NullCPUPwm slowing down my machine / Idle Temp questions..

[hockey9999]

I'm pretty new to this, so take it easy on me!

I have an HP xw8600 running 10.7.2 with the following:

no DSDT edits
2x x5450 Xeon
4gb RAM
Nvidia Quadro FX 1700

My question/problem..

With NullCPUPwm - My geekbench scores are kind of low - 8257, but idle temps are also low, at about 113f-117f (via iStat, and down to 111 as I type this). I also noticed that the CPU voltage always remains constant at 1.04v with NullCPUPwm installed.

Without NullCPUPwm - My geekbench scores are, in my opinion, awesome! - 11612 (destroying my 2010 17" i5 MBP 8gb RAM), but my idle temps are high (I think?) at about 126f - 129f and up to 140ish under load. But, the CPU voltage changes, so I guess speedstep must be working in some capacity without NullCPUPwm, going between 1.04v and 1.12v depending on load.

Its probably worth adding - I get this in my kernel log when booting without NullCPUPwm.

localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=1 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=2 LocalApicId=4 Enabled
localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=3 LocalApicId=2 Enabled
localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=4 LocalApicId=6 Enabled
localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=5 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=6 LocalApicId=5 Enabled
localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=7 LocalApicId=3 Enabled
localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=8 LocalApicId=7 Enabled
localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
localhost kernel[0]: ** AppleSMBusPCI::start failed to get acpi path for provider
localhost kernel[0]: ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::pushCPU_CSTData - _CST evaluation failed
localhost kernel[0]: ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::pushCPU_CSTData - _CST evaluation failed
localhost kernel[0]: ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::registerLPCDriver - WARNING - LPC device initialization failed: C-state power management not initialized

I do have generate p and c states set in the boot plist too.

My question is, how can I get the best of both worlds here? Or am I worried about nothing in regard to temperature? I've researched a ton, but am having a hard time understanding everything.. tjmax, tcase temp etc..

I tried every method I could find for extracting DSDT's and SSDT tables, in Windows, Linux and OS X, and no matter what, there is no DSDT Scope (_PR) anywhere.. So I am at a loss.

Because I am pretty new to this, I am not sure what additional information I can provide to help you guys help me.. So please ask, and I will post whatever is needed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I wouldn't have made it this far without this awesome community!

Thanks!

 

[hockey9999]

Also forgot to mention a few observations about sleep..

Without NullCPUPwm, sleep works fine with the power button without SleepEnabler.

With NullCPUPwm, sleep only works with SleepEnabler (Will sleep w/o it, but won't wake)

In both cases, it will only sleep manually, i.e. sleep settings in system prefs do nothing. This doesn't bother me at all, however.

Thanks for the help!

 

[cgelectronics]

Does the onboard NICs work on your system or did you use an external NIC?