Intel Cpu Speedstep Controls - EUROCOM Notebook User Manual

Intel CPU SpeedStep Controls

Additional controls are available to support the Intel Pentium M processor's
mobile power management features. (It is not necessary to download and run
the updated driver if you have an Intel Celeron M processor, however
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cessors.) These controls may be adjusted in the Intel CPU SpeedStep settings
in the BIOS. See "BIOS Utilities" on page 5 - 1
the BIOS utilities, and "CPU SpeedStep Controls (Power Menu)" on page 5
- 16 for the specific menu.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP with Service Pack 1 installed support the ba-
sic features of the Intel CPU SpeedStep controls. As long as you have Win-
dows XP with Service Pack 1 installed, you may download and install an
additional processor driver to support additional features such as Intel En-
hanced SpeedStep Technology and Intel Deeper Alert Sleep State. The in-
structions on downloading the driver are in the sidebar. You can check if your
current processor driver for Windows XP (with Service Pack 1 installed)
needs to be updated by following the procedure listed on the following pages:
lists the CPU SpeedStep settings for Celeron M pro-
for details on how to access
Windows XP Service
Pack 1 Driver to
Support Power
Management Features
The driver that sup-
ports the mobile pro-
cessor power
management features
of Intel Pentium M Pro-
cessors will be in-
stalled if you
automatically update
your Windows XP ver-
sion (you must have
Service Pack 1 in-
stalled) from the Mi-
crosoft website.
Further information is
available if you search
the Microsoft website
for article Q332179
(enter the article num-
ber in the search box
and click Go).
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