I think the BIOS/EFI has the best chance here but, it never hurts to update the chipset drivers either. From looking at some of the laptops I have on my bench, Speed Step can not even be disabled - it is a good feature that can increase the battery life quite a bit and I am not sure why you would want it disabled.Īlso, if you really want to update, go to the official Dell site, type in your asset code and download the latest BIOS/EFI Updates and chipset drivers. I would say that your BIOS is lying to you and it should disable the ability for Turbo Boost to be changed whilst Speed Step is disabled. Turbo Boost is a feature that has come from Speed Step (that has been available for a long time) and enabling Turbo Boost requires Speed Step to be active.

Conventional Intel SpeedStep Technology switchesīoth voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels inįrom what I can tell and have seen, these two technologies are highly linked. Very high performance while also meeting the power-conservation needs In the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 state depends on the workloadĮnhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling The maximum frequency of Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 is dependent System (OS) requests the highest processor performance state (P0).

Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 is activated when the Operating Seeing 'Energy Saver' listed under the monitor program is nothing to worry about. Latest generation Intel processors automatically under clocks your processor in order to save energy when you are not using it.

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