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    X9000 Only runs at 800mhz?!?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jimgpayne, Mar 5, 2012.

  1. jimgpayne

    jimgpayne Newbie

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    Hi folks!

    I recently rebuilt an XPS M1730. I upgraded the CPU to an X9000, put an SSD drive in it, upgraded it to 8GB ram, put a blu-ray drive in it, and then replaced all the plastics.

    It looks beautiful (obviously); but it has a strange side effect I haven't figured out yet.

    Even though the BIOS recognizes the X9000 (and will allow me to set the overclock to 3.2ghz); the CPU itself runs at 800mhz by default.

    Needless to say, this sort of defeats the reason why I upgraded the unit!

    Any ideas as to why it only wants to run at 800mhz?

    Oh, and to make matters even more mysterious; every now and then it will cold boot at 3.2ghz and runs at full speed until the next time it gets reset. A windows reset will actually cause the slowdown; it doesn't require a physical power down.

    Jim
     
    jimgpayne, Mar 5, 2012
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    xJaypex Notebook Enthusiast

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    The m1730 can only go as high as 800MHz.
     
    xJaypex, Mar 5, 2012
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