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restrict cpu usage in xp
on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making
the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the
Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the
Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
I think his problem is the fact that he's got a laptop,
since he mantioned that it wasn't a mobile chip. The standard P4s run quite hot in comparison to P4-M mobile chips or pentium-M chips (the ones in Centrino laptops). The only way that you can limit your power consumption is to do as Rich said. Otherwise, if it is really bothering you, you might want to look into a mobile chip. Remember, unless you're planning on doing intense gaming or CAD programming on your laptop (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), you'd be just fine working with a P4-M chip running at, say 1.4 or 1.6 GHz. Anyone who tries to sell you the story that you need more power is just trying to empty your wallet into their hands. Another point to note, lower clock speed means less power consumed. See if you can find a P4-M 1.6GHz chip somewhere and install that in your computer. If you want to help extend your battery life even further, make sure you have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will minimize the amount of pagefile swapping your computer does, and therefore the amount of time the hard drive is used (less hard drive use=less battery used). Look into Black Viper's site (http://www.blackviper.com) to see what services you can disable. Also, go to http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM and then go to Start-Run and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab, and search for every item that is checked off on the site above. If it isn't required, disable it (remove the checkmark). This will help with both your startup time and the amount of power your computer consumes during startup. One last thing that I've found helps general computer performance (on both my desktop and laptop). Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the hardware tab, click on "Device Manager". There are several items that you can disable here if you're not using them. For example, with my laptop, I don't use my ethernet card at all, so I've disabled it. That way, Windows doesn't have to load the drivers for it on startup. Anything that you know you don't use, disable it. Hope this helps, Nick nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca -----Original Message----- Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart . |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
I think his problem is the fact that he's got a laptop,
since he mantioned that it wasn't a mobile chip. The standard P4s run quite hot in comparison to P4-M mobile chips or pentium-M chips (the ones in Centrino laptops). The only way that you can limit your power consumption is to do as Rich said. Otherwise, if it is really bothering you, you might want to look into a mobile chip. Remember, unless you're planning on doing intense gaming or CAD programming on your laptop (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), you'd be just fine working with a P4-M chip running at, say 1.4 or 1.6 GHz. Anyone who tries to sell you the story that you need more power is just trying to empty your wallet into their hands. Another point to note, lower clock speed means less power consumed. See if you can find a P4-M 1.6GHz chip somewhere and install that in your computer. If you want to help extend your battery life even further, make sure you have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will minimize the amount of pagefile swapping your computer does, and therefore the amount of time the hard drive is used (less hard drive use=less battery used). Look into Black Viper's site (http://www.blackviper.com) to see what services you can disable. Also, go to http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM and then go to Start-Run and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab, and search for every item that is checked off on the site above. If it isn't required, disable it (remove the checkmark). This will help with both your startup time and the amount of power your computer consumes during startup. One last thing that I've found helps general computer performance (on both my desktop and laptop). Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the hardware tab, click on "Device Manager". There are several items that you can disable here if you're not using them. For example, with my laptop, I don't use my ethernet card at all, so I've disabled it. That way, Windows doesn't have to load the drivers for it on startup. Anything that you know you don't use, disable it. Hope this helps, Nick nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca -----Original Message----- Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart . |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
I think his problem is the fact that he's got a laptop,
since he mantioned that it wasn't a mobile chip. The standard P4s run quite hot in comparison to P4-M mobile chips or pentium-M chips (the ones in Centrino laptops). The only way that you can limit your power consumption is to do as Rich said. Otherwise, if it is really bothering you, you might want to look into a mobile chip. Remember, unless you're planning on doing intense gaming or CAD programming on your laptop (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), you'd be just fine working with a P4-M chip running at, say 1.4 or 1.6 GHz. Anyone who tries to sell you the story that you need more power is just trying to empty your wallet into their hands. Another point to note, lower clock speed means less power consumed. See if you can find a P4-M 1.6GHz chip somewhere and install that in your computer. If you want to help extend your battery life even further, make sure you have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will minimize the amount of pagefile swapping your computer does, and therefore the amount of time the hard drive is used (less hard drive use=less battery used). Look into Black Viper's site (http://www.blackviper.com) to see what services you can disable. Also, go to http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM and then go to Start-Run and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab, and search for every item that is checked off on the site above. If it isn't required, disable it (remove the checkmark). This will help with both your startup time and the amount of power your computer consumes during startup. One last thing that I've found helps general computer performance (on both my desktop and laptop). Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the hardware tab, click on "Device Manager". There are several items that you can disable here if you're not using them. For example, with my laptop, I don't use my ethernet card at all, so I've disabled it. That way, Windows doesn't have to load the drivers for it on startup. Anything that you know you don't use, disable it. Hope this helps, Nick nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca -----Original Message----- Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart . |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
