Laptop CPU stuck at 800MHZ

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Hi guys,

today I booted up my laptop and noticed some lag during the normal operations that I do while working (meetings, Discord server and such) but I thought that was internet-related. But now I saw in bashtop and cpupower that my CPU is stuck at 800MHz for some reason.

I tried disabling TLP, overriding frequencies with cpupower, disabling intel_pstate but no luck.

sudo cpupower -c all frequency-info
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 2:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 2
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 2
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 3:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 3
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 3
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 4:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 4
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 4
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 5:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 5
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 5
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 6:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 6
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 6
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 7:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 7
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 7
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 8:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 8
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 8
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 9:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 9
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 9
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 10:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 10
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 10
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 11:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 11
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 11
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes

Even it shows all the cores at max speed, bashtop says that it’s at 800MHz and I can tell very clearly that the system is unresponsive and sluggish.

My CPU is an Intel i7-9750H @ 2.600GHz.

Thanks for the help!

2

So setting the governor, does not change anything?

sudo cpupower frequency-set -g ondemand

If that is the case, then I would assume that there is something wrong on the UEFI Settings or the CPU could be damaged… (just a thought)

cpupower on your side seems to work pretty well…

Maybe bashtop does not display it accurately?

watch -n.1 "grep \"^[c]pu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo"
3

try this command:
watch -n1 cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
from this thread:

also it says in your output:

current CPU frequency: 2.60 GHz
4

With watch -n.1 "grep \"^[c]pu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo" I can see that CPU is stuck at 800MHz, I tried changing governor and something strange came up:

sudo cpupower -c all frequency-info
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 1.40 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 2:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 2
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 2
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 3:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 3
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 3
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 900 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 4:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 4
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 4
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 2.20 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 5:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 5
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 5
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 900 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 6:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 6
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 6
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 7:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 7
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 7
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 8:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 8
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 8
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 900 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 9:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 9
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 9
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 1.60 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 10:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 10
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 10
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 900 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 11:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 11
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 11
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 1.70 GHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes

Some frequencies are up, so I ran IntelliJ to see if some frequency would ramp up, but the terminal showed noting but ~800MHz for each core.

5

Strange… but cpupower shows the current frequency of each core:

no idea at this point :man_shrugging:

EDIT: Run these commands on separated terminals:

Stress-Test:

for i in $(seq $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)); do yes > /dev/null & done

Watch frequencies:

watch -n.1 "grep \"^[c]pu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo"

Kill the Stress-Test

killall yes

Could you take a screenshot? I can still not believe that it stuck at 800Mhz on all cores… :wink:

6

Doing your stress-test is getting me to at least 900MHz :rofl:

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But this morning cpupower seems normalized:

sudo cpupower -c all frequency-info                                    
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 2:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 2
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 2
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 3:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 3
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 3
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 4:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 4
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 4
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 5:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 5
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 5
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 6:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 6
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 6
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 7:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 7
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 7
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 8:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 8
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 8
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 9:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 9
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 9
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 10:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 10
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 10
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
analyzing CPU 11:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 11
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 11
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us
  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.60 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.60 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.50 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.60 GHz.
                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes

I’ve also tried a live USB with Manjaro, same issue.

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and the governor is powersave :expressionless:

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Hi @pipodi,

I use the following to change my CPU governor. Try it, it might work for you:

  • To change it to the performance governor:
sudo cpupower frequency-set -g performance
  • To change it to the powersave governor:
sudo cpupower frequency-set -g powersave
  • To get the current governor:
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

Hope this helps!

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I don’t know what to say, I’ve switched to 5.15.2.2 kernel and I’ve been able to unlock the cores putting all of them on performance with cpupower-gui. I’ve always been with the power cord plugged in, so no TLP or something else is at play here.

How can I change the default governor and making it persistent?

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Try editing this file and change it to “performance”:

$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

performance

That’s how I did it.

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Normally done with TLP and other services like that…

Processor — TLP 1.4 documentation

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I’ve re-set TLP and now everything is back to normal, thank you!

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