Re: CPU not running full speed




Robert Ma wrote:

I have a Dell Precision 360 advertised as P4 2.8 Ghz. On Windows XP and
Debian Linux it is running at 1.6 Ghz. There isn't any setting in the BIOS
to change. I'm wondering what seems to be the problem. Here is the cpuinfo.

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2.80GHz
stepping : 9
cpu MHz : 1596.126
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up cid xtpr
bogomips : 3195.37

Thanks.

Which version of the Intel P4 CPU is this? A Northwood or a Prescott?
For the latter, a wrong bios revision might result in a slower CPU speed.
Similarly, if the CPU is over-heating, it might be throttling back to
a slower CPU speed. Suggest that you re-post original question to a
Dell newsgroup, viz., alt.sys.pc-clone.dell.
.



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