Hey everyone! I'm having a frustrating issue with my laptop's CPU clock speed on Windows 11. My Acer Aspire, which has a Core i5-1035G CPU, keeps dropping down to around 0.4 GHz, causing CPU usage to spike to 80-90%. Then it overclocks up to 3.4 GHz, idles, and repeats the cycle. This lag makes everything from window clicks to drop-down menus feel sluggish. It was functioning fine before Christmas, but after being off for about 10 days, it's acting weird. I'm planning to swap out the thermal paste soon since it's running a bit hot, but I haven't made any changes to software or power settings. Is there a way to set a baseline clock speed to prevent it from throttling down so low? I just need it to be somewhat responsive until I can get a new machine. Thanks a lot!
3 Answers
Glad you found my last tip helpful! It sounds like you’ve set a max frequency but want to adjust it to allow for some variation. You could check if you can change the minimum processor state instead, which should let your CPU go higher when needed while still keeping a lower baseline.
You can also tweak some settings in the registry. If you change the "attribute" value to 2 in the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlPowerPowerSettings54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d0075b0ae3f-bce0-45a7-8c89-c9611c25e100, it might help. After that, go to Control Panel > Power Options > Change Plan Settings > Advanced Power Settings > Processor Power Management and set your maximum processor frequency there.
I feel your pain! Try downloading a program called ThrottleStop. It's portable and doesn’t require an installation. It can help you unlock the main clock settings and get your CPU running at a normal frequency again.
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