Disable Speedstep / Disable downclocking / Coolbook alternative ?

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  1. pooprscooper, Nov 30, 2010

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    I'm looking to figure out a way to disable downclocking on my early 2008 2.4Ghz MBP down to 800Mhz making me feel like I'm on a Netbook. I refuse to pay for Coolbook since anytime I need to reformat I have to buy a new license.

    Is there a kext that manages speedstep I can disable? I've tried setting 2.4 manually with "sysctl -w hw.cpufrequency_min=2400000000" but it says it's read only.

    "sysctl hw.cpufrequency hw.cpufrequency_min hw.cpufrequency_max" gives:
    hw.cpufrequency: 2400000000
    hw.cpufrequency_min: 2400000000
    hw.cpufrequency_max: 2400000000


    Any ideas or apps?
     
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  2. jayhawk11, Nov 30, 2010

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    So you want to rip the engine out of your Ferrari and replace it with one from an electric scooter...why, exactly?
     
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  3. tpth, Nov 30, 2010

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    Other way round, dude. And why do people feel the need to post entirely useless answers like that anyway?

    OP, no idea I'm afraid. Can you change the permissions on that file to make it writeable?
     
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  4. iThinkergoiMac, Nov 30, 2010

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    Put "sudo" in front of your command and it'll do what you want, I imagine.

    Just be careful with sudo... if you don't know already, it drops that command into super user mode, which can have disastrous consequences if you've got the wrong command.
     
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  5. pooprscooper, Dec 20, 2010

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    I used sudo and it still says it's read only. :(
     
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  6. rtrt, Dec 20, 2010
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