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Old August 23rd 10, 10:35 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd
TE Cheah
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Default Cool & Quiet is insignificant : can cool my LE1620 just a bit ( 2?C )

Actually, you might be able to use Crystal CPUID to control the cool and quiet steps -- probably would have to uninstall the AMD
driver -- and go for lower voltages, but you'd have to torture test each step (by turning off the automatic changes and setting
the speed of one step and the proposed voltage) with intel burn test.

Tom's Hardware has 1 article on this, why spend time to tweak /
improve a stupid technique ? Just suspension of voltage will cool cpu
well. AMD 's site has no graph to show this C&Q caused tmprtre drop
, just thousands of words, because they know C&Q is nearly useless.

Or, if you don't mind losing speed, you could underclock it, with the lowest stable voltage you could find.

I did this to reduce a Barton's heat flow into a nForce2 north
bridge ( jams if hot ), til I remembered CPUcool* can suspend
voltage. Now I need not uc to 133 x11, can even oc to 180 x11.
* / Rain / Vcool all make C&Q look stupid, I may dump AMD for
Intel soon.