Windows 8.1 And Speedstep

linktoinsanity · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:00

Not really noticed this before, but my laptop seems to be stuck on High speed, which obviously is not helping the cooling system much. On reading up it apparently seems to be a Windows 8.1 problem (didn't notice the issue in Windows 8 or 7 before that). Any ideas on how I can fix this? Without wiping and going back to Windows 7 preferably...

opethdisciple · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:09

Checked your bios?

Also check what power setting you currently have set.

linktoinsanity · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:09

opethdisciple said:
Also check what power setting you currently have set.

That's a good shout. I'll take a look there.

linktoinsanity · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:14

The power option didn't have anything askew, but it turned out it was the pending updates, really wish MS would fix that, it's been an issue since Windows XP!

linktoinsanity · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:15

And back up again, issue not fixed.

Elevon · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:48

Speedstep should work fine on Win8/8.1 since it does for me,you could also check you have all the drivers installed for your laptop or for any new ones since you already checked your bios settings etc..

theheyes · 24 Jan 2014 at 13:17

Is there a BIOS update for your laptop? Worth a check. I've seen all sorts of funky issues resolved by a simple update.

linktoinsanity · 27 Jan 2014 at 15:19

No BIOS updates I'm afraid (it's 4 years old), it's running the latest, A12 BIOS.

I imaged Windows 8.1 and stuck Windows 7 back onto it. Speedstep issue fixed, but odd that it happens in 8.1. I don't remember it happening in Windows 8 (.0) either, but for now I'll leave it running Windows 7.

Maybe it's a driver issue, but there aren't any new drivers for my old DELL...