I think his problem is the fact that he's got a laptop,
since he mantioned that it wasn't a mobile chip. The standard P4s run quite hot in comparison to P4-M mobile chips or pentium-M chips (the ones in Centrino laptops). The only way that you can limit your power consumption is to do as Rich said. Otherwise, if it is really bothering you, you might want to look into a mobile chip. Remember, unless you're planning on doing intense gaming or CAD programming on your laptop (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), you'd be just fine working with a P4-M chip running at, say 1.4 or 1.6 GHz. Anyone who tries to sell you the story that you need more power is just trying to empty your wallet into their hands. Another point to note, lower clock speed means less power consumed. See if you can find a P4-M 1.6GHz chip somewhere and install that in your computer. If you want to help extend your battery life even further, make sure you have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will minimize the amount of pagefile swapping your computer does, and therefore the amount of time the hard drive is used (less hard drive use=less battery used). Look into Black Viper's site (http://www.blackviper.com) to see what services you can disable. Also, go to http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM and then go to Start-Run and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab, and search for every item that is checked off on the site above. If it isn't required, disable it (remove the checkmark). This will help with both your startup time and the amount of power your computer consumes during startup. One last thing that I've found helps general computer performance (on both my desktop and laptop). Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the hardware tab, click on "Device Manager". There are several items that you can disable here if you're not using them. For example, with my laptop, I don't use my ethernet card at all, so I've disabled it. That way, Windows doesn't have to load the drivers for it on startup. Anything that you know you don't use, disable it. Hope this helps, Nick nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca -----Original Message----- Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart . |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
I think his problem is the fact that he's got a laptop,
since he mantioned that it wasn't a mobile chip. The standard P4s run quite hot in comparison to P4-M mobile chips or pentium-M chips (the ones in Centrino laptops). The only way that you can limit your power consumption is to do as Rich said. Otherwise, if it is really bothering you, you might want to look into a mobile chip. Remember, unless you're planning on doing intense gaming or CAD programming on your laptop (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), you'd be just fine working with a P4-M chip running at, say 1.4 or 1.6 GHz. Anyone who tries to sell you the story that you need more power is just trying to empty your wallet into their hands. Another point to note, lower clock speed means less power consumed. See if you can find a P4-M 1.6GHz chip somewhere and install that in your computer. If you want to help extend your battery life even further, make sure you have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will minimize the amount of pagefile swapping your computer does, and therefore the amount of time the hard drive is used (less hard drive use=less battery used). Look into Black Viper's site (http://www.blackviper.com) to see what services you can disable. Also, go to http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM and then go to Start-Run and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab, and search for every item that is checked off on the site above. If it isn't required, disable it (remove the checkmark). This will help with both your startup time and the amount of power your computer consumes during startup. One last thing that I've found helps general computer performance (on both my desktop and laptop). Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the hardware tab, click on "Device Manager". There are several items that you can disable here if you're not using them. For example, with my laptop, I don't use my ethernet card at all, so I've disabled it. That way, Windows doesn't have to load the drivers for it on startup. Anything that you know you don't use, disable it. Hope this helps, Nick nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca -----Original Message----- Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart . |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
I think his problem is the fact that he's got a laptop,
since he mantioned that it wasn't a mobile chip. The standard P4s run quite hot in comparison to P4-M mobile chips or pentium-M chips (the ones in Centrino laptops). The only way that you can limit your power consumption is to do as Rich said. Otherwise, if it is really bothering you, you might want to look into a mobile chip. Remember, unless you're planning on doing intense gaming or CAD programming on your laptop (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), you'd be just fine working with a P4-M chip running at, say 1.4 or 1.6 GHz. Anyone who tries to sell you the story that you need more power is just trying to empty your wallet into their hands. Another point to note, lower clock speed means less power consumed. See if you can find a P4-M 1.6GHz chip somewhere and install that in your computer. If you want to help extend your battery life even further, make sure you have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will minimize the amount of pagefile swapping your computer does, and therefore the amount of time the hard drive is used (less hard drive use=less battery used). Look into Black Viper's site (http://www.blackviper.com) to see what services you can disable. Also, go to http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM and then go to Start-Run and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab, and search for every item that is checked off on the site above. If it isn't required, disable it (remove the checkmark). This will help with both your startup time and the amount of power your computer consumes during startup. One last thing that I've found helps general computer performance (on both my desktop and laptop). Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the hardware tab, click on "Device Manager". There are several items that you can disable here if you're not using them. For example, with my laptop, I don't use my ethernet card at all, so I've disabled it. That way, Windows doesn't have to load the drivers for it on startup. Anything that you know you don't use, disable it. Hope this helps, Nick nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca -----Original Message----- Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart . |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
I think his problem is the fact that he's got a laptop,
since he mantioned that it wasn't a mobile chip. The standard P4s run quite hot in comparison to P4-M mobile chips or pentium-M chips (the ones in Centrino laptops). The only way that you can limit your power consumption is to do as Rich said. Otherwise, if it is really bothering you, you might want to look into a mobile chip. Remember, unless you're planning on doing intense gaming or CAD programming on your laptop (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), you'd be just fine working with a P4-M chip running at, say 1.4 or 1.6 GHz. Anyone who tries to sell you the story that you need more power is just trying to empty your wallet into their hands. Another point to note, lower clock speed means less power consumed. See if you can find a P4-M 1.6GHz chip somewhere and install that in your computer. If you want to help extend your battery life even further, make sure you have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will minimize the amount of pagefile swapping your computer does, and therefore the amount of time the hard drive is used (less hard drive use=less battery used). Look into Black Viper's site (http://www.blackviper.com) to see what services you can disable. Also, go to http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM and then go to Start-Run and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab, and search for every item that is checked off on the site above. If it isn't required, disable it (remove the checkmark). This will help with both your startup time and the amount of power your computer consumes during startup. One last thing that I've found helps general computer performance (on both my desktop and laptop). Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the hardware tab, click on "Device Manager". There are several items that you can disable here if you're not using them. For example, with my laptop, I don't use my ethernet card at all, so I've disabled it. That way, Windows doesn't have to load the drivers for it on startup. Anything that you know you don't use, disable it. Hope this helps, Nick nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca -----Original Message----- Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart . |
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restrict cpu usage in xp
I think his problem is the fact that he's got a laptop,
since he mantioned that it wasn't a mobile chip. The standard P4s run quite hot in comparison to P4-M mobile chips or pentium-M chips (the ones in Centrino laptops). The only way that you can limit your power consumption is to do as Rich said. Otherwise, if it is really bothering you, you might want to look into a mobile chip. Remember, unless you're planning on doing intense gaming or CAD programming on your laptop (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), you'd be just fine working with a P4-M chip running at, say 1.4 or 1.6 GHz. Anyone who tries to sell you the story that you need more power is just trying to empty your wallet into their hands. Another point to note, lower clock speed means less power consumed. See if you can find a P4-M 1.6GHz chip somewhere and install that in your computer. If you want to help extend your battery life even further, make sure you have at least 512 MB of RAM. This will minimize the amount of pagefile swapping your computer does, and therefore the amount of time the hard drive is used (less hard drive use=less battery used). Look into Black Viper's site (http://www.blackviper.com) to see what services you can disable. Also, go to http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM and then go to Start-Run and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab, and search for every item that is checked off on the site above. If it isn't required, disable it (remove the checkmark). This will help with both your startup time and the amount of power your computer consumes during startup. One last thing that I've found helps general computer performance (on both my desktop and laptop). Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the hardware tab, click on "Device Manager". There are several items that you can disable here if you're not using them. For example, with my laptop, I don't use my ethernet card at all, so I've disabled it. That way, Windows doesn't have to load the drivers for it on startup. Anything that you know you don't use, disable it. Hope this helps, Nick nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca -----Original Message----- Stuart, does it just drain of Power or are you overheating? Go into the Bios and see if you can change the Front Side Bus Frequency. It probably is at 133. See if you can lower it but you will take a performance hit when doing so. Lower it in small increments if you can. Say, 5mhz at a time. "Stuart Gilbert" wrote in message ... on my laptop, i have 2.4 pentuim 4 chip, this is making the fans constantly run as it is not a mobile chip. Does anyone know if u can restrict the full usage of the chip so does not run at full power. When playing games or running programmes if the fans go long enough the pc just shuts down. many thanks. stuart . |
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