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XPS M170 processor running very slow bios says it is 800 Mhz but should be 2.26Ghz
Hi i have recently reinstalled my M170 laptop with XP i have installed all the drivers but it runs very slow constaly maxing out at 100% cpu usage. Have i not installed something correctly or is there a setting i have to use to get the cpu running at 2.26 Ghz?
Yes installed the system driver first followed by the chipset driver then the graphic, network.
SteveFXPS
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September 28th, 2010 14:00
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ejn63
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September 28th, 2010 17:00
Did you install the Dell notebook system software and chipset drivers first?
SteveFXPS
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October 1st, 2010 09:00
Hi yes I installed the system software first then the chipset.
stonerocken38
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February 24th, 2011 10:00
I had a slow problem yesterday. Took me 18 hours to install XP. I didn't want to quit in the middle, so I kept at it.
When it finally finished, I went into SETUP (F1 during BOOT UP) and found the CPU option was set to COMPATIBILITY MODE!! I don't kow why, but that was my problem! My fan had gotten blocked and the CPU got hot. I don't know if the CPU automatically goes into compatibility mode when too hot, but somehow it got into compatibility mode!