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    how come my m6ne with runs at 600 not 1.6

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by diabolical7, Jul 29, 2004.

  1. diabolical7

    diabolical7 Notebook Guru

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    well is there ne way to get it to be locked at 1.6dothan i haven't had
    much time to really install games on the machine but does it go faster
    by itself or something... ???
     
    diabolical7, Jul 29, 2004
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    This is due to the power saving mode when running on battery. Try pressing the power mode button, top of keyboard on far right, and cycle thru to max performance. This will keep the CPU speed up, but will drain battery power!

    Otherwise you can edit the power4gear settings, there should be an icon for this in the system tray, which will give you access to all the settings you need !


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    Underpantman, Jul 29, 2004
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    diabolical7 Notebook Guru

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    it seems its due to an older bios... i just upgraded it and
    i'll be tested it out thoroughly... sigh... ne who thx
     
    diabolical7, Jul 31, 2004
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    it seems i have a problem... if the power cord is not plugged in
    i do not get to choose super performance... and the rest seems to
    have the processor running at 600mhz... is this normal or theres a
    glitch... do i need to install intel speedstep?
     
    diabolical7, Jul 31, 2004
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    u can change the settings with the power4gear button as underpantman just said
     
    soccerjoe5, Jul 31, 2004
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    i did do what underpantman said... its still at 600 when i'm using
    the battery without power outlet plugged in... i set it at 100percent
     
    diabolical7, Jul 31, 2004
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    You may want to check the BIOS to make sure SpeedStep is enabled. The other thing is to go into Power Options in Control Panel and change the setting to Always On, this will force the CPU to run at max speed even though it's running off of battery. It will cut battery life big time, just to let you know.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Jul 31, 2004
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    if all else fails, take it back to your shop to have them check it out
     
    soccerjoe5, Aug 1, 2004
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    I just finished setting one up- noticed the 600mhz speed problem- I turned off cpu power saving in bios and it came up running at full 1.6ghz- haven't tried on battary power, yet, but will get back when I've checked out everything and figure it out.
    It seemed pretty fast no matter what the system props said.
    New bios on ASUS site is 203a.
     
    BradSmall, Aug 2, 2004
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