MSR CPU Profile Switcher Documentation

Please note, this software is supplied entirely without warranty and installed/operated

at the user’s risk. All of our code is open source, and can be found at the Project Homepage.

Contents:

• What, How, and Why?
  • Uh, what now? What is an “MSR”?
  • Okay, so why do I need this?
• System Requirements
• Requirements and Installation
• Upgrading
• Locked Processors and Partial Support
• Quickstart Guide
  • Status Dashboard
  • Adding a Profile
• System Basics
  • Squarehost CPU MSR Service
  • Squarehost CPU Web/Profile Service
  • Logging
  • The Tray App
• Profile Automation Options
  • Automation Triggers
  • Priority
  • Scripting
• Profile Options Reference
  • CPU Power Limits
  • CPU Voltage Offset (UV)s
  • Core Parking
  • Processor Frequency Scaling
  • Miscellaneous Power Options
• Advanced Topics
  • Forcing Profiles
• Development and Build
  • Creating a Development Environment
  • Running services in dev/debug mode
  • Creating a Build Environment
  • Building a Deployment Installer

Acknowledgements

• All the teams who have done the heavy lifting in terms of research and behaviour, including the linux-intel-msr team and @Ciphray on the Win Max channel, whose enthusiasm and wholehearted adoption of the MSR service concept has kept us going when challenges have arisen.

• OpenLibSys for their WinRing DLL which we use to read/write the MSRs.

• All the alpha testers who put their hardware at risk (joking?!?!), including:

  ibebyi, Ciphray, AyubTagh, jurassicjim, Lug Steakface, tatane and xomm from our Discord Channel. Newcomers and testers welcome!