Re: [Thinkpad] SpeedStep Applet for 600X with XP? Sort of

you don't need that on a T23
Just set the battery maxi-mizer to disable shutoff timers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@speakeasy.net>
To: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com>
Cc: "ThinkPad List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] SpeedStep Applet for 600X with XP? Sort of

> On Sun, 30 May 2004 14:51:16 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
>
> >Hey all, I've got a 600X that I've been using for... almost four years
now.
> >I installed XP Pro a few months ago and just noted today that I have no
> >SpeedStep applet! I went to IBM's site, and they have to SpeedStep
software
> >for XP for the 600X. I believe they do have it for W2K though.
> >
> >I went to Intel's site and downloaded and ran their CPUID software, and
sure
> >enough my machine is running at 650MHz when on AC and 500MHz on battery.
> >That's fine enough, but I'd like the option to turn SpeedStep off
sometimes.
> >
> >OK, I just went looking around and found that in the Power Management
> >control panel, on the Advanced Settings tab, there's a CPU Power
Management
> >setting that is set to Automatic. I'll try setting to Disable and see
what
> >happens...
> >
> >Fascinating. Setting CPU Power Management to Disable fixed the clock at
> >500MHz. What a treat.
> >
> >Does anyone know of a way to lock it at the higher frequency? With my
850MHz
> >CPU coming soon, I think that would make more of a difference.
> >
>
> Chris and the rest of the list:
>
> I had the same issue when I upgraded my T23 to XP Professional.
> Check out this site - http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/index.html
>
> It's an applet which looks just like that in Win2K, and allows you to
> control
> your speed settings and such in XP, giving you more control. It's been
> quite
> invaluable to me.
>
> Paul
>
>
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