[NTLUG:Discuss] BIOS

[Gilbert Morrow]

Sure , in /etc/sysconfig I was able to change the values for the module that
controls the cpu (I checked and once the Powersaver module is removed from
runlevel the entries to change the values are removed)(so runlevel editor is
where the major change that worked took effect).
SuSE had updated the Powersaver daemon which allowed the (disable) removal
of it from runlevel services without harming the USB devices (changed HAL
and how it loaded modules ?). So in essence the Powersaver module was acting
like it was a laptop and not a desktop thus throttling the CPU , why it did
it through the BIOS and by voltage of the CPU is beyond me and why it even
loaded the service to begin with ? (laptop entries were not selected when
loading SuSE , Custom Install ).

On 1/24/06, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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