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    turion 3000 running kinda slow?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nonsence, Aug 23, 2005.

  1. nonsence

    nonsence Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm using amd's central brain identifier and it tells me that my ac5002 with the turion 64bit 3000+ is at a current 800mhz speed. it's peak should be 1.6ghz.

    the problem i have is, i'm running vmware workstation. i'm plugged into AC power. i have 1gig ram, using 32mb for video. but it's still slower then my home pc with is like an athlon xp 2500+
    what gives?

    i wanted to run 2 virtual machines each with 256mb ram. as is, i'm having a hard time doing one.

    any way i can up the cpu speed?
     
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    disable Cool n Quiet?
     
    duckdown, Aug 23, 2005
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    nonsence Notebook Enthusiast

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    nonsence, Aug 23, 2005
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    Set your power setting to "Always On" or "Home Office/Desktop". It will disable cool n quiet and set your processor to its max speed.
     
    miner, Aug 23, 2005
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Yea, do that from the control panel. Now remember, that is going to make the processor run at its maximum speed, so there will be more heat. But if you are running a VM then definatley do it.

    And, it's probably running slow due to your 512MB RAM, get 1024MB in there to really speed up things.

    I noticed a big difference going from 512MB to 1024MB.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 23, 2005
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    nonsence Notebook Enthusiast

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    already upgraded to ddr400 1gig. gonna put another 1gig into it eventually.

    so now that i got the cool and quite disabled. for now at least.
    is it ok for the laptop to be on alot? like 24/7

    i dont care if in 3 years it'll break. but i wanna at least get 2 years outta it lol

    got 1 year warranty for now.... so yeah. should i push it this hard?
     
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  7. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Well, the computer is designed to run....but, I would say that you might want to push the warranty to a total of two or three years if you are going to be running it at full speed, 24/7 like that. I don't have mine on 24/7, but it still gets hot enough that I turn it off every once in a while.

    I would really suggest getting a notebook cooling pad for your computer - it might increase it's life.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 23, 2005
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