From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nebojsa Trpkovic Subject: powernow-k7: changing of VID is posible, says tom... Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 22:29:06 +0200 Sender: cpufreq-bounces@www.linux.org.uk Message-ID: <415DBE12.6020104@professor.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: cpufreq-bounces+glkc-cpufreq=gmane.org@www.linux.org.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk So, I've read many things about this and one of them was thread: http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/private/cpufreq/2004-June/003812.html about "[PATCH] powernow-k7: Userspace PST for Athlon XP-M on desktop boards". I know that only FID of mobile CPUs can be changed on desktop board. Personaly, I've modded my Barton to Mobile one but I had no time to try changing FID in Linux. In Window$ all worked well. BUT !!! Today, I've read on Tom's Hardware that there IS way to change VID on the fly. He says that "AMD keeps the corresponding utility under lock and key for security reasons." http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041001/index.html So, if AMD has that utility for Window$, http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041001/athlon-underclocking-06.html I guess it's posible to make something similar for Linux Or, maybe, Tom just wants to raise number of hits for his site? ;)