disabling one core

davie23223 · 09-16-2006, 12:02 AM

I have a core duo

If i disable one core will it boost my battery life?

**apj101** · 09-16-2006, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by davie23223

I have a core duo

If i disable one core will it boost my battery life?

cant say for sure, but i doubt it

Hairy_Lee · 09-16-2006, 12:13 AM

i wasn't even aware that you could do that... i thought that AMD were working on that tech for their quad core stuff and thats it.

[-0MEGA-] · 09-16-2006, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Hairy_Lee

i wasn't even aware that you could do that... i thought that AMD were working on that tech for their quad core stuff and thats it.

I'm pretty sure my previous Dell Inspiron laptop allowed you to disable a core.

As apj said, it most likely wont save you much (if any) battery life. The processor only uses what it needs.

sup2jzgte · 09-16-2006, 05:39 AM

Wow I had no clue this was possible, I will have to check on my Laptop

[-0MEGA-] · 09-16-2006, 05:52 AM

If you really wanted to, you could also change each process to only use one core. So then the second one will have ver minimal activity.

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