From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:59:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201012311059.36225.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D1D3043.5050006@gmail.com>
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On Friday 31 December 2010 01:22:11 Bill Longman wrote:
> On 12/30/2010 02:44 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> > Am 2010-12-30 18:54, schrieb Bill Longman:
> >> On 12/30/2010 12:59 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> >>> Bill, just for a check, does it scale correctly if you boot from a
> >>> live-cd?
> >>
> >> Well, if I change the BIOS to turn off SpeedStep, it goes to 2.67
> >> GHz.....works great!
> >
> > good to hear. So it is solved?
>
> LOL! Well, if by "solved" you mean that I am able to use the full power
> of my CPU, then, yes, it is solved. However, it is now completely
> incapable of having its CPU controlled for power, so once I go on
> batteries, I have about an hour and a half....so in that sense, no, it's
> not solved. No, it's not solved. I am going to burn an ISO and boot one
> of those "other" distros that shall remain nameless and see if there is
> something strange with my Gentoo kernel madness or whether it's this
> machine.
Hmm ... could it be a buggy BIOS? Are you running the latest firmware for it?
Have you diff'ed the LiveCD kernel and yours?
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Regards,
Mick
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-29 17:13 [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem Bill Longman
2010-12-29 17:40 ` Paul Hartman
2010-12-29 18:35 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2010-12-29 18:48 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-29 19:55 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
[not found] ` <AANLkTik3UmVwYwejLmV=trDN+W7443eY4yQRfn3=_m4e@mail.gmail.com>
2010-12-29 20:51 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-30 0:22 ` Paul Hartman
2010-12-30 2:56 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-30 7:59 ` Mick
2010-12-30 16:45 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-30 17:55 ` Mick
2010-12-30 18:13 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-30 0:43 ` Mick
2010-12-30 3:16 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-30 8:21 ` Mick
2010-12-30 17:10 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-30 8:59 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2010-12-30 16:25 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-30 17:54 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-30 22:44 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2010-12-31 1:22 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-31 10:59 ` Mick [this message]
2011-01-01 11:16 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2011-01-01 20:10 ` Bill Longman
2011-01-01 23:50 ` Bill Longman
2011-01-02 0:34 ` Mick
2011-01-02 4:39 ` Bill Longman
2011-01-02 11:59 ` Mick
2010-12-30 3:51 ` Bill Longman
2010-12-29 19:57 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
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