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April 16th, 2008 09:00

Dell Inspiron Clock Speeds

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On My Window XP MCE dell inspiron, the CPU is reporting 324Mhz, on Windows XP, I checked the BIOS and it is reporting 1.86 MHZ, but, it is saying that the Power Adaptor is not recognised (False.) And I will suffer reduced peformance. Why has the CPU clocked down on Windows XP onto 324Mhz, it must be software as a live CD is reporting 1.86 Mhz too.

 

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Ewan  

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    Posted April 16th, 2008 09:00

    The CPU speed will vary depending on load;  that is normal.

     

    The failure to recognize the AC adapter means you've either a faulty adapter or a faulty system board.

     

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    Posted April 16th, 2008 11:00

    I have ran the diagnostics software on my laptop (ctrlF12) and that found no problems, however, I booted into safe mode, and I reported 1.86, not 300mhz, so I think its Windows XP, I recently installed SP3 and the slow clock speed coincided with that, so there could be a bug in the power management software.

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    Posted April 16th, 2008 12:00

    That software depends on recognition of the AC adapter when running in protected mode - if you're seeing a failure to recognize the AC adapter, you have a hardware issue.

     

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