Th EIST profile may not be optimal but it does work. To check it just go into the power options on control panel(you must RDP into server) and hit change plan settings then hit change advanced properties, look for processor power management and change the minimum % to something like 50% or more and see if it affects your readings. You should be measuring with something like realtemp which shows fluctuation in ghz of the cpu. If you want it to run full speed just change from balance to performance and up minimum speed to 100%. You don't have to go into the bios to change things just do it in control panel. There also is a way to change the power profile but I haven't figured that out at all.
Edit: Sometimes I get confused since I'm operating multiple MSS units with different OS. The above directions are clearly for WHS 2011 which allows granular control within the operating system. If you are running Whs v1 go into power options in control panel and select a different power profile, some are always at 100% but some do vary with slightly different profiles than balance server profiles. The server profile on a EX485 seems to me to be heavily weighted in the low ghz range for the cpu upgrade.
_________________ HP EX470, 4 GIG, 4200+ EE SFF, WHS V1, Production HP EX485, 4 GIG, E5800, WHS 2011, Stablebit Drive Pool, Transfer Server, Backup Server HP EX490, 4 GIG, Q9400S, WHS 2011, Stablebit Drive Pool, Mediaserver HP EX485, 4 GIG, Q8200S, WHS 2011, ITUNES Server
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