From 7dc046b7c3303a1f51c51355248ce7e4986d4a3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Wittke Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:17:42 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Added A word about manufacturer provided tooling as discussed in #193 --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 91d6c53..284d34e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -288,6 +288,11 @@ This is an example output: [D] core 0 thermal status: reading valid = 1 ..... ``` +## A word about manufacturer provided tooling +Tools provided by your notebook manufacturer like [Dell Power Manager](https://www.dell.com/support/contents/us/en/04/article/product-support/self-support-knowledgebase/software-and-downloads/dell-power-manager) tend to persist their settings to the system board. If you ever had it running under Windows and activated a cool/quiet/silent/saving profile, this setting will still be active when running linux, throttling your system. + +> On my Dell Latitude 5591, not even a BIOS reset to manufacturar default killed the active `Quiet` profile + ## Disclaimer This script overrides the default values set by Lenovo. I'm using it without any problem, but it is still experimental so use it at your own risk.