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### Now with AMD Power Tool
<img src="imgs/all.png" width="80%">

## Installation

1. Download kext and application from [Release](https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor/releases) page
2. Add SMCAMDProcessor.kext to kext folder of your bootloader.
3. Edit your bootloader's config file to make sure the kext is enabled.
4. Done!

## Features
* Passive CPU power management.
* Supports for reading of temperature, energy and clock data on AMD 17h Processors.
* Manual switching of processor speed with AMD Power Tool.

## Passive Power Management
This options serves as a temporary solution to CPU power management due to no active solution are currently available. Comparing to a true active power managment implementation, this option works in a passive way which results in less sensitivity, accuracy and a slow down in performance.

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<img src="imgs/ani.gif" width="100%">


## Features
* Passive CPU power management.
* Supports for reading of temperature, energy and clock data on AMD 17h Processors.
* Manual switching of processor speed with AMD Power Tool.
## Editing PState

Since the release 0.3.1, you can now edit your CPU PState using AMD Power Tool.
<img src="imgs/pe.png" width="60%">

To access PState editor:
1. Open AMD Power Tool
2. Go to 'Speed' tab
3. Click 'Advanced Options'

#### Safety Notes
* Incorrect PState setting can potentially cause permanent damage to your computer hardware.
* For safety concern, this function was limited to root user only. You can either launch AMD Power Gadget with root user or use `-amdpnopchk` to disable this check.



## Tested Processors
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