AMD Sempron Speed Control
Forum: Laptops
Topic: AMD Sempron Speed Control
started by: ekh
Posted by ekh on Dec. 05 2005,20:49
I am running an Averatec 5500 Laptop. The processor is an AMD Sempron 2600+. Actual speed is 1600 mhz. The problem is that the default speed of the processor is 800 mhz to save battery and it kicks upto 1600 when processor use is heavy...only if that is built into the OS. Windows (ack) and SuSe (9.3) will speed up the machine, but DSL doesn't apper to be doing this.Any fixes / solutions? Anyone else run into this?
Thanx
Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 05 2005,23:41
Maybe this program will work if compiled:< http://carlthompson.net/Software/CPUSpeed >
DSL has a 2.4.x linux kernel, but I do not know if it supports CPUfreq for Semprons.
Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Dec. 06 2005,01:17
CPU speed control was not compiled into the DSL kernel, due to size restrictions.Perhaps your bios has a setting that will let you set the throttle from there? I have my Dell running at 600MHz on battery, and full speed on a/c, if speed control is not supported in the OS.
-J.P.
Posted by AwPhuch on Dec. 06 2005,08:00
That cpuspeed isnt a kernel option or mod..its a program that dynamically changes the speeds...look at the readme| Quote |
| This program is only for computers with Linux kernels compiled with CPUFreq. You must have a CPU that supports frequency and/or voltage scaling via CPUFreq to use this program. Your kernel must be compiled to support the "userspace" CPUFreq governor and the "sysfs" interface on Linux 2.6 or the "proc" interface on Linux 2.4. |
Brian
AwPhuch
Posted by ekh on Dec. 06 2005,20:19
Thanx for the CPUSpeed link. Last night my gf *washed* my DSL booting USB key in her jeans. I'll give CPUSpeed a try after a quick trip to the store for a new key 
I'll post if it works in case others have this issue later.K-