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I have a gaming laptop with an Intel 4720hq processor, which runs very hot (95c) when in turbo mode. To disable turbo, I've set my windows 10 power setting "maximum processor state" for both plugged in and on battery to 99% on a custom power profile. Cooling is set to "active" for all settings. I'm having two problems.

 

First, when I unplug my laptop I get a major drop in performance, I assume to some auto changing settings I'm not aware of.

 

Second, when I plug the laptop back in, the power settings fail, and the laptop will turbo automatically. This can be fixed by rebooting the system, but I'd rather not have to reboot every time after going off battery.

 

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performance dropping when on battery is normal, because laptops gotten smart enough to not drain their battery in 10 minutes.

 

EDIT: i've set my laptop to pretty much always run at 800MHz on battery, dat 8 hours of battery chrome usage tho xD.

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that's what I figured. id like to be able to control this, but the larger problem is

 

I have max processor state set to 99% for both battery and plugged in to disable turbo. When I unplug my laptop and then plug back in, the power settings fail, and the laptop will turbo automatically. This can be fixed by rebooting the system, but I'd rather not have to reboot every time after going off battery.​

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that's what I figured. id like to be able to control this, but the larger problem is

I have max processor state set to 99% for both battery and plugged in to disable turbo. When I unplug my laptop and then plug back in, the power settings fail, and the laptop will turbo automatically. This can be fixed by rebooting the system, but I'd rather not have to reboot every time after going off battery.​

As said above, the performance drop on battery is a savings feature. But for the turbo there may be an OEM setting or bios setting that is overriding the power settings in windows. Did this occur with a previous version of Windows?

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