How do you prevent CPU from downclocking?

[dssdghthd]

i5 still downclocks to half its clock even after I went to BIOS and set "High Performance" and disabled Intel SpeedStep, it still downclocks. What gives?

inb4: "Why would you want to prevent downclocking, that's stupid, this saves power and heat while CPU is idle". Thanks for the advice, just answer the question.

 

[ewok93]

THAT IS STUPID AND YOU ARE STUPID AND YOU ARE WASTING ENERGY. But really, go back into your bios and see if it saved those options, it might not have. If that isn't the issue, try resetting your CMOS.

 

[dssdghthd]

Already checked both. It still downclocks.

 

[ewok93]

Hmm... I don't have too much experience with Intel so I'm not really sure what you should do, sorry. Hopefully somebody comes along who's had this before.

 

[Ijack]

The answer obviously depends upon what motherboard you have and/or what operating system you are using but you haven't told us either of these pertinent facts. You don't even tell us which particular i5 you have. Look for EIST in the BIOS settings and make sure it is disabled.

Although it is obviously stupid to turn off SpeedStep it's not our place to stop people from being stupid if they are determined enough.

Edit: You might also want to check whether your BIOS has a "C1E" setting. Again, details of processor and m/b would help here.

 

[jaguarskx]

THAT IS STUPID AND YOU ARE STUPID ....

!!!! WARNING !!!!

DO NOT INSULT FORUM MEMBERS.

There are better ways to inform people they are wrong without insulting them.

 

[dssdghthd]

THAT IS STUPID AND YOU ARE STUPID ....

!!!! WARNING !!!!

DO NOT INSULT FORUM MEMBERS.

There are better ways to inform people they are wrong without insulting them.

lol he was just joking

 

[dssdghthd]

Have you disabled power saving in Windows as well?

Yep, everything is set to 100%.

 

[ewok93]

I was joking! I thought that was obvious by the caps, the "but, really", and the fact that the OP said inb4 you say that.