If you have System Cooling Management enabled in the Power Control Panel it will try to power down cores as it feels its not needed, unless you turn off cool n'quiet in the bios.
I do this for all AMD systems. You cannot turn off Speedstep in the new Intel processors because you will not get Turboboost (and thats where the value of the CPU resides). 73 On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Steven Hess <[email protected]> wrote: > I have set the minimum CPU to 100% in Windows 7 Power settings but I > still see some of the cores dropping down to 800 MHz in Core Temp. > There must be a driver involved. I had to power down the Flex-3000 and > it's computer due to thunder and lightening. > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Tony Estep <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Steven Hess <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I am running a 6 core AMD Phenom that is a 3.2 ghz CPU....CPU load is > never > >> much more than 7% with PowerSDR....< > http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352> > > > > ======== > > I have the same processor, Steve, and similar CPU load readings. I'm not > > running the down-shifting software but it seems that the system has lots > of > > extra capacity. My cores run at < 25 C all the time now matter what I'm > > doing. It helps to have an 8" diameter fan on the top of the case. I have > > some math optimization problems that run all six cores at once, but they > > never get hot. > > > > Tony KT0NY > > _______________________________________________ > > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > > [email protected] > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > > > > > > -- > ____________ > Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 > Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) > Google Voice 661 769 6201 > openSUSE Linux 11.3 and 11.4 > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > -- Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com Work:(540) 645 5394 Mobile:(540) 645 8171 _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
