Pentium 4???

[BMcCoy]

I have a p4 in my system that has a speed of 1.17g. This seems very slow... Can I just buy a new processor and replace this, or should I try something else??


Ben

 

[Cromewell]

Somethings not working right if it is indeed a P4, they didn't make any that were clocked that low, 1.3GHz was the slowest. I'm pretty sure you will have a S423 P4 in which case it will be very hard to find a faster one (they made them up to 2GHz but they have been discontinued for a few years)

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

is this running in a laptop by any chance. programs such as speedstep in ur comp will preserve batt life by only drawing the power it needs from the processor, hence the low reading. is it a laptop ur having trouble with?

 

[diduknowthat]

yeah like cromewell said s432 is discontinued. So you'll probably have to buy a new motherobard too.

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

this pic shows u what the speedstep flag looks like if it is running on ur comp.

info to help u from:

http://www.bay-wolf.com/speedstep.htm

You must have it turned off in the BIOS and in WinXP. If you go into the Power Applet in Control Panel and select the Always On option it will disable Speed Step. Right click your desktop > Click properties > Click Screen Saver > Power button > Change the Power Scheme to always on.

 

[donjuan1jr]

If you have a desktop and want a newer s432 p4, see if u can find out your max, i got one laying around. its a 1.7ghz, 400mhz fsb, etc.

 

[BMcCoy]

It's actually on a desktop pc. I will look into what I have and let you know DONJUAN.. Thanks for the help so far guys...

Ben

 

[robina_80]

if you want buy a new cpu but it has to be the right socket and it should work fine

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

if you want buy a new cpu but it has to be the right socket and it should work fine

what kind of advice is that!?!? i think he wants to at least TRY and fix his first. of course buying a new cpu MAY fix the problem, but it could be something else. There may be nothing wrong with his. thats the whole idea of these forums fix things, not replace them unless necessary.

 

[BMcCoy]

DONJUAN... I don't know if this helps, but it is a dell 8200. I have not had a chance to find out anymore info..

Ben

 

[BMcCoy]

Actually my p4 is a 1.7, but it just seems very slow. is that right?

Ben

 

[xdell]

my p4 dell dimension 2350 info:

processor speed 2.2 g
Bus Speed : 398.7 MHz (QDR)

Internal Specification : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz
Codename : Northwood
Revision : B0
Technology : 0.13µ
CPU ID : F.2.4
Brand ID : 9
Microcode : MU0F2407

Features :
VME - Virtual Mode Ext. : Yes
DE - Debugging Extension : Yes
PSE - Page Size Extension : Yes
TSC - Time Stamp Counter : Yes
MSR - Model Specific Registers : Yes
PAE - Physical Address Extension : Yes
MCE - Machine Check Exception : Yes
APIC - Local APIC Built-in : Yes
SEP - Fast System Call : Yes
MTRR - Memory Type Range Reg. : Yes
PGE - Page Global Enable : Yes
MCA - Machine Check Architecture : Yes
PAT - Page Attribute Table : Yes
PSE36 - 36-bit Page Size Extension : Yes
PSN - Unique Serial Number : No
DS - Debug Trace & EMON Store : Yes
ACPI - Software Clock Control : Yes
SS - Self Snoop : Yes
TM - Thermal Monitor : Yes
HTT - Hyper-Threading : Yes
SBF - Signal Break on FERR : No
MON - Monitor/Mwait : No
DSCPL - CPL qualified Debug Store : No
TM2 - Thermal Monitor 2 : No
CID - Context ID : No
EST - Enhanced SpeedStep Tec... No
XD Bit - No-execute Page Protec... No
VMX - Vanderpool Technology : No

Miscellaneous :
FPU - Co-processor Built-in : Yes
CX8 - CMPXCHG8B : Yes
CX16 - CMPXCHG16B : No
CMOV - Conditionnal Move Inst. : Yes
CLF - Cache Line Flush : Yes
FXSR - Fast Float Save & Restore : Yes
DAZ - Denormals Are Zero : Yes
MMX Technology : Yes
SSE Technology : Yes
SSE2 Technology : Yes
SSE3 Technology : No
EM64T Technology : No
IA-64 Technology : No
PBE - Pend. Brk. EN. : No
LAHF - LAHF/SAHF Instructions : No

Features Hyper-Threading :
Technology Enabled : No

Advanced Settings :
In Order Queue Depth : 12
Fast-Strings : Yes
x87 FPU Opcode : No
Thermal Monitor : Yes
Split-Lock : Yes
Performance Monitoring : Yes
Prefetch Queue : Yes
Branch Trace Storage : Yes
C1E - Enhanced Halt State : No

Mainboard Upgradebility :
Socket/Slot : Socket 478
Upgrade interface : ZIF Socket
Supported Speed : 2800 MHz (or more)
Supported Voltage : Unspecified

 

[xdell]

do you want the program that i have, it tells you all of that^^^ and processor temp,and alot more. here is the download site. its free and there is alot more programs just scroll down.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/PC-Wizard-Release.shtml

 

[Praetor]

if you want buy a new cpu but it has to be the right socket and it should work fine

Well the motherboard has to support it as well.

 

[BMcCoy]

Ok guys, what about overclocking the current cpu I have?

 

[Geoff]

Ok guys, what about overclocking the current cpu I have?

I believe you have a Dell correct? If so, you cant overclock your cpu since the BIOS prevents you from doing so, so there really isnt a way to overclock your computer.

 

[BMcCoy]

alright..Thanks for the response geoff...