Underclocking Software

[wfunction]

Does anyone know of any way to underclock my laptop? I know that it automatically does it, but I want full control over it.

[ripken204]

it automatically does it? that depends on your cpu and mobo. and if you selected the option in the bios. just boot into ur bios and look for overclocking settings and see what you can do, but most likely you wont be able to change the speed.

[prx984]

Laptops are a much different story than desktops. I dont know if the Compaq's have it, but in the power settings on my Toshiba, I can specify the maximum CPU and minimum CPU speed on battery and A/C. It might be an idea to check in there to see what you can do.

[wfunction]

Just a note: I'm a POWER user... I know the basic checks (like in the BIOS, etc.)

Compaq only lets me adjust "performance" or "battery life". I tried ClockGen, with the most appropriate option, but it never actually "applies" the settings, even when I press "apply". The chipset seems to be right.

And, as a side question:

Whenever I press F10 during the POST, it enters the BIOS after a "please wait...". Whenever I press F4, it says "please wait...", but absolutely nothing happens - I tried F4 then F10, too. But nothing happens (like the BIOS resetting or something). What's supposed to happen?

[prx984]

I dont know if your Compaq is like my old one, but my Compaq had a BIOS partition that had all the stuff to get into the bios. I had to push F10 to get in once the partition was made.

[Zxian]

Is it a Centrino based computer? If so - Notebook Hardware Control is all you need.

[wfunction]

I am (or at least was) an AMD fan because of x64.

The laptop I'm talking about is an AMD Turion ML-28: Presario V24xx.

And what's that thing about the BIOS partition? It seems interesting.