The Definitive Guide to Acer Aspire Gemstone Blue Throttling Issues

[TehSuigi]

Thanoulas, nice research! Didn't think to use Everest.
My system has throttled in Orthos AND in CPU-intensive 3D games such as Team Fortress 2 (and even in Audiosurf, back when this issue was just coming to light a year ago).
Unchecking Enabled extended throttling and ditching the CxE states still had throttling woes when I was back on Vista, but since I've undervolted so much on 7, it's a non-issue for me.

[DarkSilver]

disabling superfetch wouldn't reduce performance. i have it disabled whenever i reinstall windows.. it just shaves a couple of seconds of a frequently used application boot time. i personalyl think it's unneccasry.. here's acer reply to my email:

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Send him plenty of our topic regarding this stupid problems at point out it is not the software problems.
Those people think we're newbie and they don't know what exactly happen.
So, they would answer/reply some useless craps.
That's why sometime I feel lazy calling them. Making them to understand is like forever.

Everest of course, it is great. I have it too. XD!
However, it needs to pay =.=!
My tweak actually develop from observing those stuffs in Everest Ultimate Edition. I found Tjmax, TM 1, TM 2, EIST kind of stuffs. I saw these settings in RMClock too. I begin to think and tinkering with the RMClock Registries. I successfully create the solution. However, now, I am on stupid Nvidia GPU(overclocked) downclocking issue again(basically on The Sims 3 only)!!! I have disable the PowerMizer!! Still!! Anyone have any idea???

[Vinch]

ACPI on the other hand does seem to trigger the CPU throttle, and it actually makes sense, because in gaming conditions without undervolting the CPU can go up to 68 in my T5750 and the GPU all the way up to 85-90. It looks like the thermal zones start from 53 for the first fan speedup, 58-60 for the second speedup and 70 brings the throttle on...

yep, i believe its the thermal zones too. when it reach 70c for several minutes my laptop throttles.

[DarkSilver]

yep, i believe its the thermal zones too. when it reach 70c for several minutes my laptop throttles.

Did you all mean the ACPI zones?

[weinter]

Just tested your DSDT table, and it didn't report 10 degrees lower, still throttling without undervolting

Just to be sure did you install it correctly?
You have to get the table overload message successful to be sure.

Ok to conclude is it the GPU that causes the throttling or the CPU?
If it is GPU then you can try using Nibitor to modify the GPU slowdown temps

[spaanplaat]

Perhaps a stupid braincrackling I had. But why do we all rely on rmclock? That program is no longer supported. Some users here report the advanced chipset tab being grayed-out (as do I, 8930 with a x9100).

Isn't a program like crystal cpuid a better solution? Sure it has a different look, but it can do pretty much the same. I think I go look in that direction as I have a found something like advance multiplier settings and you can lock you multiplier. (isn't that what throttle does? switch to a lower multiplier a.k.a intel speedstep)

I need to restore my lappy to factory defaults and then I think I will thinker with crystal cpuid. At least all the functions are available.

PS. Rmclock doesn't even see my chipset :S

[TehSuigi]

Throttling isn't switching to a lower multiplier, it's activating the On-Demand Clock Modulation (ODCP) of the Core 2 Duo and forcing the CPU to perform slower on the same multiplier.
But please, go right ahead and try CrystalCPUID. Maybe it'll help!

[darrickmartin]

edit: wrong thread lol

[Momo786]

I was wondering if the Chipset and Throttling options in RMClock being greyed out is due to old chipset drivers? I personally haven't encountered this issue.

[DarkSilver]

I was wondering if the Chipset and Throttling options in RMClock being greyed out is due to old chipset drivers? I personally haven't encountered this issue.

It is not greyed out due to old chipset/drivers.
Basically, it is due to:
a.) BIOS setting(which Acer has locked many of them)
b.) Wrong RMclock registry setting
c.) The CPU is too new, RMClock(already stop develop long ago) does not have the information of the CPU