Laptop runs at a lower speed

Zangetsu · 01-29-2008, 08:07 PM

Hey,

My friend brought his laptop, because it was a mess. I've fixed it for a big part, but I still couldn't figure it out why it was running on 800 MHZ instead of 1600 MHZ. It's a HP pavilion zv5000. When I formated it, it ran at 1600 Mhz, but now, it still runs at 800MHZ. Before I formated it, it ran at 400 mhz. How can I fix this? It has a AMD Athlon (tm) 3000+ processor.

Thanks.

Zangetsu

imsati · 01-29-2008, 09:13 PM

What tool are you using to determine the clock speed? CPU-Z is a good one. It's possible his CPU is scaling back when Idle to conserve energy and run cooler.

01-29-2008, 08:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zangetsu Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 368	Laptop runs at a lower speed Hey, My friend brought his laptop, because it was a mess. I've fixed it for a big part, but I still couldn't figure it out why it was running on 800 MHZ instead of 1600 MHZ. It's a HP pavilion zv5000. When I formated it, it ran at 1600 Mhz, but now, it still runs at 800MHZ. Before I formated it, it ran at 400 mhz. How can I fix this? It has a AMD Athlon (tm) 3000+ processor. Thanks. Zangetsu

01-29-2008, 09:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
imsati VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: EHT, NJ Posts: 3,094	What tool are you using to determine the clock speed? CPU-Z is a good one. It's possible his CPU is scaling back when Idle to conserve energy and run cooler. __________________ --Jay Creepy Lurker Guy

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