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#16
February 23rd 09, 05:09 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 9:00 AM PT, smlunatick typed:
On Feb 23, 4:31 pm, Ant wrote: On 2/23/2009 6:57 AM PT, smlunatick typed: Also, you can add a cooling feature with CPUCool?? I don't know. I never heard of CPUCool. Is that a cooler software? Sorry, its Cpuidle -- http://www.cpuidle.de/ I will check it out if needed. -- "For every 1 person on earth there are 1 million ants." --Factoid for the video of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" Pop Up Video /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer. 
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#17
February 23rd 09, 05:09 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 9:00 AM PT, smlunatick typed:
On Feb 23, 4:31 pm, Ant wrote: On 2/23/2009 6:57 AM PT, smlunatick typed: Also, you can add a cooling feature with CPUCool?? I don't know. I never heard of CPUCool. Is that a cooler software? Sorry, its Cpuidle -- http://www.cpuidle.de/ I will check it out if needed. -- "For every 1 person on earth there are 1 million ants." --Factoid for the video of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" Pop Up Video /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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February 23rd 09, 05:09 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 8:37 AM PT, Ant typed:
On 2/23/2009 7:09 AM PT, JS typed: Also: Intel® CoreT2 Quad Processor Q8200 http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SLB5M Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology How To Document http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/203838.htm I followed the instructions on http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/203838.htm ... I never set to minimal power scheme. I changed its monitor shutoff to three hours instead and everything to never turn off like HDD. Now I get @ 2.33GHz and 2.39 GHz in XP's System Properties' general tab. I think it is working now? OK, I can feel some sluggish like I did with Athlon 64 so it seems to be working.  -- "For every 1 person on earth there are 1 million ants." --Factoid for the video of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" Pop Up Video /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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February 23rd 09, 05:09 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 8:37 AM PT, Ant typed:
On 2/23/2009 7:09 AM PT, JS typed: Also: Intel® CoreT2 Quad Processor Q8200 http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SLB5M Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology How To Document http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/203838.htm I followed the instructions on http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/203838.htm ... I never set to minimal power scheme. I changed its monitor shutoff to three hours instead and everything to never turn off like HDD. Now I get @ 2.33GHz and 2.39 GHz in XP's System Properties' general tab. I think it is working now? OK, I can feel some sluggish like I did with Athlon 64 so it seems to be working. -- "For every 1 person on earth there are 1 million ants." --Factoid for the video of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" Pop Up Video /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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#20
February 23rd 09, 06:12 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks when idled/not heavily used)?
Yep, its EIST.
-- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Ant" wrote in message ... On 2/23/2009 7:03 AM PT, JS typed: Check you BIOS, by default this feature is disabled on my ASUS motherboard. Is that EIST for in CMOS/BIOS? I didn't see anything else on speed throttle except manual and automatic clock speeds. I looked in the manual (PDF v1.0 English): http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...1&prod_no=1720 and searched for EIST, and found it. I will have to check when I reboot later. -- "Maybe it's like an ant hive..." "Bees man, bees have hives." "You know what I mean. It's like one female that runs the whole show." "Yes, the queen." "Yeah the mamma. She is bad*ss, man. I mean big." "These things ain't ants estupido." "I know that." --ALIENS movie /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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#21
February 23rd 09, 06:12 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks when idled/not heavily used)?
Yep, its EIST.
-- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Ant" wrote in message ... On 2/23/2009 7:03 AM PT, JS typed: Check you BIOS, by default this feature is disabled on my ASUS motherboard. Is that EIST for in CMOS/BIOS? I didn't see anything else on speed throttle except manual and automatic clock speeds. I looked in the manual (PDF v1.0 English): http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...1&prod_no=1720 and searched for EIST, and found it. I will have to check when I reboot later. -- "Maybe it's like an ant hive..." "Bees man, bees have hives." "You know what I mean. It's like one female that runs the whole show." "Yes, the queen." "Yeah the mamma. She is bad*ss, man. I mean big." "These things ain't ants estupido." "I know that." --ALIENS movie /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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#22
February 23rd 09, 06:14 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks when idled/not heavily used)?
You should be able to confirm this with "CPUID"
also known as CPUZ. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Ant" wrote in message ... On 2/23/2009 8:37 AM PT, Ant typed: On 2/23/2009 7:09 AM PT, JS typed: Also: Intel® CoreT2 Quad Processor Q8200 http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SLB5M Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology How To Document http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/203838.htm I followed the instructions on http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/203838.htm ... I never set to minimal power scheme. I changed its monitor shutoff to three hours instead and everything to never turn off like HDD. Now I get @ 2.33GHz and 2.39 GHz in XP's System Properties' general tab. I think it is working now? OK, I can feel some sluggish like I did with Athlon 64 so it seems to be working. -- "For every 1 person on earth there are 1 million ants." --Factoid for the video of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" Pop Up Video /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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#23
February 23rd 09, 06:14 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks when idled/not heavily used)?
