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From: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
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Subject: Re: Is this needed to enable turbo mode/boost on i7 processors?
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I realize the BIOS is supposed to take care of it, but it would be nice if 
there was an easy way to verify it is working.

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Justin Piszcz wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Per: http://kolbusa.livejournal.com/71066.html
>
> Is it necessary to do this--?
>
> Is there a way to verify whether turbo boost is being enabled when one core 
> is at 100% cpu?
>
> Justin.
>