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Thanks @BIGBEARJEDI. I'm monitoring the temperature using Core Temp and it seems to be hovering between 50-60C. It's a Core i7 2760QM which apparently has a max temperature rating of 100C so I'm guessing that where it's currently operating is good. The fan rarely spins up now which is what I was...

Thanks again @Neemobeer - your point re the heat is well taken. It's more the noise from the fan that I'm trying to reduce. Setting it to 60% has done that so I'll leave it there for now. The laptop really doesn't have much load and rarely goes over 20% so I'm guessing 60% will be more than enough.

Thank you very much for the replies @Neemobeer and @BIGBEARJEDI. So, if I understand correctly, there's no real way for me to set it so that it will go up to 100% if necessary but scale back when less than 100% is required, is that correct? Setting the "Maximum processor state" to 60% has...

I'm trying to adjust the power options on my laptop so that the CPU doesn't run as hot (which consequently increases the fan). I set the "Minimum processor state" to a value lower than 100% but, no matter what value I enter, Windows doesn't seem to be using it. The "Maximum Frequency" that shows...

CPU max frequency set to 60% in power options and confirmed by resource monitor.

CPU max frequency remains at 96% with 17% usage; power minimum set to 30%.