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    Permanently throttled CPU

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by scythie, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    No one replied to the thread in the Dell forum, so maybe I'd get some answers here...

    Problems are detailed here and here.

    Problem still persists now. Notice my posts were from 6 hours ago. I already shut off/restart a dozen times already. Still stuck at 1.5GHz. Not CPU-Z nor wPrime puts processor to full power 2.0 GHz. Yes my laptop is plugged in and yes it's on Maximum Performance in power settings.

    Please help. Thanks.
     
    scythie, Dec 11, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Try using RMClock or NotebookHardwareControl to force your cpu at max. In the windows power options it will say "Let RMClock control settings" instead of the other choices, so then you know that whatever you do in RMClock will stick and windows won't do anything.
     
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    Maybe installing the chipset driver again?
    RMClock should work better for your CPU (Santa Rosa).
    Good luck.
     
    By ToR, Dec 11, 2007
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  4. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    Thanks for the replies.

    Strangest thing solved it. A few minutes after I started this thread, the power surged -- electricity was cut off for around 2 seconds. So of course, in those 2 seconds, my laptop momentarily switched to battery. After that, tried for the nth time running SuperPi and CPU-Z. Lo and behold, 1995 MHz! 2M calculations in 58 seconds, wPrime in 48 seconds [I know, a bit slower than normal -- I saw a T7250 do wPrime in 42 seconds? But I have a few programs running in the background so it's alright]. Things are back to "normal" now, I presume. Clock speed fluctuates [usually it switches around 1.2 GHz, 1.5 GHz, 2.0 GHz] according to demand and goes to full power [2.0 GHz] when needed. And of course, performance is now a lot better.

    If ever this happens again [and I'm hoping it never will *crosses fingers*] I'll try your suggestions.

    Thanks guys :)
     
    scythie, Dec 11, 2007
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