Thread: Small app to keep processor at 500Mhz, possible?
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rahulg247 is offline rahulg247
2010-04-25 , 17:13
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#11
Originally Posted by thp View Post
Some Nokia Guy (?) at the Maemo Summit '09 explicitly said during one talk that locking the processor at its maximum (non-overclocked) speed will quickly kill it (I don't have the source here to quote from, unfortunately). Spend more time making your apps more efficient and less time overclocking the CPU (or thinking of locking the frequency, for that matter)
How I understand it is that the voltage is the main factor in reducing CPU life so if, as in this case, you use a lower voltage (for example the same voltage used for 250mhz in stock kernel) for 500mhz in this modified kernel there should not be problems.

Also this is not overclocking as the maximum CPU frequency remains at 600mhz.