[NTLUG:Discuss] BIOS

[Terry]

On 1/24/06, Gilbert Morrow <gkfmorrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Figured it out , with just a few mouse clicks , thanks for the reply.
> /etc/sysconfig editor values !
>

Can you elaborate on that just a bit?

> On 1/24/06, Gilbert Morrow <gkfmorrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the reply , but the BIOS does not have a setting for throttling
> > the cpu . Checked /proc/acpi and /proc/cpuinfo both have no entries , in
> > that there are no values in either of them .
> > I see that SuSE has a power saving daemon running , but if I turn it off
> > SuSE will not pickup my USB devices.
> > Maybe just a quirk with SuSE 10.0 ! My wife's computer ,  which is the
> > same as mine but with a 2800+ and SuSE 9.3 , IDes the processor correctly
> > and voltage does not change in BIOS .
> > I could see this happening if it were a laptop , power saving for battery
> > life , but this is a desktop .
> >
> >
> > On 1/23/06, Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> > > > I have a strange thing happening to my desktop computer that has got
> > > me
> > > > stumped , I just installed a AMD 64bit 3400+ processor in my Shuttle
> > > SFF ,
> > > > the processor is stated to run at 1.5v . The strange thing is when I
> > > boot to
> > > > SuSE 10.0 the processor is IDed as a 3400+ but at 1005.05 mhz which it
> > > is
> > > > not it 2.4 mhz , in Windows the processor is IDed as a 3400+ but at
> > > 1mhz
> > > > also , in BIOS I have found that the voltage is going from 1.5v to
> > > 1.07v ,
> > > > the 1.07v happens when I boot in SuSE . If I turn the computer off and
> > > then
> > > > back on and go straight to Windows the processor is IDed as the
> > > correct
> > > > processor and mhz , but if I go into SuSE it changes to 1.07v and is
> > > IDed
> > > > 3400+ at 1005.05 mhz every time.
> > > >
> > > > In other words SuSE is changing the BIOS voltage setting at boot and
> > > it
> > > > remains until power is turned off and back on again , what is
> > > happening to
> > > > cause this ?
> > > > Phoenix Award BIOS v6.0 , Bios Cache able , Off , flashed to latest
> > > Bios ,
> > > > DMI block flashed with no problems .
> > >
> > > Powernow (Cool n' Quiet)?
> > >
> > > /proc/cpuinfo shows the current speed ... not the speed it is
> > > capable of.  Look in /proc/acpi (somewhere... I don't have
> > > a CPU with PowerNow (Cool n' Quiet) enabled... (but maybe
> > > I haven't checked that).
> > >
> > > You're bios may have an option that allows you to turn
> > > that off btw.
> > >
> > > Just a wild guess.
> > >
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