Leticron

OK...Problem solved: Culprit were the cursed Power Options under Vista
At least on this machine (HP Pavillion m8000n)
The setting Energy Star ( sets the multiplier to 5 and the Core VID to 1.1 and adapts BOTH gradually when more CPU power is requested.
The setting Power Saver sets the multiplier to 5 (Core VID 1.1) and leaves it at that
The setting High performance sets it to 13 (Core VID to 1.3)and leaves it at that.

Now I'll try to create my own power scheme based on energy star so that I 'll get the power, I want without too much strain on the HDD due to short power up/down cycles

I wonder why that isn't mentioned anywhere...or I was just to thick to find it
Anyhow...everything works now, as it should

-le