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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
We want to find an application that will let us control power saving
features in the Opteron processor under Windows 2003. With Windows XP you use the PowerNow! application. That application refuses to install to Windows 2003. Very strangely, the PowerNow *driver* *does* install to Windows 2003 64-bit. Is there any way for us to configure this driver using just registry entries, since no UI is being provided for Windows 2003? Specifically we want to configure when / how the processors switch from the default 1.8 GHz speed to full speed. The above is very strange because Opteron is supposed to be a *server* processor. How could AMD have not had the insight to provide an application to configure the power saving features on a server operating system?! It kind of undoes the value of the hardware if you cannot configure in software. -- Will |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
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"Will" wrote in message ... We want to find an application that will let us control power saving features in the Opteron processor under Windows 2003. With Windows XP you use the PowerNow! application. That application refuses to install to Windows 2003. Very strangely, the PowerNow *driver* *does* install to Windows 2003 64-bit. Is there any way for us to configure this driver using just registry entries, since no UI is being provided for Windows 2003? Specifically we want to configure when / how the processors switch from the default 1.8 GHz speed to full speed. The above is very strange because Opteron is supposed to be a *server* processor. How could AMD have not had the insight to provide an application to configure the power saving features on a server operating system?! It kind of undoes the value of the hardware if you cannot configure in software. -- Will got this from the amd website. AMD OpteronT Processor with AMD PowerNow!T Technology Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (x86 and x64 exe) 1.3.2.16 - Allows the system to automatically adjust the CPU speed, voltage and power combination that match the instantaneous user performance need. Download this Setup Installation program (EXE) to automatically update all the files necessary for installation. This package is recommended for users whom desire a graphical user interface for installation. This .EXE driver is a user friendly localized software installation of the driver designed for end-users. This driver supports Single- and Dual-Core AMD OpteronT processors on Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 SP1 x84 and x64 Editions http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9033,00.html |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
"bushwhacker" wrote in message
... "Will" wrote in message ... We want to find an application that will let us control power saving features in the Opteron processor under Windows 2003. With Windows XP you use the PowerNow! application. That application refuses to install to Windows 2003. Very strangely, the PowerNow *driver* *does* install to Windows 2003 64-bit. Is there any way for us to configure this driver using just registry entries, since no UI is being provided for Windows 2003? Specifically we want to configure when / how the processors switch from the default 1.8 GHz speed to full speed. The above is very strange because Opteron is supposed to be a *server* processor. How could AMD have not had the insight to provide an application to configure the power saving features on a server operating system?! It kind of undoes the value of the hardware if you cannot configure in software. -- Will got this from the amd website. AMD OpteronT Processor with AMD PowerNow!T Technology Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (x86 and x64 exe) 1.3.2.16 - Allows the system to automatically adjust the CPU speed, voltage and power combination that match the instantaneous user performance need. Download this Setup Installation program (EXE) to automatically update all the files necessary for installation. This package is recommended for users whom desire a graphical user interface for installation. This .EXE driver is a user friendly localized software installation of the driver designed for end-users. This driver supports Single- and Dual-Core AMD OpteronT processors on Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 SP1 x84 and x64 Editions http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9033,00.html Exactly, and after you install this to Windows 2003 you have a driver only, and no practical way to configure that driver's behavior. And how do you know when the CPU has shifted to a higher speed? -- Will |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:43:31 -0700, Will wrote:
"bushwhacker" wrote in message ... "Will" wrote in message ... We want to find an application that will let us control power saving features in the Opteron processor under Windows 2003. With Windows XP you use the PowerNow! application. That application refuses to install to Windows 2003. Very strangely, the PowerNow *driver* *does* install to Windows 2003 64-bit. Is there any way for us to configure this driver using just registry entries, since no UI is being provided for Windows 2003? Specifically we want to configure when / how the processors switch from the default 1.8 GHz speed to full speed. The above is very strange because Opteron is supposed to be a *server* processor. How could AMD have not had the insight to provide an application to configure the power saving features on a server operating system?! It kind of undoes the value of the hardware if you cannot configure in software. -- Will got this from the amd website. AMD OpteronT Processor with AMD PowerNow!T Technology Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (x86 and x64 exe) 1.3.2.16 - Allows the system to automatically adjust the CPU speed, voltage and power combination that match the instantaneous user performance need. Download this Setup Installation program (EXE) to automatically update all the files necessary for installation. This package is recommended for users whom desire a graphical user interface for installation. This .EXE driver is a user friendly localized software installation of the driver designed for end-users. This driver supports Single- and Dual-Core AMD OpteronT processors on Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 SP1 x84 and x64 Editions http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9033,00.html Exactly, and after you install this to Windows 2003 you have a driver only, and no practical way to configure that driver's behavior. And how do you know when the CPU has shifted to a higher speed? You use the utilty that came with the MB or download any of many monitoring programs like MBM. And by the way, I don't use windows. