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Workaround for Intel throttling issues in Linux.
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Lenovo X280? #167

Open skluth opened 4 years ago

skluth commented 4 years ago

I have a Lenovo X280 (ubuntu 18.04) which has the throttling issue. The CPU frequency is at 400 MHz constantly, even when I run a stress test :(.

I tried the package, installed fine, and the monitoring ans debug options don't show any problems either.

However, even with throttled the CPU stays at 400 MHz under all circumstances.

Do you have any idea why this could happen? Should I check something specific?

Thanks for your great work! Stefan

skluth commented 4 years ago

I forgot, I updated to latest bios (1.36) and ECP (1.14) dated 17 Jan 2020 but that didn't change anything too.

nariox commented 4 years ago

Do you have any program running that might be interfering with throttled (e.g. thermald, tlp, laptop-mode-tools, powertop, etc)? TLP had a really aggressive policy for battery by default some time ago.

Are you running on battery or AC? You might want to try resetting your BIOS to default settings. Does it also happen on Windows (if you still have it installed).

skluth commented 4 years ago

It is always throttled, I'll have to try to reset the bios, but for that I have to open the laptop, and disconnect the bios battery, according to Lenovo. I'll try that in the next few days. No test with Windows as I don't have it.

On 2020-03-06 22:00, nariox wrote:

Do you have any program running that might be interfering with throttled (e.g. thermald, tlp, laptop-mode-tools, powertop, etc)? TLP had a really aggressive policy for battery by default some time ago.

Are you running on battery or AC? You might want to try resetting your BIOS to default settings. Does it also happen on Windows (if you still have it installed).

nariox commented 4 years ago

The EC will throttle down if any of the temperatures in the board are too high. Any chance a sensor might have been damaged (e.g. liquid damage)?

Some distros have these other programs installed and enabled by default. Might be worth checking.

By the way, how are you measuring the frequency? Are you using s-tui?

muniter commented 4 years ago

@skluth Have you checked if it's throttled also when plugged in to power?