Compaq Presario CPU Frequency Problem
Hello everyone. I'm new to linux, and since I installed Kubuntu I've been having a problem with my CPU clock speed on my Compaq Presario 2590US. Upon running cat /proc/cpuinfo I am told the following:
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owner@box:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo Code:
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Are you sure the bios is configured to run it at it's spec'ed speed? Check the settings in the bios. Usually cpu info is coming drirectly from the bios.
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I checked my bios, but there doesn't seem to be a place for me to edit/check my CPU frequency. It is able to run at 2.3 ghz in windows, however.
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Your notebook Pentium processor is capable of Intel stepping technology, which slows down the processor speed when you not need it or use it....If you open programs like OpenOffice Writer you can only work at the speed you can type, and not need 2300Mhz to do that.
Microsoft Windows uses nothing more then the CUP ID code to read the processor Mhz speed, the programs you now use tell you the processor ID and the current speed......which is almost always less then 2300 Mhz with normal use.... The funny part is that in fact you can see sometimes processor speeds of less then 200 Mhz.....I was shocked at that time |
Yeah, I really don't think that's it though. The processor isn't supported by powernowd, and the speed of the processor never changes from 1.6ghz, regardless of what I do. Furthermore (now that I'm using my windows partition) I've noticed that windows xp just runs a lot faster than linux, which I think might be due, at least in part, to this problem. Before anyone asks, yes I have dma enabled.
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/Bump.
I could really use some help with this. |
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