diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 57802bf..d0c0686 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -121,6 +121,23 @@ If daemon has been installed, live stats of CPU/system load monitoring and optim `auto-cpufreq --stats` +## Troubleshooting + +**Q:** If after installing auto-cpufreq you're (still) experiencing: +* high CPU temperatures +* CPU is not scaling to minimum/maximum frequencies +* suboptimal CPU peformance + +**A:** If you're using `intel_pstate` CPU management driver consider changing it to: `acpi-cpufreq`. + +This can be done by editting `/etc/default/grub` file and appending `intel_pstate=disable` to `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT` line, followed by `sudo update-grub` + +Example line change: + +``` +GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash intel_pstate=disable" +``` + ## Discussion: * Blogpost: [auto-cpufreq - Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux](http://foolcontrol.org/?p=3124)