Bad /proc/cpuinfo or processor overclocked!!!

pulsez · 11-10-2005, 04:44 AM

I have an Centrino 1.6 GHz.

When i issue a cat /proc/cpuinfo i get the following:

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processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 13
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz
stepping        : 8
cpu MHz         : 1840.784
cache size      : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe est tm2
bogomips        : 3196.14

Note that cpu MHz is 1840.784, which is beyond the max frequency at which my processor was designed. On the other side, issuing
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq returns

Code:

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I don't know, is my processor overclocked? It yes, how can i make it work at it's nominal values?

nx5000 · 11-10-2005, 05:19 AM

Hi

I have the same, it sometimes drop to 166Mhz! and sometimes above the limit with a centrino 1.6Ghz.

You can try by disabling Automatic speedstep in your bios..