controling CPU

**rbscooby** · #1 24th Apr 2008, 07:53 AM

does anyone know if there is a programmer then will allow me to control my cpu speed, really i would like to slow it down to consume less power on my laptop, while also letting it run cooler durining lessons, im hoping for something like AMD do.

intel celeron 2.00Ghz
xp pro
512 mb ram

**Dave Hybrid** · #2 24th Apr 2008, 08:43 AM

You can do this by entering the BIOS pre Windows bootup.

**rbscooby** · #3 24th Apr 2008, 08:45 AM

ok thank you, i was looking more for a program or something, that way i could edit it then and there

**Cew27** · #4 24th Apr 2008, 09:38 AM

go into the bios and lower the multiplier by 1
total cpu clock speed = fsb / number of cores (i think?) X multiplier

**Dave Hybrid** · #5 24th Apr 2008, 09:40 AM

The BIOS is the program, no software can throttle your CPU clock as far as I know.

**rbscooby** · #6 24th Apr 2008, 11:04 AM

looked everywhere in the bios but still can not find anything even remotly hinting bowt the cpu

**Cew27** · #7 24th Apr 2008, 11:38 AM

you can change the clock speed in windows power saving settings actually right click the battery

**rbscooby** · #8 24th Apr 2008, 11:48 AM

belive it or not cew27 but this laptop dont have that ether lol

**Cew27** · #9 24th Apr 2008, 12:51 PM

xp or vista

**Dave Hybrid** · #10 24th Apr 2008, 12:53 PM

It's possible that the settings are not there in the BIOS on a branded machine, maybe they want that stuff locked.

**rbscooby** · #11 24th Apr 2008, 02:00 PM

its an xp pro comp, and i dont know about it, its not well known brand, caus its made for schools, its RM (research machines) so i dont think there the type of computer companie to lock it because there exact match desktop version is not locked out of finding things like this

**Carbon** · #12 24th Apr 2008, 05:02 PM

This already happens automatically . Don't worry about it.