Thursday, 2 January 2014

CPU whine hotfix for Ivy Bridge

Even on the modern Ivy Bridge Intel CPU's we have coal whine frequently.
There were plenty of solutions during the last, hm, 5 years. But here is the simplest workaround:
1) To activate: reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Processor /v Capabilities /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0007e066
2) To deactivate: reg delete HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Processor /v Capabilities /f
Restart PC.
It really works on my new Lenovo T430s with i5-3230, on all the default power schemes, no fancy tweaking for them. Together with TPFanControl and SSD inside, I have the most silent powerhouse laptop I have ever had. But I didn't test how it drowns the battery. Will surely test it and post results here.

UPD Haven't noticed any significant difference in heat and power consumption by now (Jan 13). Highly recommend to use.

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