🤔 sounds like your CPU governor is likely misconfigured and stuck on performance or something

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:45 AM

hardware? is it a steam deck?

AAru hardware? is it a steam deck?

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:46 AM

yep

AAru 🤔 sounds like your CPU governor is likely misconfigured and stuck on performanc...

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:46 AM

deck@steamdeck ~ [127]> sudo cpupower frequency-info --governors
[sudo] password for deck: 
analyzing CPU 2:
  available cpufreq governors: performance powersave
deck@steamdeck ~>

deck@steamdeck ~ [127]> sudo cpupower frequency-info --governors
[sudo] password for deck: 
analyzing CPU 2:
  available cpufreq governors: performance powersave
deck@steamdeck ~>

deck@steamdeck ~ [127]> sudo cpupower frequency-info --governors
[sudo] password for deck: 
analyzing CPU 2:
  available cpufreq governors: performance powersave
deck@steamdeck ~>

deck@steamdeck ~ [127]> sudo cpupower frequency-info --governors
[sudo] password for deck: 
analyzing CPU 2:
  available cpufreq governors: performance powersave
deck@steamdeck ~>

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:47 AM

I suspect it to be amd-pstate

Zzqpvr01 ```deck@steamdeck ~ [127]> sudo cpupower frequency-info --governors [sudo] passw...

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:47 AM

question, do you use decky?

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:48 AM

one thing you could try out is SimpleDeckyTDP and change your governor + EPP to powersave

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:48 AM

SDTDP wasn't meant for the Deck, but it should work if you disable the TDP and GPU controls in the plugin

AAru question, do you use decky?

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:48 AM

decky loader?

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:48 AM

this would just be for to test and see if the governors are your issue

Zzqpvr01 decky loader?

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:48 AM

yes, decky loader

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:48 AM

yes

Zzqpvr01 yes

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:49 AM

https://github.com/aarron-lee/SimpleDeckyTDP

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:49 AM

install it, then in the plugin disable TDP and GPU controls

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:49 AM

then play around with governors, EPP, CPU boost, etc

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:49 AM

and see if that resolves your issue

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:49 AM

alright

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:50 AM

note that this wouldn't be a permanent fix, it sounds like something is probably misconfigured for the Deck

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:50 AM

maybe powertools?

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:51 AM

ohh, powertools might have the same controls maybe

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:51 AM

try it

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:51 AM

I'm only familiar with SDTDP, never used powertools since it's Deck-only

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:51 AM

it might be conflicting with something

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:52 AM

gimme a min, let me dig up some commands for seeing governor, epp, etc

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matt_schwartz•7/16/24, 12:53 AM

steamos still uses acpi-cpufreq set to schedutil

Mmatt_schwartz steamos still uses acpi-cpufreq set to schedutil

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:53 AM

deck with bazzite?

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:53 AM

pretty sure it's p-state

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:53 AM

but not 100% sure

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matt_schwartz•7/16/24, 12:53 AM

we use p-states yeah

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:53 AM

thought so

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:54 AM

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:54 AM

also

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:54 AM

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
                                 cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
                                 cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
                                 cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
                                 cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
powersave
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
balance_power
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:54 AM

oh, so governor and epp looks fine

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:54 AM

check the cpb_boost

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:54 AM

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:54 AM

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
enabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
enabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
enabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
enabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:55 AM

let's try disabling that

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:55 AM

echo 0 and tee I think

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AruOP•7/16/24, 12:55 AM

echo 'disabled' | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

echo 'disabled' | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

echo 'disabled' | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

echo 'disabled' | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost

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zqpvr01•7/16/24, 12:56 AM

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> echo 'disabled' | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
disabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
disabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> echo 'disabled' | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
disabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
disabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> echo 'disabled' | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
disabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
disabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>

deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> echo 'disabled' | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
disabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/cpb_boost
disabled
deck@steamdeck /v/h/d/Downloads>