Dell :: Permanent SpeedStep Enabled
May 13, 2008
Here is a brief description of my problem. I have a e1505 w/ a Core Duo (1.66GHz, T2300) My power adapter is reported to me "unknown" by the laptop. (total BS as i know the thing works) and then QuickSet tells me my battery needs to be replaced (this was too soon, so it leads me to believe that the power adapter did something to the battery) But I can't replace those right now. So i'm stuck at a multiplier of 6 (and yes i've disabled all the power saving features in the bios, but the wired thing is windows reports the real speed while other programs such as CoreTemp and CPU-Z report it at being just under 1GHz?)
And to get these things brand new would cost ~$120 (battery and adapter) So is there anyway I can get around the stupid limitation dell has imposed until i can find replacements for these? And, where is a good place to get replacements that won't cost me an arm and a leg?
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Nov 23, 2012
I've got a new Dell XPS 15 four days ago. I've been having a lot of issues with its internal mSSD drive. The model I ordered has a regular 1TB hard disk and a 128 SSD. I was quite surprised to discover that the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (that allow faster data access by using the SSD as cache) is not enabled by default. I tried to enable it but no success. An "unknown error" message box showed up when I attempted to do so. That was really strange, considering that the only thing that I've done so far in my computer was installing MS Office and Google Chrome.I contacted the tech support three days ago and I was told to reset my computer to factory default and try again. After a long wait for system restoration I enabled the acceleration mode in the Intel Rapid Storage software.
Everything proceeded according to expected, but when I rebooted my computer it failed to detect any bootable device. I can't even access the system restoration by pressing F8 during initialization now. especially when we consider that this shouldn't be happening in a premium $1,999 model. Also, shouldn't this KEY feature (caching with SSD) be enabled out of the box?
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Sep 22, 2008
I just recently acquired a m170 and have an issue. I could not get it to stay on for more than 30 sec to load windows.....as soon as i disabled speedstep in the bios i was able to load windows.....only problem laptop runs at 800mhz......if i enable speedstep it shuts off before windows loads.....
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Jul 8, 2009
I upgraded the system OS from XP to Vista. Everything seems fine, but there is an error logged in the Event Viewer on every boot.....
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Jan 14, 2009
i have upgrated my cpu from t2390 to t8100.i have 1.43 bios.but i dont know if speedstep is working properly because in cpuz i see the frecuency changing constantly from 1.2gz to 2.1gz again and again.also im running the latest edition of everest ultimate and in the taskbar icons are showing only 2.1gz.with the t2390 it was working ok.same thing happens on vista home premium sp1 and xp prosp3(dualboot).
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Aug 4, 2009
I just run some test on my my Z46 (P9700 2.8Ghz) and found there is something unusual.
I set the Vista power manager profile to high performance which suppose to give me the max speed of the CPU settings and I check with CPU-z and the reading was 2793.2Mhz which is correct ... however when I try to run some CPU stress test it CPU-z shows the multiplier jump back to x6 (suppose 10.5) and the core speed reduce to 1.6Ghz. And then I start notice whenever I have the CPU on full load it will switch to 1.6 Ghz instead of 2.8Ghz...
I tried it with different software and same happen.. I also monitor the temperature and it's only 65-68 which is normal to me...
I just can't figure out why the CORE speed would drop when it suppose demand the highest speed..
Is it just my Z46 or anything have the same happen ?...
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Is there a way to disable speedstep on my acer 6935G? i use it plugeed in all the time.
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May 2, 2009
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Oct 13, 2009
I have a XPS M1530. It's 2 years old now.
the problem is on the housing of the laptop. I have a white foggy/permanent whipe on 2 sides under my keyboard.
I don't know what dell's housing material is, but this is really strange.
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I have an Acer Aspire One with OS Win XP. This morning I went in the Power Management and decided to try Hibernate. I went away for a moment. When I returned, the On Switch was still green, but nothing worked. Black screen, HD dead like everything else. I tried F-Alt-F4 to no avail !
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Mar 14, 2013
Been using XPS15 for just over a year and am getting a "battery has permanent failure - need to replace battery" message....
I've rarely even used this current laptop without using power, so the battery seems to have died a bit too soon?
Is there a particular Dell battery I can buy that should last a bit longer?
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Jun 12, 2009
I just got a new Elitebook 6930p and its a fantastic laptop other than the dreaded "CPU whine" as some call it. Most uneducated people believe it is the CPU that makes this noise but in reality this has NOTHING to do with the CPU. Its the power components like capacitors and coils that make the Piezoelectric Effect which causes the noise.
I could not bear the whine noise after a few days so I took matters into my own hands. Sure I read about stopping the C1-C4 states in Intels speedstep but thats not a proper solution IMO since battery life will suffer. So how can we mask or cover up this annoying noise? How can we seal it inside the laptop so it does not reach our ears? I have the solution!
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Apr 26, 2013
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Oct 29, 2009
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Here is a link from oversea:
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Jul 15, 2009
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Oct 28, 2012
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2.Enabled Virtualization in BIOS
Result: Speccy and hwinfo64, 3rd Party utilities show VT-x is not available
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Result: Same problems
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