Speedstep on my laptop

[volvo9]

I got a new laptop the other day and re installed windows xp home SP1 on it to get rid of all that useless crap that comes with it, but I have one question. I can not get the speedstep function working. The cpu is constantly at 2.8Ghz which only allows for a little more than an hours worth of battery life while just surfing the web.

I did a search and tried a program called Speedswitch XP and it did not work. I also read that setting the power profile in XP to max battery will work, but that also does nothing.

Any help would be great.

The laptop is a Gateway 7320GZ with a P4 2.8 HT processor and XP home SP1.

 

[pxc]

You're missing the power driver. I hope it's on one of the CDs included with the system because it doesn't seem to be available as a download from gateway.

BTW, it's easier to use add/remove to get rid of the junk you don't want. Especially in your case if you can't find the power driver.

 

[Alias]

Google "RMClock". It will allow YOU to set your CPU's speed and voltage. I am getting an extra hour useing it.

 

[volvo9]

Google "RMClock". It will allow YOU to set your CPU's speed and voltage. I am getting an extra hour useing it.

Thank you!

Downloaded it and it works great!

 

[Alias]

Thank you!

Downloaded it and it works great!

No problem. It stopped working on my Gateway a few days ago. Gateway said to replace my battery, change the power scheme. Non of which worked. So I found this and it works perfectly. The default voltage @ 600Mhz is .98V. This allows me to set it at .7V. Still perfectly stable and adds around an hour on this system.

On a side note, it worked fine with XP Pro SP2 instaled until a few days ago. I did not have to install an extra driver for it either. From what I understand its controlled via the chipset and/or BIOS.

How do you like that laptop? I'm considering one. What does it weigh and how much battery life do you get?