The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    CPU running at full speed all the time

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by caveman017, Aug 26, 2007.

  1. caveman017

    caveman017 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    12
    Messages:
    225
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Using I8KfanGUI, it says my 1400 is constantly running at 1.6GHs (1609MHz). I have Vista set to PowerSaver.

    I'm just using firefox and pidgin IM
     
    caveman017, Aug 26, 2007
    #1
  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    7,197
    Messages:
    28,841
    Likes Received:
    2,170
    Trophy Points:
    581
    Get a second opinion from CPU-Z.

    It dynamically updates the CPU speed and voltage shown on the CPU tab.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Aug 26, 2007
    #2
  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

    Reputations:
    489
    Messages:
    2,842
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Get rmclock or notebookhardware control and have it setup to automatic management.
     
    adinu, Aug 26, 2007
    #3