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    Increase Clock Speed?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by wassupmane, Jul 31, 2006.

  1. wassupmane

    wassupmane Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop.

    It is always running at a 798MHz speed. So I had some questions...

    1) Is it safe to increase the clock speed
    2) What effects will it have if I do? (Positive/Negative)
    3) Will my computer run faster if I do increase it?
    4) Is it worth it in the end?

    Thank you for any help!! :)
     
    wassupmane, Jul 31, 2006
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No, it supposed to be running at 2.00Ghz normally, you have something messed up.
     
    usapatriot, Jul 31, 2006
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    Well, I wouldn't say anything is messed up. Do you have some program running like speedswitchXP, NHC, or are you simply running on battery? These will lower your clock speeds. It is actually good that it is running at a low speed, it saves battery and generates less heat. Keep us posted. :)
     
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    Well, Its actually been running at this speed since I got the laptop a few months ago. I have restored many times, nothing changes. I haven't changed anything.

    Edit: I just checked, when I plug it in to my adapter, it does run at 2GHz. Thanks for telling me that.

    Another question I had was, is it unsafe to change the clock speed when its running off the battery?
     
    wassupmane, Jul 31, 2006
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    Nope, no problem. :)
     
    usapatriot, Jul 31, 2006
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    Nope changing CPU clock speeds on battery is fine. Just remember if you are running at a higher clock, you will have less battery.
     
    Mark, Jul 31, 2006
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    OK. I guess I will try to change the settings. Can someone tell me how I can change the Clock Speed when running off the battery. I have an Inspiron 6000
     
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    Yea, left click on the battery in your system tray and then click on max performance for high clock or click on max battery for low clock.

    Also, consider downloading SpeedSwitchXP, it has a setting called dynamics switching which adjust you clocks depending on the loads.
     
    Mark, Jul 31, 2006
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    Your clock speeds are quite normal. The 798MHz is due to Speedste which s dynamically altreng your clock speed to reduce power consumption and heat output. On battery power it probably wont do full 2GHz(some laptops do some dont). If you want it to go to full power then you will probably have to use a third party utility like NHC, RM Clock or Crystal CPUID.

    But before doing any of that, try running a program which utilizes full cpu power(like Super Pi) and check to see if the speed increses automatically. Check the cpu speeds using CPU-Z which is capable of showing the instantaneous real time speed rather than the system properties menu.
     
    miner, Jul 31, 2006
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  10. Thaenatos

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    yeah that is perfectly normal.
     
    Thaenatos, Aug 1, 2006
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