I have now booted the computer up under Knoppix STD and it seems it stayed at the 1200 mhz level despite the fact that the bios was et to Max Performance with SmartStep off. So this seems to be tracking to a bios bug...PLEASE HELP ME. I have no floppy and am wondering if its possible to flash the bios off of a cd?
I did read somewhere that Windows reports the frequency that the processor is currently running at, not the maximum that it is capable of. As the work load for the processor goes up it steps up to a faster frequency. Somewhere else I read that overheating will also cause the processor to SpeedStep down to the lower frequency.
I assume from your message that you have checked the BIOS to enable SpeedStep and that your AC adapter is recognized.
I reckon they should ditch SpeedStep altogether. We know when we buy our laptops that processor speed and battery life are inversely related. We select a faster speed because that is what we want to handle the applications we run. If we just wanted the battery to last for ages we would have bought a slower processor.
zbobet2012
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October 13th, 2004 04:00
Fat Cat
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October 15th, 2004 04:00
My 8500 often tells me it is running at 1.2 GHz, but if I check the processor using the Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility: (http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?agr=N&ProductID=441&DwnldID=3084 I am told that it is indeed running at 2.4 GHz.
I did read somewhere that Windows reports the frequency that the processor is currently running at, not the maximum that it is capable of. As the work load for the processor goes up it steps up to a faster frequency. Somewhere else I read that overheating will also cause the processor to SpeedStep down to the lower frequency.
I assume from your message that you have checked the BIOS to enable SpeedStep and that your AC adapter is recognized.
I reckon they should ditch SpeedStep altogether. We know when we buy our laptops that processor speed and battery life are inversely related. We select a faster speed because that is what we want to handle the applications we run. If we just wanted the battery to last for ages we would have bought a slower processor.