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| | What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management side question: Why doesn't Vista help have the answer? |
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| | RE: What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management "Rob" wrote: Quote: > What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management > > side question: > Why doesn't Vista help have the answer? default settings for this plan start -> type: power, and hit Enter key -> change plan settings -> change advanced power settings |
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| | RE: What is minimum and maximum processor state in power managemen "BillD" wrote: Quote: > > > "Rob" wrote: > Quote: > > What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management > > > > side question: > > Why doesn't Vista help have the answer? > start -> type: power, and hit Enter key -> change plan settings -> restore > default settings for this plan > > start -> type: power, and hit Enter key -> change plan settings -> change > advanced power settings > > Obviously, I know how to change it - I need to know what it means. |
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| | Re: What is minimum and maximum processor state in power managemen Carefully examining your question. On my Vista home premium, the minimum processor state is 0%, the maximum processor state is 100%. This is for both battery and plugged in. Michael "Rob" <robreeve@***comcast.net> wrote in message news:9A45EF08-3C5E-4231-834B-AF00D5B38A10@xxxxxx Quote: > > > "BillD" wrote: > Quote: >> >> >> "Rob" wrote: >> Quote: >> > What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management >> > >> > side question: >> > Why doesn't Vista help have the answer? >> start -> type: power, and hit Enter key -> change plan settings -> >> restore >> default settings for this plan >> >> start -> type: power, and hit Enter key -> change plan settings -> change >> advanced power settings >> >> > > Obviously, I know how to change it - I need to know what it means. |
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| | Re: What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management "Rob" <robreeve@***comcast.net> wrote in message news:430512BA-6BFB-4A45-9E2A-F7C7C0E7D4CE@xxxxxx Quote: > What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management > > side question: > Why doesn't Vista help have the answer? For example, if the maximum is 50% while on battery, the CPU frequency will be running at 50% normal speed, prolonging battery life at the cost of performance. -- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/ http://www.windowsresource.net/ *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail* |
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| | Re: What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management It's the minimum and maximum cpu power available. If you set the maximum processor state in powermanagement to 50% it should offer 50% of it's processing power max. when put under load. With this explanation I guess you understand what the minimum is for? "Rob" <robreeve@***comcast.net> wrote in message news:430512BA-6BFB-4A45-9E2A-F7C7C0E7D4CE@xxxxxx Quote: > What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management > > side question: > Why doesn't Vista help have the answer? |
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| | Re: What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...cPowerMgmt.doc Page 8 of that white paper is the start of the section on Processor Power Mgmt. Fairly easy read. S² -- Shaughn Shea ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shaughn Shea's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=32482 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=826409 http://forums.techarena.in |
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| Vista Ultimate | Re: What is minimum and maximum processor state in power management Hello, I've searched about this and found this page: "Welcome to The Metaverse : Vista power management & CPU frequency" In short, Vista is able to vary the processor clock frequency (from 0 Hz to 2.4 GHz, if your maximum processor speed is 2.4 GHz) according to the processor usage. Minimum and maximum processor state control the range within which Vista varies the clock speed. For example, a minimum of 25% and a maximum of 75% will make Vista vary the speed between 600 MHz (25%) and 1.8 MHz (75%) for a 2.4 MHz processor. "On battery" and "plugged in" is for setting two different ranges for the charging and discharging states. The point of reducing clock frequency is that, the higher the frequency, the more heat the processor will produce, and the more power it will consume. The lower the frequency, the more time it will take to complete a processing (calculation). More detailed information with pictures can be found in the link given above. Hope this helps, ~ADTC |
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