HP Nx6125, AMD PowerNow Technology and a resolution question

hello!

i have the following HP laptop:
Notebook HP NX6125 (PY421EA), AMD Sempron 3100+,TFT 15", 512 MB, DVD+RW dual, HDD 60 GB, wireless, bluetooth, Windows XP Home

though the processor should work on 1.8ghz it only works on 789mHz. when i change the option in bios, and disable amd power now technology, the processor works at 1.8ghz as it should. could anyone explain that option to me, what it does, how it works and should i have it enabled or disabled.

and another quick question. my optimum resolution is 1024x768. is there anyway i can up it a little bit? this doesn't suit me much. when i try to increase the desktop becomes to "big" for the screen and i can't view the whole desktopon the screen, moving the mouse moves the desktop as well. is there a way this can be fixed, anyway i can have a bigger resolution?

thanks!

 

PowerNow slows the CPU when you do not need it to run at full strength. Surfing the internet or doing office does not need to the the CPU at capacity. The benefit to this is when the CPU is running slower it uses less juice so you will have more battery life. You cannot increase the resolution of your notebooks screen.

 

thanks for the reply, sounds good, i think i'm gonna leave it enabled.