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mattdaddyz
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December 27th, 2003 22:00
600m processor speed
I purchased a 600m back in April and have noticed something strange. My CPU speed will rarely boost back up to 1.3 ghz after being plugged in. It usually hovers around the 595 mhz, 766 mhz, but usually not back up to 1.3 when AC powered. Is there a reason for this? Anyone know if the switch back to high CPU power when it's AC powered should be quick or should it take a while. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
viper11885
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Posted December 28th, 2003 00:00
You could also use a program called Speedswitch XP. You can manually control when you want your processor speed to slow down or speed up.
If you want to disable it altogether, then head over to your BIOS and there should be an option there to disable it.
http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/index.html
A handy little program. FanGUI is also another good one to download.
incognito_user
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Posted December 29th, 2003 01:00
Speedswitch is key to getting your 600m to act like it should. There is also a speedstep fix that I believe should be installed immediately following a re-install of your OS (Dell Downloads for 600m). You need to do that before the problems surface.
Fangui will only function properly in observer mode, at least in my case. This monitors, but does not change, cooling properties. I get erratic fan response when trying to control them w/ Fangui.
- that's normal. pentium m has enhanced speedstep, which basically makes it so it won't reach it's max unless the max is needed. run photoshop or something like it, and i guarantee the speed will go to it's max hahah. if you want it to run at it's max constantly, then you'll have to use a program like speedswitch.. otherwise, the operating system will be controlling how much power ur applications need.
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Posted December 27th, 2003 22:00