even deeper power saving state called something like SHTDWN. It shuts off the FSB and parts of the core. Anyone know if this has been implemented into a program for Windows?

Thanks!

-Por

If it shuts off the FSB, then surely its in a standby ?

It does this when the system is idle and somehow reactivates it when there is work to be done.

 

[Linux23]

what is the benefits of using such a program?

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: NFS4
If you're running WinXP, it already issues aggressive HALT commands

Really? No worries then I guess...

I read somewhere that someone found out that Athlons have an even deeper power saving state called something like SHTDWN. It shuts off the FSB and parts of the core. Anyone know if this has been implemented into a program for Windows?

Thanks!

-Por

If it shuts off the FSB, then surely its in a standby ?

It does this when the system is idle and somehow reactivates it when there is work to be done.

Well, wouldnt there be some "switching" penality time? I wouldnt worry too much about keeping your Athlon cool, so long as its under its rated max core temperature 😉

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: Linux23
what is the benefits of using such a program?

Lower power to cpu = cooler cpu.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: Linux23
what is the benefits of using such a program?

Lower power to cpu = cooler cpu.

This is especially important for SilentPC people since we generally sacrifice loudness for heat.