@panorain maybe check the BIOS, is there an updated BIOS available?
Bios is the latest version available for M57p (I had updated it some time ago). I recently rechecked if another Bios update was available, it looks like Lenovo wants to obselete this fairly old machine because user guide and so on are no longer available on Lenovo website. I was able to get the Hardware repair manual .pdf . I just executedturbostatsee below:
Thinkcentre-M57p:/home/paul # turbostat
turbostat version 2023.11.07 - Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.7.1-1-default root=/dev/mapper/system-root resume=/dev/system/swap nosimplefb=1 plymouth.enable=0 mitigations=auto
CPUID(0): GenuineIntel 0xd CPUID levels
CPUID(1): family:model:stepping 0x6:17:a (6:23:10) microcode 0xa0b
CPUID(0x80000000): max_extended_levels: 0x80000008
CPUID(1): SSE3 MONITOR - EIST TM2 TSC MSR ACPI-TM HT TM
CPUID(6): APERF, No-TURBO, DTS, No-PTM, No-HWP, No-HWPnotify, No-HWPwindow, No-HWPepp, No-HWPpkg, No-EPB
cpu0: MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE: 0x4366952489 (TCC EIST MWAIT PREFETCH No-TURBO)
CPUID(7): No-SGX No-Hybrid
cpu0: cpufreq driver: acpi-cpufreq
cpu0: cpufreq governor: schedutil
/dev/cpu_dma_latency: 16000 usec (constrained)
current_driver: intel_idle
current_governor: menu
current_governor_ro: menu
cpu0: POLL: CPUIDLE CORE POLL IDLE
cpu0: C1ACPI: ACPI FFH MWAIT 0x0
cpu0: Guessing tjMax 100 C, Please use -T to specify
Core CPU Avg_MHz Busy% Bzy_MHz TSC_MHz IPC IRQ POLL C1ACPI POLL% C1ACPI% CoreTmp
- - 124 5.92 2086 2660 0.62 20284 6 29501 0.00 94.19 51
0 0 127 6.19 2052 2660 0.58 7712 3 8709 0.00 93.93 51
1 1 136 6.58 2064 2660 0.60 7990 3 8791 0.01 93.54 45
2 2 122 5.69 2145 2660 0.61 2728 0 6385 0.00 94.39 49
3 3 109 5.22 2088 2660 0.70 1854 0 5616 0.00 94.85 46
Core CPU Avg_MHz Busy% Bzy_MHz TSC_MHz IPC IRQ POLL C1ACPI POLL% C1ACPI% CoreTmp
- - 133 6.27 2119 2660 0.59 20443 33 30117 0.03 93.83 51
0 0 143 6.76 2109 2660 0.54 9077 16 9663 0.06 93.38 51
1 1 142 6.76 2102 2660 0.58 6607 16 8239 0.05 93.36 45
2 2 126 5.88 2135 2660 0.56 2623 0 6366 0.00 94.20 48
3 3 121 5.67 2134 2660 0.67 2136 1 5849 0.00 94.40 46
Core CPU Avg_MHz Busy% Bzy_MHz TSC_MHz IPC IRQ POLL C1ACPI POLL% C1ACPI% CoreTmp
It showing 4 cpu's.
Thinkcentre-M57p:/home/paul # zypper search -i | grep 'cpu'
i | cpupower | Tools to determine and set CPU Power related Settings | package
i | cpupower-bash-completion | Bash completion for cpupower | package
i+ | cpupower-gui | Cpupower-gui is a graphical program to adjust the frequency limits of the cpu | package
i | libcpupower1 | Processor power related C-library | package
paul-Thinkcentre-M57p:/home/paul #
I donāt know what this sound is now, itās like a grinding noise but that sound happens when mouse cursor is moving. I could never figure it out even before and now that the machine has ssd for a hdd it should not make a sound like this. Is it capacitors or something maybe?
Hey, cpupower-gui now showing all 4 cpuās!. This is very good news I think.
Thinkcentre-M57p:~> inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 6.7.1-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240123
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 9088A83 v: ThinkCentre M57p
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO serial: <superuser required> BIOS: LENOVO
v: 2RKT64BUS date: 01/08/2014
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Penryn rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2657 high: 2660 min/max: 2000/2667 cores: 1: 2660
2: 2660 3: 2657 4: 2653 bogomips: 21290
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
If I maximize cpu (MHZ) to 2667 and disregard the minimum of 2000 will this use more power or cause the cpu to fail sooner?
Do you have a preferred Power Settings ā Governor Policy of the three options shown. Schedutil, Performance or Ondemand?
-Thanks
Hi, in Bios Set Max Ext CPUID = 3 disabled is correct in order for cpupower-gui to show the 4 cpuās on this particular machine.
@panorain So it was a BIOS settingā¦
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Yes, I thank you for helping with this today. I was also able to comment on the OBS multimedia:proaudio cpupower-gui comment section about this Bios setting adjustment on the machine here.
My question is why when I search OBS I see other cpupower-gui options, are not maintained or something as often it appears?
I have selected cpupower-gui performance for the Governor option.
@panorain others are either linked or home user repositoriesā¦ I maintain JDSP4Linux in that repo 
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I see that now, this is all very new to me. 
I notice that cpupower-gui āperformanceā settings do not persist after powercycling. Are you aware of a good way to get persistence with āperformanceā settings in openSUSE Tumbleweed? I am not certain if I need to create a or modify a certain file to do this and if so which file.
Hi, passing: cpupower 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: 2.00 GHz - 2.67 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.67 GHz, 2.00 GHz
available cpufreq governors: ondemand performance schedutil
current policy: frequency should be within 2.00 GHz and 2.67 GHz.
The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware
current CPU frequency: 2.62 GHz (asserted by call to kernel)
boost state support:
Supported: no
Active: no
cpupower idle-info
CPUidle driver: acpi_idle
CPUidle governor: menu
analyzing CPU 2:
Number of idle states: 2
Available idle states: POLL C1
POLL:
Flags/Description: CPUIDLE CORE POLL IDLE
Latency: 0
Usage: 431
Duration: 64414
C1:
Flags/Description: ACPI HLT
Latency: 0
Usage: 8752343
Duration: 6361851991
So I should have asked how to set the kernel to performance frequency using cpupower I think.
Thanks