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August 18th, 2007 00:00

I have a 5150. Under system properties it shows:- Intel 3...

I have a 5150. OS XP Home SP2. Under system properties it shows:- Intel 3.06Ghz, 1.59Ghz. I ran a utility from Intel:-

Expected, Reported.

3.06Ghz 1.59Ghz

FSB

533Mhz 531Mhz

I’ve changed power settings to always on & tried Switchxp. No effect.

I’m not sure what further info you may need.

Please help. :smileysad:

Andy

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Posted August 18th, 2007 00:00
If it was running at full speed originally, chances are good the system isn't detecting the AC adapter and is running as if on battery power.

If so you have until 9/30/2007 to have Dell repair it - the warranty has been extended (US only) until then to cover this known defect.
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Posted August 26th, 2007 19:00
Laptop processors have a feature called Dynamic Switching that let's them run at a reduced speed and voltage when there is little demand on them. It normally runs at 1.6ghz then kicks up to 3.06ghz when needed. This reduces power consumption and overheating. Download a freeware app called Notebook Hardware Control (dell fix version), you can watch it switch back and forth during usage and control a lot of other nifty things. There is nothing wrong with your laptop.

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Posted August 28th, 2007 00:00

A local repair shop found & corrected the fault, an ancient Phoenix BIOS vA03. Dell’s BIOS upgrade stated it was not compatible with my system, he sourced a Phoenix upgrade from some obscure website, then was able to upgrade using Dells.

Why Dell didn’t have this fix beats me!

All working as it should have.

Andy