Re: flooded by "CPU#0: Running in modulated clock mode"

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
>
>
> > If i recall correctly it's hardware set, i'm not sure if BIOSes can modify
> > that these days. One thing you may want to note is that in the modulated
> > state the processor doesn't process interrupts and runs at a 50% clock
>
> No interrupts? That would mean almost dead machine.
> Are you sure?

Yep, it's normally 50% modulation for 1ms or until the temperature drops
below threshold, whichever comes first with interrupts remaining pending.

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