Posts by thomsbrain

i'd say they're about even at 3.2, but i'd be willing to put my bets on the 3.6 pulling ahead. and of course, when they get up to 4.0, they'll really be rocking. battery life isn't of too much concern to me, that's why i bought a P4...

any advance word from anyone about whether prescotts will work in the 865-based sagers we have? i also hear these processors put out more heat than northwoods, how much heatsink "headroom" does 5680 (for example) have? can...

figure probably only 2 hours max, unless you're running the screen at minimum brightness. i think i got 1 hour 45 minutes or so when i used the lappy to watch monty python on a trip in the car. we were using the lappy's speakers then. so...

there is no uninstall for the ACPI thingy, at least there wasn't on mine. you do have install the patches again, that kinda stinks but if you have broadband it isn't that bad.

Ok, after reading of some people doing the repair thing i bit the bullet and tried it myself. the repair basically reinstalls windows, but when it's done your settings and files are still there. i had to reinstall some hardware to get...

unfortunately, this utility doesn't seem to make any difference unless you're maxing the processor out at a given setting. if i set it to 12.5% and do word processing, i get basically the same battery life as if it was at 100%. if i'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by xaccers You're using a ACPI laptop right? What option are you expecting? supposedly there is supposed to be more than one ACPI option. i was told that i should get a list that looks...

it only says "one graph per CPU" and it's greyed out. i haven't tried running a repair install yet, i guess that's my next course of action.

when i enable hyperthreading, the second processor shows up under processors in the device manager, but i still don't get any more options for computer, and task manager only sees one processor.

Quote: Originally Posted by xaccers According to Microsoft: Click Start, point to Settings, point to Control Panel, and then click System. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager. Double-click to...