Inspiron 1150 & cpu speed

Question

I activated the power scheme 'Always on' so that SpeedStep technology is not used. And indeed, the System Properties list the processor as a Mobile Pentium 4 2.8 GHz running at 2.8 GHz. However if I run the utility found on www.h-oda.com to monitor the cpu speed, it says the cpu is running at about 1.6 GHz. Only if I run e.g. huge Access queries it boosts to 2.8 GHz but inmediately afterwards falls down to 1.6 GHz. Should I be worried or not? Thanks in advance Chris

ejn63 · Answer

What you should emphatically NOT do with these systems is run them at full speed all the time. They overheat even when run as intended - SpeedStep enabled. Running them at full speed all the time will simply hasten the system's demise.

chrisderoover · Answer

Thanks for the advice! Just this question: does the cpu speed as listed in System properties reflect the real speed (the utility I mentioned shows another speed)?

kduck28 · Answer

My problem outlined here.   http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_power&message.id=39973

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