From: "Slagter, EM" <eslagter@wlz.nl>
To: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk
Subject: FYI ASUS reply clock frequency setting
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:02:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1154613771.14206.34.camel@localhost> (raw)
I sent this message to ASUS:
> [...]
>
> Furthermore I noticed that slowing the processor down to 1.4 Ghz from
> the BIOS settings gives an
> additional power saving of 20-30 watts, which is very interesting to
> me, especially if the motherboards'
> CPU speed could be altered on the fly from within the operating
> system. I am NOT talking of the
> 2.8/2.4 CPU speed of the EIST s! ystem, I am talking of the cpu clock
> supplied by the motherboard as set with the BIOS settings, 1.4 Ghz -
> 4.0 Ghz using 0.1 Ghz increments.
>
> My questions: can this hardware clock setting be altered on the fly,
> or can it be set during the boot
> process only?
>
> If it can be changed on the fly, is there some smbios interface or
> documentation available for this
> feature?
They replied:
> The clock settings can only be set at bootup only, due to the clock
> chips features, and bios settings.
*BUMMER* :-(
Well at least I tried.
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