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I like to slightly under-clock my processor to keep it cool. I use the following setting :
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But while playing games(usually for 4-5 minutes) the settings automatically jump back to 100%. enter image description here
I have also tried making a new power plan but same thing happens. My processor is Amd anthlon X2 4600(2.4 GHz) and OS is Windows 7.

Why is processor state automatically changing and how to prevent it ?

Serious
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3 Answers3

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Im not really sure, but I think that means that's using the 100% of the 85% of your assigned processing power.

Rhyuk
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Somebody else reported a similar issue and it seems that it was caused by the ATI/AMD Catalyst Control Panel. Closing it and removing it from startup might fix the problem.

Source: http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/microsoft-public-windows-vista-performance-maintenance/180652-power-options-keeps-resetting-upon-startup.html

James P
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According to this thread, this could also be caused by ASUS touchpad program. For my device(ASUS T300 Chi with Windows 10), importing the following task:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Date>2013-09-24T21:40:06.4839126</Date>
    <Author>DuctTapeDude</Author>
    <Description>Combats 100% Minimum CPU use from the Asus Smart Gesture thing</Description>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers>
    <EventTrigger>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <Subscription>&lt;QueryList&gt;&lt;Query Id="0" Path="System"&gt;&lt;Select Path="System"&gt;*[System[Provider[@Name='Microsoft-Windows-UserModePowerService'] and (Level=4 or Level=0) and Task = 10 and (EventID=12) and Security[@UserID='S-1-5-18']]]&lt;/Select&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/QueryList&gt;</Subscription>
    </EventTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>false</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>true</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
    <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT5S</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>/SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_BALANCED SUB_PROCESSOR PROCTHROTTLEMIN 0</Arguments>
    </Exec>
    <Exec>
      <Command>C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>/SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_BALANCED SUB_PROCESSOR PROCTHROTTLEMIN 4</Arguments>
    </Exec>
    <Exec>
      <Command>C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>/SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_BALANCED SUB_PROCESSOR SYSCOOLPOL 0</Arguments>
    </Exec>
    <Exec>
      <Command>C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>/SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_BALANCED 44f3beca-a7c0-460e-9df2-bb8b99e0cba6 3619c3f2-afb2-4afc-b0e9-e7fef372de36 0</Arguments>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>

provided in this thread seems to have it fixed for me.

xgdgsc
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