Minimum Processor State keeps getting set to 100%

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• Apr 27, 2012

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Windows 7 Pro with and AMD 965 Processor.

Something keeps setting my minimum processor to 100%.

Any ideas? Can I set up an Audit to see what program is doing this?

 

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• Apr 27, 2012

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ultralame said:

Windows 7 Pro with and AMD 965 Processor.

Something keeps setting my minimum processor to 100%.

Any ideas? Can I set up an Audit to see what program is doing this?

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What do you mean? Is processor busy 100%?

 

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• Apr 27, 2012

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Sorry. Something keeps setting the "Processor Power Management" setting in Advanced Power Management to 100%. So even though the utilization is down below 10%, the chip is hot and the fan is spinning like mad.

When I go into the APM settings and dial that back, I can instantly hear the fan start to relax.

 

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• May 19, 2012

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I did a whole bunch of tests, and I finally realized that it's getting set to 100% whenever I reboot.

Any ideas?

 

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• May 19, 2012

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Does your user account on the PC have Administrator privileges? I've seen a few cases where changed settings won't stick if the user isn't the Administrator.

 

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• May 19, 2012

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Ah. Excellent point. It's my home media PC, so the login is not Admin level.

Nice catch- I'll try that out.

 

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