amd athlon 3000+ clock speed says 1.8ghz cpuz says 800mhz

[bzackrie]

I bought a compaq r3000z laptop with the amd athlon 64 3000+ processor that is supposed to have a clock speedof 1.8ghz. I downloaded that cpuz program to see what the clock speed on that said and it only say its 800mhz. whats up with that. and i am a noob about computers and everything but i am intrested in overclocking my laptop. first of all is it really safe to overclock my laptop for the fact of it being a laptop and not a desktop and if it is i heard about for the 3000+ processor all they had to do was a slight voltage increase and if this is true how do you even increase the voltage?

 

[Praetor]

I downloaded that cpuz program to see what the clock speed on that said and it only say its 800mhz. whats up with that

Laptops want to conserve power ... so they tend to only use the CPU if they need it.... since yer only sitting there, its a waste of power to have it run 1.8Ghz so it throttles down to conserve power
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9487^10272,00.html

 

[Blue]

Honestly? I would not overclock your laptop.. It's just not a good idea . Also laptops suck for cooling.

 

[nevinenigma]

are you looking at the core speed or the frontside bus speed(FSB)?

 

[Praetor]

are you looking at the core speed or the frontside bus speed(FSB)?

Good observation however CPUz correctly notes that the Athlon64 does not have a FSB and labels it accordingly (HTT) so that couldnt have been it