You should be able to confirm this with "CPUID"
also known as CPUZ. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Ant" wrote in message ... On 2/23/2009 8:37 AM PT, Ant typed: On 2/23/2009 7:09 AM PT, JS typed: Also: Intel® CoreT2 Quad Processor Q8200 http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SLB5M Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology How To Document http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/203838.htm I followed the instructions on http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/203838.htm ... I never set to minimal power scheme. I changed its monitor shutoff to three hours instead and everything to never turn off like HDD. Now I get @ 2.33GHz and 2.39 GHz in XP's System Properties' general tab. I think it is working now? OK, I can feel some sluggish like I did with Athlon 64 so it seems to be working. -- "For every 1 person on earth there are 1 million ants." --Factoid for the video of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" Pop Up Video /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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#24
February 24th 09, 06:59 AM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 10:12 AM PT, JS typed:
Yep, its EIST. I rebooted and checked. Already enabled. Ran CPU-Z and saw Clocks (Core #0)'s Core Speed: 240x MHz (low usage) vs. 280x Mhz (high usage on one CPU). Is 240x MHz the lowest it can go? -- "If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?" --Marie Dressler /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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February 24th 09, 06:59 AM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 10:12 AM PT, JS typed:
Yep, its EIST. I rebooted and checked. Already enabled. Ran CPU-Z and saw Clocks (Core #0)'s Core Speed: 240x MHz (low usage) vs. 280x Mhz (high usage on one CPU). Is 240x MHz the lowest it can go? -- "If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?" --Marie Dressler /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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#26
February 24th 09, 07:01 AM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 9:00 AM PT, smlunatick typed:
Also, you can add a cooling feature with CPUCool?? I don't know. I never heard of CPUCool. Is that a cooler software? Sorry, its Cpuidle -- http://www.cpuidle.de/ Hmm, not free. Any others that are free? -- "... [Let us inquire] what glory there was in an omnipotent being torturing forever a puny little creature who could in no way defend himself? Would it be to the glory of a man to fry ants?" --Charlotte Perkins Gilman /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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February 24th 09, 07:01 AM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 9:00 AM PT, smlunatick typed:
Also, you can add a cooling feature with CPUCool?? I don't know. I never heard of CPUCool. Is that a cooler software? Sorry, its Cpuidle -- http://www.cpuidle.de/ Hmm, not free. Any others that are free? -- "... [Let us inquire] what glory there was in an omnipotent being torturing forever a puny little creature who could in no way defend himself? Would it be to the glory of a man to fry ants?" --Charlotte Perkins Gilman /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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February 24th 09, 07:02 AM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 10:14 AM PT, JS typed:
You should be able to confirm this with "CPUID" also known as CPUZ. Ran CPU-Z and saw Clocks (Core #0)'s Core Speed: 240x MHz (low usage) vs. 280x Mhz (high usage on one CPU). Is 240x MHz the lowest it can go? -- "What is this? A center for ants?!" "...What?" "How can we be expected to teach children to learn how read, if they can't even fit inside the building?" "Derek, it's just a--" "I don't want to hear your excuses! The center has to be at least... three times bigger than this!" "...He's absolutely right!" --Zoolander movie /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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February 24th 09, 07:02 AM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks whenidled/not heavily used)?
On 2/23/2009 10:14 AM PT, JS typed:
You should be able to confirm this with "CPUID" also known as CPUZ. Ran CPU-Z and saw Clocks (Core #0)'s Core Speed: 240x MHz (low usage) vs. 280x Mhz (high usage on one CPU). Is 240x MHz the lowest it can go? -- "What is this? A center for ants?!" "...What?" "How can we be expected to teach children to learn how read, if they can't even fit inside the building?" "Derek, it's just a--" "I don't want to hear your excuses! The center has to be at least... three times bigger than this!" "...He's absolutely right!" --Zoolander movie /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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#30
February 24th 09, 03:25 PM
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Do Intel Core 2 Q8200 speed throttles (e.g., underclocks when idled/not heavily used)?
I'm almost certain that lower speed can be achieved
but it most likely a function of the motherboard and bios. One PC I have will drop it lower and overclock the CPU when its needed automatically if enabled in the BIOS. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Ant" wrote in message ... On 2/23/2009 10:14 AM PT, JS typed: You should be able to confirm this with "CPUID" also known as CPUZ. Ran CPU-Z and saw Clocks (Core #0)'s Core Speed: 240x MHz (low usage) vs. 280x Mhz (high usage on one CPU). Is 240x MHz the lowest it can go? -- "What is this? A center for ants?!" "...What?" "How can we be expected to teach children to learn how read, if they can't even fit inside the building?" "Derek, it's just a--" "I don't want to hear your excuses! The center has to be at least... three times bigger than this!" "...He's absolutely right!" --Zoolander movie /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: NT ( ) or Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
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