Posts by daver160

Quote: Originally Posted by chode messiah yeah u need a turion or pentium m to really get good battery life. that sempron i a desktop cpu pretty much so dont expect a lot of savings, especially because since it is...

OK, RM Clock wasn't doing it for me. too complicated for someone deprived of sleep. so i went back to Notebook Hardware Control. at least now i can completely lock the processor to 800 MHz, and not have it go back to 1.6 GHz....

thanks much for this mate. one question though. by screwing around with the settings, will i run any risks of permanently damaging my notebook? i'm just worried that i'll fry my RAM, processor, or anything else! EDIT: i just tried...

Quote: Originally Posted by Screamingslave I Swear RM Clock did this but now i cant make it do it again. i know my computer cant be "undervolted" b/c its a desktop chip but i remember throttling my cpu speed...

hmmm.... just tried it out. that program doesn't really do much more than what i can already do with the Windows option of underclocking the Sempron processor. in fact, when i use the max battery option, it only underclocks to...

thanks for the link. but before i dare tinker around with the program, what are the probabilities that a somewhat laptop newbie (i know lots about desktop computers, but not too much in the laptop world) will screw up their notebook...

I'm always on the go, and rarely get time to plug in my laptop on campus. i have 4 straights hours of class, and my Compaq doesn't last that long, even without wireless, darkest screen brightness settings, and using the AMD Sempron...

awesome, i'll download that right away. thanks again! daver160

erm... is this the one you mentioned? AMD Cool'n'Quiet / PowerNow! Dashboard Demo This utility displays a graphical dashboard showing the current voltage, frequency, power savings, and utilization of a processor running on a...

thanks so much for your reply! actually, i'm not all that worried about having full processor speed. the reason why i asked this question is because i was worried my unit may have been a lemon, or that there was something wrong with...