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    CPU-Z & m1530

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by thinkican, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. thinkican

    thinkican Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ran cpu-z on my dell xps m1530 and the core speed shows 1.5MHz instead of the 2.2MHz in the specification. Any suggestions?

    OS, XP
    RAM, 2GB
    VRAM, 250 MB

    Thank You,
     
    thinkican, Feb 7, 2008
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Your cpu is being throttled back when not in use. Change the power scheme to "always on" and it will run at full speed all the time.

    You can google "intel speedstep" if you want more info.

    Btw, your talking about GHz, not MHz. This isn't 1991.
     
    adinu, Feb 7, 2008
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  3. thinkican

    thinkican Notebook Enthusiast

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    ahah yes GHZ. I had a flash back to the days of "386x" Thanks alot!
     
    thinkican, Feb 7, 2008
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