CPU downloaclocked from 2 ghz to 1ghz?

I just purchased a dell e1705 2.0 ghz ( core duo t2500) laptop, and i reinstalled MCE 2005 (original install had too much junk to sort through). I got the network , gfx, and sound going, but for some reason my cpu is clocked at 1.0 ghz but windows recognizes it as a 2.0 ghz chip (hence the downlclock). if anyone here knows how to fix this, or a current thread, that would be great! (doesnt matter what the computer is doing.. calcing super pi or sitting idle.. it stays at 1 ghz )

 

Is this on battery power or AC?

If ur plugged in, then go to control panel, power options, and under power scheme make sure it says "always on".

This forces ur cpu at max speed all the time.

You can also do this with 3rd party programs like RMClock or NHC.

Otherwise, if this is while on battery, plug it in and u will get full speed.

 

It is currently plugged in, i just set it to "Always On" and i set the RMClock utility to "Maximum performance". Still at 1ghz.. any other ideas?

 

it is not a problem. when you don't need the power, your computer automatically downclocks to 1 ghz. whenever you need the power, it will increase the clock speed as needed.

 

First make sure Speedstep isnt kicking in.

and What programs telling you its clocked at 1ghz?
Maybe its counting each core separately.

 

As ejl said, its not a problem, the cpu down clocks when its not being pushed, it seamlessly kicks in to full power when it needs to. If you were to run at 2.0GHZ all the time, you would not get a faster system, all you would gain would be a much hotter system, and less battery life when away from an outlet. Next time you check the speed, run a cpu intensive program in the background such as anti virus, video encoding, and it will display at full speed, if you arent running anything intensive, it will power down to reduce heat and power usage, and its a very good thing. Trust me, when you fire up a modern game, the cpu will carry the load to its full ability.

 

you don't want it to run on 2GHz at all times, because whole laptop will produce significantly more heat.

 

That's true about the heat, but pretty much all laptops now are fine with running full speed because of the low power mobile processors.

This idea was around years ago when the P4 and A64 were in laptops, but since the invention of mobile processors one can run it at full speed and be just fine.

 

?? I can cook eggs on back of my E1505. Even desk it is sitting on is heated up. Sorry, but CPUs still overheat. P4 and A64 shouldn't be put in laptops at first place. New mobile CPUs produce less heat than these two, but still a significant amount. heating is bad enough with 1GHz, when it is running on 2GHz, even keyboard gets hot.

 

I have to fully disagree with that statement, most modern desktop cpu's take the same approach these days, the faster a chip runs, the more heat is produced and power consumed, routine apps generally dont require much horsepower, so they scale it down to the point of diminishing returns, IE where slower doesnt really run any cooler or consume any less power. Core2's run much cooler than P-4's, but they still get plenty warm, especially in the tight confines of a laptop.

 

If you're worried about it, download a CPU intensive app, like Superpi or prime 95, run that, and while its running your CPU clock should jump up to 2 ghz.

 

it still stayed at 1ghz even when running the Super PI.

I got it to work, i found a utility that allows me to keep it at 2 ghz. Thx all for your replies! (Btw, the cpu temp hovers at 25c when idling when at 2ghzon my lappy ). On an unrelated question.. What would cause the laptop simply not detect the battery? it seems to happen with mine

 

My E1705 has done this from time to time. What I did was I plugged it in, removed the battery and re-inserted it. That fixes it for me. What's strange is it will still run on battery even if it doesn't recognize it.

 

Fine, u guys may disagree, and u have every right.

The point is that I'm sitting here with a full speed processor idling at 31* C and i can't tell a difference between the palm rest with the cpu/hdd and the palmrest with nothing underneath it. Nor can I feel a difference between the palmrest after 3 days of the computer being off from the palmrest of the computer being on for 3 days.