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Odd Speedstep issue. RC 7100
Hi folks new here ready to share.
Perhaps you can help me.
MY HP laptop came with Vista Home Premium. Works ok I guess for two years now.
I've been running Windows 7 (64bit) since the 7000 beta. Currently using RC 7100 edition. I dual boot with Vista. And plan to buy 7 RTM soon.
I have noticed that Vista would idle the cpu down to x6 multiplier- as it should.
Whether in power saver, balanced etc. She would slow down when required.
ALA NORMAL.
But RC generally wants to run at x8, at no load, cpu usage ~1-2%.
Only very occasionally dropping to x6. It does, but rarely.
Both Vista and 7 will happily go to the highest multi (x13 in this case- or even x14 in turbo). Its just that RC likes to generally idle at x8.
Wasting my battery.
Thoughts?
Sean