How to enable Cool 'n' Quiet in Vista

[Guest]

Hello, all,

In Vista, CPU is always at 100% Mhz.

In Windows XP, my CPU usually runs at 50% Mhz.

To enable that, I had to install the CPU driver from AMD, which will not
install to Vista ( "This version of the AMD CPU Driver only supports Windows
XP. Installation will now exit." )

Anybody know how to make this work?

-- Cool 'n' Quiet is enabled in BIOS
-- Asus K8V SE Deluxe motherboard
-- Athlon 64 3200+
-- Vist beta 2 64-bit

 

[Guest]

If your CPU was constantly running at max in Windows XP you either have a
problem with some part of your system or are using a CPU that is not powerful
enough for your purposes.

 

[Guest]

If your CPU was constantly running at max in Windows XP

Mark, I think you misread it.. it's running at max in Vista (which might not
be surprising...)

 

[Rick]

Cool'n'Quiet is controlled exactly as it is in
Win XP or Win x64. You have to enable it in the
BIOS and then set your Power Management to
"minimal." In Vista, select "Power Saver" mode.
You can verify the CPU frequency with a
utility like CPU-Z. Mine shows the CPU running
at 1/2 speed when idle.

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry. I took it to mean that you also had the same issue in XP until
you installed "Cool & Quiet." My mistake!

 

[Guest]

Cool'n'Quiet is controlled exactly as it is in

Win XP or Win x64. You have to enable it in the
BIOS and then set your Power Management to
"minimal." In Vista, select "Power Saver" mode.
Mine shows the CPU running
at 1/2 speed when idle.

I have done all that, thank you, but it is still 100% under Vista.

It's a dual boot system. Boot in XP gives 50% CPU speed - boot into Vista,
it's 100%. So I think the BIOS settings are OK.

 

[Rick]

I am using an MSI K8T800Pro Ne02-F with a skt
939 3000+ and CPU-Z indicates the idle frequency
as 1000.0 - 1000.1.

 

[Guest]

OK, for posterity, responding to my original query, I think Cool 'n' Quiet
under Vista is dependent on the specific motherboard and/or processor.

With my old machine Cool 'n' Quiet did not work with Vista. With my new PC,
it works great.
Same software and settings.

My original question concerned:
Asus K8V SE Deluxe motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 754 Newcastle
Cool 'n' Quiet worked under Windows XP SP2, the processor usually operates
at 1/2 speed (1100 Mhz).
Cool 'n' Quiet did work not under Vista x64 beta 2, always full 2200 Mhz

My new machine:
Asus A8V-E SE
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939 Venice
Vista or XP SP2, the CPU is mostly running at 1000 Mhz, revs up to 2000 Mhz
when needed.

 

[Guest]

Hello,

Same problem here. I desparetly need a vista 64 bit cool en quiet
cpu-drriver. My
system is unacaptable loud and hot now.

I have been surching the net / then AMD site but this very essential driver
does not seems te be available !!!!!!!!!!

I hope I am wrong ....

 

[Guest]

This appears to be correct. I have an Asus k8v-x and with cpu-z processor is
running at 2000 when it should be 1000 unless pushed. I have enabled cool
and quiet in the bios and set power management in control centre to minimal.
Rebooted and still running at 2000 per cpu-z (a great utility) but temp is at
least down to 31 this time (per Asusprobe). Temp usually runs at about 32 c
in win2k, but has reached 42 in Vista. While this is safe, I am not at all
happy about it, and at the least I don't expect any arguments from Microsoft
activation if I upgrade the motherboard - but I figure best to do that later
this year or early next when more drivers and vista specific motherboards
are released.

 

[keith schaefer]

Frack man, you worry too much about temps. 42c is actually quite decent and
you should stop being so anal about it. OEM boxes typically run hotter than
that by 10c or more.....

Heck, I run my E6400 (2.13ghz x 2 stock) at 3200mhz (overclocked) but since
I have an aftermarket (and quiet) cooler installed, I never break 62c load
temps, since I run various prgrams such as Folding@Home (cancer research)
when I am not using the machine, it stays loaded pretty much anytime I am at
work or gone. Maybe you should runsomething like this and make a
contribution to society instead of whining about silly things like
cool-n-quiet

 

[mikeyhsd]

try speed fan instead. what I use and get better temp/fan read outs.
or the FREE version of Everesthome.
the idea is to make sure your program is reading correctly.



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This appears to be correct. I have an Asus k8v-x and with cpu-z processor is
running at 2000 when it should be 1000 unless pushed. I have enabled cool
and quiet in the bios and set power management in control centre to minimal.
Rebooted and still running at 2000 per cpu-z (a great utility) but temp is at
least down to 31 this time (per Asusprobe). Temp usually runs at about 32 c
in win2k, but has reached 42 in Vista. While this is safe, I am not at all
happy about it, and at the least I don't expect any arguments from Microsoft
activation if I upgrade the motherboard - but I figure best to do that later
this year or early next when more drivers and vista specific motherboards
are released.

 

[Steve Thackery]

Blimey, 42 degrees! This is distinctly cool for a processor. You could go
thirty degrees higher and not do any harm (in reality, much higher than that
even, but the processor's thermal protection will eventually kick in).

For goodness sake, stop worrying about it!!

The fan speed is irrelevant, too. What matters (to most people) is the fan
NOISE. If that's too high, get yourself a Zalman flower. That'll sort it
out.

Thack

 

[Guest]

Well, while my Athlon 1gz used to run at 38-42, the lower the temp the less
stress on the device, if it can run at 32c thats how I want it.

The issue here is that Microsoft does not trust third party drivers, you
will notice that nearly all your devices are running on Microsoft drivers
now. That said my Dvico Fusion TV card does have its own drivers written for
vista which work, so the best shot is to take it up with technical support at
your motherboard company.

 

[Guest]

This is the reply I got from Asus support:

Dear Friend :

Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.

My name is ZYC, and I would be assisting you today.

Sir, the Vista itself have built in AMD K8 CPU driver,
you don't need install it manually.
In fact there is no AMD K8 CPU driver for Vista can be downloaded at all.
I have tested with a socket 939 cpu,
when power management was set to the 1st option or 2nd option,
cpu will work at CNQ mode.
But on the 3rd option ( high performance), CPU will work at full speed.