Macbook Pro Santa Rosa Performance

Zerobae · Post by **Zerobae** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:36 pm

interesting... i'm on mbp sr 2.4 ghz and 10.4.11 -- and coolbook does not work.
hu?

zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:40 pm

Zerobae wrote:are you guys running santa rosa macbook pros? i do, and on installing coolbook i get the error "can't load coolbook driver". after that, the app opens, but the "control window" is just empty.

What do you mean buy "just empty"? Completely empty....no graphics...nada?

The Top left window will be empty...you can only make additional CPU Freq./Voltage Pairs by purchasing a license......

Zerobae · Post by **Zerobae** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:57 pm

Mammalux wrote:
Zerobae wrote:are you guys running santa rosa macbook pros? i do, and on installing coolbook i get the error "can't load coolbook driver". after that, the app opens, but the "control window" is just empty.
What do you mean buy "just empty"? Completely empty....no graphics...nada?

This is what the coolbook windows look like:

timothyallan · Post by **timothyallan** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:02 pm

thats what mine on leopard looked like as well... no go

zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:02 pm

Which version of coolbook is that? It looks like it might have been the earlier 1.3

Zerobae · Post by **Zerobae** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:44 pm

Mammalux wrote:Which version of coolbook is that? It looks like it might have been the earlier 1.3

fantastic! now it works. i apparently downloaded an older version first. thank you.

EDIT: interestingly, i get a maximum of around 58% in live's cpu meter running the performance test. without coolbook that is (haven't purchased it yet), only monitoring through it.

Nightrider · Post by **Nightrider** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:33 pm

what are the disadvantages of running coolbook?

thumperjack · Post by **thumperjack** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:38 am

Nightrider wrote:what are the disadvantages of running coolbook?

i read that if you have it running when your going on battery power it sucks the battery dry really fast just sitting at idle...i think it only said on santa rosa chips though. all you got to do is deactivate it and reboot for when ur gonna be using battery juice.

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:24 am

thumperjack wrote:
Nightrider wrote:what are the disadvantages of running coolbook?
i read that if you have it running when your going on battery power it sucks the battery dry really fast just sitting at idle...i think it only said on santa rosa chips though. all you got to do is deactivate it and reboot for when ur gonna be using battery juice.

Dose it works on old macbook pro?.I got my macbook pro the summer 2006.

timothyallan · Post by **timothyallan** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:25 am

download it and try it?

zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:30 am

thumperjack wrote:
Nightrider wrote:what are the disadvantages of running coolbook?
i read that if you have it running when your going on battery power it sucks the battery dry really fast just sitting at idle...i think it only said on santa rosa chips though. all you got to do is deactivate it and reboot for when ur gonna be using battery juice.

I think you only have to worry about the battery if you actually change the battery settings in Coolbook. I am checking this with Magnus......

bleepsnbreaks · Post by **bleepsnbreaks** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:32 am

I cant believe this ! If I am reading this right then my CPU is staying at 800mhz? WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?
No wonder live is freaking out !
Im gonna buy the full version of coolbook.....
Apple should be fvcking ROASTED for this man, I cant believe it, what a MASSIVE bug!

zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:45 am

Yep...that's right....It was exactly the same for me. Let us know how you get on......

adventurepants_ · Post by **adventurepants_** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:46 am

is it seriously true that you cant turn speedstep on and off via OSX? This is a BIOS option on most pc's, or can be sorted by turning all power saving off. Is the Coolbook software doing anything else than just turning speedstep off, and if so, cant it be done otherwise in OSX?

Timur · Post by **Timur** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:52 am

Well, I do have glitches when using CpuNow (same as Speedstep) on my AMD CPU as well, because at low CPU it stays at lower clocks which seem to be a problem for either Live or the audio-drivers. That being said I wonder why this is happening at all and if this isn't more of a problem with Live. Manually clocking the CPU to it's maximum speed is easily possible under Windows. Not so under Mac OS if I understand this thread right?!

I will do some tests with my three different audio-cards and other hosts than Live to see if its a general problem or a Live specific.