Is there any way in Vista (32 bit) to turn off Intel’s Speedstep throttling?
Having spend a couple of hours going through Vista’s various and numerous
options (power options and so on) as well as spending some time researching
this on the net, I simply cannot find a way to turn speedstep off via the GUI.
My BIOS gives me two options: “Off” which sure enough turns speedstep off,
but sets the processors to run at minimum speed (1GHz), or “Enabled” which,
well, enables speedstep.
This used to be so easy in XP to turn off that I wonder why in Billy The
Gates’ name it seems an impossibility under Vista. The mind boggles … or am I
missing something here?
"akita" <akita@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any way in Vista (32 bit) to turn off Intel’s Speedstep
> throttling?
>
> Having spend a couple of hours going through Vista’s various and numerous
> options (power options and so on) as well as spending some time
> researching
> this on the net, I simply cannot find a way to turn speedstep off via the
> GUI.
>
> My BIOS gives me two options: “Off” which sure enough turns speedstep off,
> but sets the processors to run at minimum speed (1GHz), or “Enabled”
> which,
> well, enables speedstep.
>
> This used to be so easy in XP to turn off that I wonder why in Billy The
> Gates’ name it seems an impossibility under Vista. The mind boggles … or
> am I
> missing something here?
>
> All advice & help would be much appreciated.
>
> Relevant system info: Dell Precision M90, latest BIOS & drivers, Core2Duo
> T7400
>
Type 'Power Options' in the Start Menu search thing at the bottom and select
it.
Either choose High Performance, or adjust the one you are already using by
doing this:
Click 'Change Plan Settings'
Click 'Change Advanced Power Settings'
Under 'Processor power management', make sure Min and Max values are at 100%
How to turn off Speedstep? 
Linear Mode
