The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    i3 r2 speedstep not working

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by kampos, Sep 25, 2011.

  1. kampos

    kampos Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    14
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello, i have noticed a high consume of my battery. I have opened cpu-z and i have seen that my multiplicator is at 9 and never goes down. I used several times setpll, but now i'm not using it and the multi never goes down. Also is enabled speedstep in the bios, so i don't know why is not going down
    If someone could please bring some help or information, write it here because i need large battery life and lower temps and fan noise.

    Thanks
     
    kampos, Sep 25, 2011
    #1
  2. Manikstor

    Manikstor Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    15
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    i have the i3 too and if you're talking about the multiplier mine is at x 9.0 sometimes i see it go down to 8.0 but that's about it, should it go down lower?

    am i missing something?
     
    Manikstor, Sep 25, 2011
    #2
  3. kampos

    kampos Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    14
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello Manikstor
    Yes, it should. Sometimes when it worked the multiplier goes down to 5x or 6x for reducing heat and noise, and improving the battery life. Now it never goes down. I don't know why. I tried to uninstall the driver of the chipset, and when i reboot an windows installs it, then works. I reboot another time and 9x all day

    Please someone help a little bit.

    Thanks
     
    kampos, Sep 26, 2011
    #3