Notebook Power Option Tweaking Question

[Guest]

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Hi,

Is there a way for me to create a power scheme that will put my Pentium M
notebook into a mode such that it uses speed step when on battery and is
running at full speed when plugged in? I see that I can change the power
schemes through the power control panel applet but I see nothing that will
let me know set the CPU speed here. Is there any way to specify this with the
power control panel applet?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Guest]

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Any speed-step options for your notebook would be
located in the BIOS.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Mike McCollister" wrote:

| Hi,
|
| Is there a way for me to create a power scheme that will put my Pentium M
| notebook into a mode such that it uses speed step when on battery and is
| running at full speed when plugged in? I see that I can change the power
| schemes through the power control panel applet but I see nothing that will
| let me know set the CPU speed here. Is there any way to specify this with the
| power control panel applet?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Mike

 

[Guest]

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I looked in my BIOS and all there is is an enable/disable option.

I messed around with the power options and found that the Home/Office Desk
policy does exactly what I want. I get 1.4 GHz when plugged in and 600
MHz/1.4 GHz variable power when unplugged. However, if I save this scheme as
something like "Mike's Home/Office Desk" it does not stay at 1.4 GHz when
plugged in. It seems that the name of the policy is very important. Any more
insite on this?

Thanks,

Mike

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Any speed-step options for your notebook would be
> located in the BIOS.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Mike McCollister" wrote:
>
> | Hi,
> |
> | Is there a way for me to create a power scheme that will put my Pentium M
> | notebook into a mode such that it uses speed step when on battery and is
> | running at full speed when plugged in? I see that I can change the power
> | schemes through the power control panel applet but I see nothing that will
> | let me know set the CPU speed here. Is there any way to specify this with the
> | power control panel applet?
> |
> | Thanks,
> |
> | Mike
>

 

[gregg]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Actually this statement is not exactly correct when talking about Windows
XP.

The power control panel applet DOES control Speedstep functionality. If you
set to the Always On profile, the process will always run at the maximum.
This is true for at least the following notebook manufacturers: Gateway,
Dell, and HP.

Google is your friend!

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1063014&c=us&l=en&cs=&s=gen

Thanks!

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23Vvl45CpFHA.4088@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Any speed-step options for your notebook would be
> located in the BIOS.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Mike McCollister" wrote:
>
> | Hi,
> |
> | Is there a way for me to create a power scheme that will put my Pentium
> M
> | notebook into a mode such that it uses speed step when on battery and is
> | running at full speed when plugged in? I see that I can change the power
> | schemes through the power control panel applet but I see nothing that
> will
> | let me know set the CPU speed here. Is there any way to specify this
> with the
> | power control panel applet?
> |
> | Thanks,
> |
> | Mike

 

[Guest]

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Jordan23

To be fair, there is no specific speed step functions in the power options
if speed step is turned off in the BIOS.

Cheers,
J


"Gregg" wrote:

> Actually this statement is not exactly correct when talking about Windows
> XP.
>
> The power control panel applet DOES control Speedstep functionality. If you
> set to the Always On profile, the process will always run at the maximum.
> This is true for at least the following notebook manufacturers: Gateway,
> Dell, and HP.
>
> Google is your friend!
>
> http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1063014&c=us&l=en&cs=&s=gen
>
> Thanks!
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Vvl45CpFHA.4088@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Any speed-step options for your notebook would be
> > located in the BIOS.
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP - Shell/User
> > Microsoft Newsgroups
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "Mike McCollister" wrote:
> >
> > | Hi,
> > |
> > | Is there a way for me to create a power scheme that will put my Pentium
> > M
> > | notebook into a mode such that it uses speed step when on battery and is
> > | running at full speed when plugged in? I see that I can change the power
> > | schemes through the power control panel applet but I see nothing that
> > will
> > | let me know set the CPU speed here. Is there any way to specify this
> > with the
> > | power control panel applet?
> > |
> > | Thanks,
> > |
> > | Mike
>
>
>

 

[gregg]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Sort of true... if you turn it off in the BIOS you can not control it.
However, when on, options selected in the BIOS will be overridden by XP.


"Jordan23" <Jordan23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Jordan23
>
> To be fair, there is no specific speed step functions in the power options
> if speed step is turned off in the BIOS.
>
> Cheers,
> J
>
>
> "Gregg" wrote:
>
>> Actually this statement is not exactly correct when talking about Windows
>> XP.
>>
>> The power control panel applet DOES control Speedstep functionality. If
>> you
>> set to the Always On profile, the process will always run at the maximum.
>> This is true for at least the following notebook manufacturers: Gateway,
>> Dell, and HP.
>>
>> Google is your friend!
>>
>> http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1063014&c=us&l=en&cs=&s=gen
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23Vvl45CpFHA.4088@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > Any speed-step options for your notebook would be
>> > located in the BIOS.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Carey Frisch
>> > Microsoft MVP
>> > Windows XP - Shell/User
>> > Microsoft Newsgroups
>> >
>> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > "Mike McCollister" wrote:
>> >
>> > | Hi,
>> > |
>> > | Is there a way for me to create a power scheme that will put my
>> > Pentium
>> > M
>> > | notebook into a mode such that it uses speed step when on battery and
>> > is
>> > | running at full speed when plugged in? I see that I can change the
>> > power
>> > | schemes through the power control panel applet but I see nothing that
>> > will
>> > | let me know set the CPU speed here. Is there any way to specify this
>> > with the
>> > | power control panel applet?
>> > |
>> > | Thanks,
>> > |
>> > | Mike
>>
>>
>>