Athlon Powersaving HOWTO

Daniel Nofftz

<daniel@nofftz.de.NOSPAM>

2003-07-09

Revision History
Revision 1.01	2003-07-09	Revised by: dn
Bugfix! the AMD-Chipset command-line hack was wrong!
Revision 1.0	2003-06-20	Revised by: tm
Initial release, reviewed by LDP
Revision 0.12	2003-06-13	Revised by: dn
minor xml sourcecode rework, final draft for ldp release
Revision 0.11	2003-06-11	Revised by: dn
minor bugfix and minor updates
Revision 0.10	2003-06-06	Revised by: dn
rework of all command-line-hacks ... one was buggy, the others not perfect enough ;) ...

How to enable the power-saving functionality of the Athlon/Duron/AthlonXP processor on some motherboards/chipsets.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Basics on the Athlon Power Saving Mode
1.2. Copyright and License
1.3. Disclaimer
1.4. Feedback
1.5. New Versions of this Document

2. The Different Approaches

2.1. The Command-line Hack
2.2. The Athcool Program
2.3. BIOS updates
2.4. My Kernel Patch
2.5. The LVCool Solution

3. What Else?

3.1. Known Bugs/Problems
3.2. ToDo
3.3. Translations

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