Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:24:43 +0000 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: Miles Keaton <mileskeaton@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: for Centrino (Pentium-M) - ways to decrease CPU power? Message-ID: <20041215142443.GJ22714@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <59b2d39b041215053639f10f78@mail.gmail.com> References: <59b2d39b041215053639f10f78@mail.gmail.com>
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* Miles Keaton <mileskeaton@gmail.com> [1236 13:36]: > Can FreeBSD tell a Centrino (Pentium-M) CPU to decrease its CPU power? > > I have a laptop (Gateway 450ROG) whose CPU seems to run hotter in > FreeBSD doing *nothing* than it does in Windows doing almost anything. > So much so that the loud "emergency" fan kicks on often to cool the > CPU, even when the computer is doing nothing at all. > > I'm using the newest FreeBSD 5.3 release, but had this same problem with 4.10. > > Any advice? Anything I can put in the kernel or boot-scripts to tell > this Centrino to take it easy? Install sysutils/estctrl, works for me. -- What have you done to the cat? It looks half-dead. - Schroedinger's wife Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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