Surface pro 4 - clock speed of CPU keeps the same

Anonymous
2016-08-03T03:19:10+00:00

After updating to windows 10 (1607), I find that the clock speed of the CPU keeps to be 2.92GHz when plugged, and to be 2.47GHz when using battery. My surface pro 4 has a core i5 CPU. It seems strange because the clock speed of CPU should change with the workload in the Task Manager. Does anyone have the same problem?

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Anonymous
2016-08-31T01:11:30+00:00

Fixed with today's update. Thanks, MS!

NOTE: I had to reboot twice after updating. So if anyone is not seeing the fix try a restart.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-08-03T21:14:13+00:00

    I completely agree. They told me that I needed to get a new SP4, but I declined to get a refurb when I have been taking very good care of my device from day 1. Hopefully they will be able to update their drivers or issues ASAP. Until then, I created a new power plan that stays at 50%. Now, I only have my CPU at 1.17ghz rather than 2.90+.

    Much slower, but I guess I can handle it. What really drove me crazy was the constant fan turning on when doing NOTHING!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-03T21:25:38+00:00

    My surface is not hot. But the problem is that my battery drains quickly with high CPU speed. It drops from 8 hours to 4 hours!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-08-03T23:57:05+00:00

    Same here.  Reported in feedback as well.

    feedback-hub:?contextid=79&feedbackid=5481fe28-d98c-454e-93d0-15e31110bde4&form=1&src=2

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-08-04T06:01:21+00:00

    Great, I upvoted yours as well. But search feedback because there are numerous other ones that had already been sent to MS. Upvote them all.

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