I feel like this is a bit "spammy" but I noticed somone had a post about the Vaio power management, and there is the ever burning issue of the fan which seems to constantly run (i consider it a quiet fan though!)
I went ahead and undervolted my processor tonight. I followed needledik's tutorial , which is a really good tutorial for how to lower the voltage of the cpu. It basically involves stressing the CPU and dynamically changing the maximal and minimal voltages. I used mobilemeter to check my temperature when I was done.
I didnt bother to check my temps prior, but when I was finished (1.7ghz processor), I was at 1.036 maximal VID (cpu voltage) and 7.16 minimal VID.
Under maximal cpu load, I am getting around 54 degrees celcuis. Under no cpu load, and speedstepping, I am showing 40-41 degrees celcius... and the fan not running.
Furthermore, RMclock is a great utility I find, as it works as a power management software (it must be running, to keep the voltages like this btw). But prior to using RMclock, my computer would seemingly run at max power, even when there was no cpu load. Now I have it on dynamic switching for AC and minimal for battery, and basically when I stop loading the processor, the p-m clocks itself to 600 mhz and the temp drops and the fan turns off. Same result when I unplug it from AC.
Overall, this is a pretty good program by my count and I think I would encourage anyone to try this, as unlike overclocking, this doesnt risk damage to your laptop.
I went ahead and undervolted my processor tonight. I followed needledik's tutorial , which is a really good tutorial for how to lower the voltage of the cpu. It basically involves stressing the CPU and dynamically changing the maximal and minimal voltages. I used mobilemeter to check my temperature when I was done.
I didnt bother to check my temps prior, but when I was finished (1.7ghz processor), I was at 1.036 maximal VID (cpu voltage) and 7.16 minimal VID.
Under maximal cpu load, I am getting around 54 degrees celcuis. Under no cpu load, and speedstepping, I am showing 40-41 degrees celcius... and the fan not running.
Furthermore, RMclock is a great utility I find, as it works as a power management software (it must be running, to keep the voltages like this btw). But prior to using RMclock, my computer would seemingly run at max power, even when there was no cpu load. Now I have it on dynamic switching for AC and minimal for battery, and basically when I stop loading the processor, the p-m clocks itself to 600 mhz and the temp drops and the fan turns off. Same result when I unplug it from AC.
Overall, this is a pretty good program by my count and I think I would encourage anyone to try this, as unlike overclocking, this doesnt risk damage to your laptop.
Im still not getting the max speed, but im getting close to 80 percent of it, which is good enough for me. I was starting to get bummed out there, because it was turning into my old HP pavillion for a year back, which literally had no choice. It was hardware based, and couldnt be disabled. Thank goodness,
