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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:01:12
Message-Id: 201012311059.36225.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem by Bill Longman
1 On Friday 31 December 2010 01:22:11 Bill Longman wrote:
2 > On 12/30/2010 02:44 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
3 > > Am 2010-12-30 18:54, schrieb Bill Longman:
4 > >> On 12/30/2010 12:59 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
5 > >>> Bill, just for a check, does it scale correctly if you boot from a
6 > >>> live-cd?
7 > >>
8 > >> Well, if I change the BIOS to turn off SpeedStep, it goes to 2.67
9 > >> GHz.....works great!
10 > >
11 > > good to hear. So it is solved?
12 >
13 > LOL! Well, if by "solved" you mean that I am able to use the full power
14 > of my CPU, then, yes, it is solved. However, it is now completely
15 > incapable of having its CPU controlled for power, so once I go on
16 > batteries, I have about an hour and a half....so in that sense, no, it's
17 > not solved. No, it's not solved. I am going to burn an ISO and boot one
18 > of those "other" distros that shall remain nameless and see if there is
19 > something strange with my Gentoo kernel madness or whether it's this
20 > machine.
21
22 Hmm ... could it be a buggy BIOS? Are you running the latest firmware for it?
23
24 Have you diff'ed the LiveCD kernel and yours?
25 --
26 Regards,
27 Mick

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