Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/ 2008-11-22T19:13:12-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-05-06T04:00:07-05:00 ~Vel http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535253 I must say I'm rather pleased with this chip, here's the difference in power.<br /> <br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1883/powersavexn3.jpg" target="_blank">http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1883/powersavexn3.jpg</a><br /> <br /> I'm now able to force it to the 18 watt TDP it's rated at with cool &amp; quiet kicked in with a button on my keyboard. =) text/html 2008-05-05T05:26:57-05:00 ~Vel http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535213 lol. The main reason why it took me so long to get this build together was me waiting for the CPU to hit <a target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://www.newegg.com/">Newegg</a> so it would do this kind of thing, otherwise I would have gotten the regular chip for about $30 less and been done with it. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile5.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":P" title=":P"> text/html 2008-05-05T05:14:07-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535212 Well glad I could help then. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile5.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":P" title=":P"> I didn't know about that command, I rarely mess with power settings. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"> I'm sure some of the laptop users around here already knew it. text/html 2008-05-05T05:11:54-05:00 ~Vel http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535211 I wouldn't have known what to google without that little hint there though lol. text/html 2008-05-05T05:07:25-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535210 Well there you go! <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile3.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":D" title=":D"> Always Google first! <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile5.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":P" title=":P"> text/html 2008-05-05T05:04:58-05:00 ~Vel http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535209 Hmm, my computer didn't seem to like that too much, lol. I did a quick google search for powercfg just now though and found this<br /> <br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/1d58b934-f56a-4796-b2df-7be2eb9c03bc1033.mspx?mfr=true" target="_blank">http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/1d58b934...x?mfr=true</a><br /> <br /> Good stuff.<br /> text/html 2008-05-05T04:55:05-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535208 Looks like the power settings are stored in:<br /> <b>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg</b><br /> <br /> Try backing that key up with both settings, and then reapplying one or the other to go back and forth. text/html 2008-05-05T04:46:40-05:00 ~Vel http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535207 Eh, well for example, before I step away from my computer it would be nice to switch my comp to power saver (as I hate setting it to &quot;sleep&quot; because I usually have files transferring) to make my CPU stay at a lower speed versus the activity of utorrent/background processes messing with the auto settings (as it likes to jump around, CPU-Z proves this). I can manually do it with the Power Options window but a shortcut key would be much less annoying. text/html 2008-05-05T04:39:49-05:00 Liquid Shadow http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#535206 May I ask why you would want to change that back and forth? text/html 2008-05-05T04:39:19-05:00 ~Vel http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71427/#0 Is anyone aware of this? Ex. Change from &quot;Power Saver&quot; to &quot;Balanced&quot;? Maybe a command line that I could run as a batch file with a shortcut key?