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Deathie:
No, I'm not THAT stupid.

I'm looking for a software-based overclocking program so I can UNDERCLOCK it.

Reason being, I find an hour-and-a-half battery life slightly annoying while on four hour trips.

I've done plenty with windows already, like a power-saver mode that tells windows to only use 20% of the CPU Max, but that only increased battery life by about half an hour. I was hoping that maybe lowering the voltage and slowing down the ram would increase the battery life, even if it's a little.

I've tried CPUFSB, but it doesn't have my model no.
I have SetFSB, but I can't find out how to get my clock generator ID thingy :L
On my server box, I OC'd it through the BIOS, but stupid laptop bios is all gui and doesn't let me edit anything aside from the time.

I won't really be doing much while in this power saver mode, aside from watching movies or browsing the internet.

Any halp?

cogsandspigots:
How many cores does it have?

If it has more than one, you can write a script to run a program on another core to save memory and power.
E.G. (script I wrote) c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 2 C:\Games\World_of_Tanks\WorldOfTanks.exe
Switch everything past the 2 with the location of the program you want to run.
DO NOT USE THIS SCRIPT ON A SINGLE OR QUAD CORE! It is only for dual core on a 32-bit system.

If you have a single core, there is always power saver mode and you can reduce the brightness.

blαh2355:
He has an i5

I've seen this video and I think it works...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFu9PG8ZL14&feature=player_embedded#at=135

and the software: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalCPUID/index-e.html

Deathie:

--- Quote from: Gary on May 24, 2011, 06:40:21 PM ---He has an i5

I've seen this video and I think it works...

--- End quote ---

Oh holy crap, that actually worked. I'm running at a 40% underclock now.

You just gave me an extra two hours of battery life ._.

Fucking Thanks c:

blαh2355:
No problem :)

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