How do I disable Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology?

[Dedesjusz]

This is annoying, I can't do anything because my laptop is so slow because of this thing.
(I can't find the option in BIOS, which means if you want to comment "In BIOS" you cannot.)

[Omega]

In the Windows power settings set the device to high-performance. This will do the same as disabling Speedstep.

The device should boost whenever required so performance shouldn't be affected in any meaningful way.

In an earlier post you were complaining that your CPU doesn't boost, sounds like your laptop might be suffering from overheating and it is throttling.

[Supafly]

How is laptop slow? EIST Lowers clocks when there isn't much going on and then raises it when needed. Turning it off will will just mean maxed all the time.

If you really want it running at max all the time.....increased and prolonged heat so it may end up throttling and it's not in bios try editing the power plan so minimum processor state is at 100%. Follow steps below:-

Windows Key + S
Start typing -->> Edit power plan (can click it when it appears)
Change Advanced Power Settings
Processor Power Management
Minimum Processor State

Change it to 100% then select apply.

Or just use performance mode........Mention how to modify it as you could just increase it a little bit instead of 100%. Maybe 20% or 30% to see how it is.

[Dedesjusz]

Originally posted by Omega:

In the Windows power settings set the device to high-performance. This will do the same as disabling Speedstep.

The device should boost whenever required so performance shouldn't be affected in any meaningful way.

In an earlier post you were complaining that your CPU doesn't boost, sounds like your laptop might be suffering from overheating and it is throttling.

It is on Performance mode.

[Dedesjusz]

Originally posted by Suicidal Monkey:

How is laptop slow? EIST Lowers clocks when there isn't much going on and then raises it when needed. Turning it off will will just mean maxed all the time.

If you really want it running at max all the time.....increased and prolonged heat so it may end up throttling and it's not in bios try editing the power plan so minimum processor state is at 100%. Follow steps below:-

Windows Key + S
Start typing -->> Edit power plan (can click it when it appears)
Change Advanced Power Settings
Processor Power Management
Minimum Processor State

Change it to 100% then select apply.

Or just use performance mode........Mention how to modify it as you could just increase it a little bit instead of 100%. Maybe 20% or 30% to see how it is.

This doesn't work at all, I even tested minimum and maximum both on 0% and no difference.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Fay:

This doesn't work at all, I even tested minimum and maximum both on 0% and no difference.

On 0% it won't do anything for obvious reasons. If it did your CPU's clocks would drop to 0 and you laptop would just freeze and be a large paperweight.

Run something like HWmonitor so you can see the CPU clock speeds aswell as the temps. Then try setting it to other % whilst watching clocks to see if it actually does anything. Though I'd suggest setting it to what it was and focusing on the temps when it seems to go slow as your issue seems more like a high temp and throttling issue.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Fay:

Originally posted by Omega:

In the Windows power settings set the device to high-performance. This will do the same as disabling Speedstep.

The device should boost whenever required so performance shouldn't be affected in any meaningful way.

In an earlier post you were complaining that your CPU doesn't boost, sounds like your laptop might be suffering from overheating and it is throttling.

It is on Performance mode.

Then you just have a terrible laptop. Turning off Speedstep is pointless and won't help you.

What may help is having 8-16gb of ram, at least one ssd, and doing a clean install of Win10 64bit 1909. Avoid Win10 2004 for now. Then grabbing all the latest drivers your system will need.

[Dedesjusz]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Originally posted by Fay:

It is on Performance mode.

Then you just have a terrible laptop. Turning off Speedstep is pointless and won't help you.

What may help is having 8-16gb of ram, at least one ssd, and doing a clean install of Win10 64bit 1909. Avoid Win10 2004 for now. Then grabbing all the latest drivers your system will need.

My budget is 0.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

How old is the laptop?

Share the PC specs by installing Piriform SPECCY. Load that up and once it's done loading the summary screen, click File > Publish > copy-to-clipboard

Then paste that link in here and we'll be able to see your PC hardware specs, OS, Drivers, and background services and processes

[Dedesjusz]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

How old is the laptop?

Share the PC specs by installing Piriform SPECCY. Load that up and once it's done loading the summary screen, click File > Publish > copy-to-clipboard

Then paste that link in here and we'll be able to see your PC hardware specs, OS, Drivers, and background services and processes

Intel core i5 5200u 2,2ghz
Nvidia GeForce 920m 2gb ddr3
4gb ddr3 1873mhz
It's from 2016.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Fay:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

How old is the laptop?

Share the PC specs by installing Piriform SPECCY. Load that up and once it's done loading the summary screen, click File > Publish > copy-to-clipboard

Then paste that link in here and we'll be able to see your PC hardware specs, OS, Drivers, and background services and processes

Intel core i5 5200u 2,2ghz
Nvidia GeForce 920m 2gb ddr3
4gb ddr3 1873mhz
It's from 2016.

All that is for is Office stuff and multimedia. Won't even run most games at a playable FPS.

Would help if you post the Speccy system specs summary like I suggested so we can actually see what services/processes are running and what is slowing you down.

For now, below 8gb ram and lack of an ssd is one major reason. 4gb ram simply is not enough, no matter how much you trim down Win10. It's sad that any PC shipped with less than 8gb ram and comes with Win10. Cause that's just never going to work well, period.

[Dedesjusz]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Originally posted by Fay:

Intel core i5 5200u 2,2ghz
Nvidia GeForce 920m 2gb ddr3
4gb ddr3 1873mhz
It's from 2016.

All that is for is Office stuff and multimedia. Won't even run most games at a playable FPS.

Would help if you post the Speccy system specs summary like I suggested so we can actually see what services/processes are running and what is slowing you down.

For now, below 8gb ram and lack of an ssd is one major reason. 4gb ram simply is not enough, no matter how much you trim down Win10. It's sad that any PC shipped with less than 8gb ram and comes with Win10. Cause that's just never going to work well, period.

https://pastebin.pl/view/5daf6569

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You need to get rid of as much in the OS startup as possible.

And having McAfee installed is a joke, get rid of that.

[Dedesjusz]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

You need to get rid of as much in the OS startup as possible.

And having McAfee installed is a joke, get rid of that.

I literally cannot uninstall McAfee, I didn't install it, it just forced into my lapotp.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Well, 1 reason why the laptop is slow is the 4GB RAM, if you could up to 8GB that would be a bit better. Other reason likely being a slow HDD.


As for Mcafee
May as well format and clean install Windows, it'll get rid of your problems and get rid of all the preinstalled stuff, assuming you delete the partitions that is.

[_I_]

you can disable or uninstall parts of mcafee and norton, but pieces will always remain
best way to rid mcafee or norton is to reinstall the os