Speedstep not working?

[jordi32]

I have the CPU on Adaptive speed setting but the CPU does not slow down according to the Intel Processor frequency ID utility. Why?

Thank you.

Jordi

[Daniel]

You probably have the setting wrong. In the Battery Maximizer utility make sure that you're setting up the correct power scheme for the power supply you're running off of. Meaning- Set it up for adaptive in both AC and battery usage.

In order to have it run adaptive while plugged in you have to
1)make a new power scheme
2)right click on it and choose modify
3)modify the AC setting on it

[darjung]

I guess the intel utility only shows the max. working speed of the CPU.
In order to see the real instant speed, you can try to use the following tools:

CPU-Z: Show much info. about your system.
MobileMeter: Great tool for monitoring your system.