Re: Semi-OT: How to throttle a AMD Turion?

Joerg wrote:
SioL wrote:

"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:v7p_h.145$mR2.74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

No idea. According to the mfg it's "automatic", whatever that means, and there is no user interaction possible.


Just found this:

http://www.geardigest.com/2005/08/30/the_turion_64_inside_story/page5.html

It seems its automatic and can be adjusted via "power options properties".


Ah, this might explain what's going on. It seems that the clock cannot or at least does not drop below 800MHz. That's still a whole lot of MHz when doing mundane things such as layout checks. This is what I use my laptop for most. There, I can't see much difference between the old Compaq throttled to 25MHz or so and the new screaming fast laptops. Except that the old Compaq's enclosure crumbled and I can no longer enjoy 6hr runtimes because "modern" design don't deliver that :-(

Why don't they allow a drop to, say, 100MHz or less? Many laptops are routinely used as document displays during meetings. That requires close to zilch in horsepower.


I get about 4-1/2 hours on my 2-1/2 year old Thinkpad T42P, and you can get second batteries that go into the DVD drive slot that will give another 2 hours or so, so that would get you back up there. You have to get the 9-cell battery and not the 6-cell one--the good ones stick out the back of the machine by an inch or so.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs
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