On Fri, 12 May 2006, chris lee wrote:
>
> On 5/12/06, Kwan Lowe <kwan@digitalhermit.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Is there a way to launch a process (or modify an existing one) to force
>> > it to use no more than X% of the CPU? With continual 100% use my CPU
>> > gets rather warm. Sure, I can "nice" it, but that only makes it more
>> > readily yield the CPU to other processes; if nothing else demands the
>> > CPU it'll still use 100%. Is the only solution in hardware, something
>> > like a Peltier device and a big honkin' heat sink?
>>
>> You can try using the cpuspeed command to throttle the hardware. I use it
>> to switch my laptop to a 600MhZ mode to conserve battery when just
>> browsing the web.
> depending on the board and CPU you could underclock it, its a bit
> involved but if you email me the specs i might be able to walk you
> through it.
Oh, I don't want to slow _all_ processes down, just some long-running,
CPU-bound conversions.
Anyhow, I know the multiplier is locked on most Athlons. Couldn't I just
change the bus speed in the BIOS from 133 MHz to say 100 MHz?
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