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:jHxui.6769$vK2.1122@trnddc03... On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:43:31 -0700, Will wrote: "bushwhacker" wrote in message ... "Will" wrote in message ... We want to find an application that will let us control power saving features in the Opteron processor under Windows 2003. With Windows XP you use the PowerNow! application. That application refuses to install to Windows 2003. Very strangely, the PowerNow *driver* *does* install to Windows 2003 64-bit. Is there any way for us to configure this driver using just registry entries, since no UI is being provided for Windows 2003? Specifically we want to configure when / how the processors switch from the default 1.8 GHz speed to full speed. The above is very strange because Opteron is supposed to be a *server* processor. How could AMD have not had the insight to provide an application to configure the power saving features on a server operating system?! It kind of undoes the value of the hardware if you cannot configure in software. -- Will got this from the amd website. AMD OpteronT Processor with AMD PowerNow!T Technology Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (x86 and x64 exe) 1.3.2.16 - Allows the system to automatically adjust the CPU speed, voltage and power combination that match the instantaneous user performance need. Download this Setup Installation program (EXE) to automatically update all the files necessary for installation. This package is recommended for users whom desire a graphical user interface for installation. This .EXE driver is a user friendly localized software installation of the driver designed for end-users. This driver supports Single- and Dual-Core AMD OpteronT processors on Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 SP1 x84 and x64 Editions http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9033,00.html Exactly, and after you install this to Windows 2003 you have a driver only, and no practical way to configure that driver's behavior. And how do you know when the CPU has shifted to a higher speed? You use the utilty that came with the MB or download any of many monitoring programs like MBM. And by the way, I don't use windows. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm got this from the AMD site also. AMD Clock Version 2.0.1 - AMDClock shows the current speed of each core of each AMD processor in a system. The user has the ability to choose to run the application on top of all other applications and to select the refresh rate for reporting the speeds. |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:jHxui.6769$vK2.1122@trnddc03... On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:43:31 -0700, Will wrote: "bushwhacker" wrote in message ... "Will" wrote in message ... We want to find an application that will let us control power saving features in the Opteron processor under Windows 2003. With Windows XP you use the PowerNow! application. That application refuses to install to Windows 2003. Very strangely, the PowerNow *driver* *does* install to Windows 2003 64-bit. Is there any way for us to configure this driver using just registry entries, since no UI is being provided for Windows 2003? Specifically we want to configure when / how the processors switch from the default 1.8 GHz speed to full speed. The above is very strange because Opteron is supposed to be a *server* processor. How could AMD have not had the insight to provide an application to configure the power saving features on a server operating system?! It kind of undoes the value of the hardware if you cannot configure in software. -- Will got this from the amd website. AMD OpteronT Processor with AMD PowerNow!T Technology Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (x86 and x64 exe) 1.3.2.16 - Allows the system to automatically adjust the CPU speed, voltage and power combination that match the instantaneous user performance need. Download this Setup Installation program (EXE) to automatically update all the files necessary for installation. This package is recommended for users whom desire a graphical user interface for installation. This .EXE driver is a user friendly localized software installation of the driver designed for end-users. This driver supports Single- and Dual-Core AMD OpteronT processors on Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 SP1 x84 and x64 Editions http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9033,00.html Exactly, and after you install this to Windows 2003 you have a driver only, and no practical way to configure that driver's behavior. And how do you know when the CPU has shifted to a higher speed? You use the utilty that came with the MB or download any of many monitoring programs like MBM. And by the way, I don't use windows. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm this also works. AMD Power Monitor Version 1.0.2 - This application is used to monitor the current frequency, voltage, utilization, and power savings of each core of each processor in a system. This application also has a system tray icon that can be used to view and select power schemes on the system. The system tray icon will show the average utilization of every core on the system. |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
"bushwhacker" wrote in message
... http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9033,00.html Exactly, and after you install this to Windows 2003 you have a driver only, and no practical way to configure that driver's behavior. And how do you know when the CPU has shifted to a higher speed? You use the utilty that came with the MB or download any of many monitoring programs like MBM. And by the way, I don't use windows. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm got this from the AMD site also. AMD Clock Version 2.0.1 - AMDClock shows the current speed of each core of each AMD processor in a system. The user has the ability to choose to run the application on top of all other applications and to select the refresh rate for reporting the speeds. We already had AMD Clock and Processor Monitor installed. If you are an end user who is always logged into a console I guess these make sense. For a server where you might login once every few days, it's not all that helpful. For a server you want something more like a time graph, and you want to have explicit control over the conditions that trigger the higher CPU speeds. A server user might push up the speeds three times each day and this tool wouldn't help you see that unless you were logged in and looking at it during the right time periods. -- Will |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
Will wrote:
We already had AMD Clock and Processor Monitor installed. If you are an end user who is always logged into a console I guess these make sense. For a server where you might login once every few days, it's not all that helpful. For a server you want something more like a time graph, and you want to have explicit control over the conditions that trigger the higher CPU speeds. (...) Try Motherboard Monitor: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311 Or SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php I'm not sure if MBM works in Windows 2003 x64, but SpeedFan works. -- [ ]'s Zhezow www.abacatedoce.net |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:39:23 -0700, Will wrote:
A server user might push up the speeds three times each day and this tool wouldn't help you see that unless you were logged in and looking at it during the right time periods. Personally, I let cpu demand control mine automatically. I never change it manually. I think I turned off logging comepletely. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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AMD PowerNow With Windows 2003?
Useful programs, thanks.
-- Will "Zhezow" wrote in message ... Will wrote: We already had AMD Clock and Processor Monitor installed. If you are an end user who is always logged into a console I guess these make sense. For a server where you might login once every few days, it's not all that helpful. For a server you want something more like a time graph, and you want to have explicit control over the conditions that trigger the higher CPU speeds. (...) Try Motherboard Monitor: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311 Or SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php I'm not sure if MBM works in Windows 2003 x64, but SpeedFan works. |
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