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M6805 processor stays @ 800MHz (!)

post #1 of 6
10/18/07 at 3:23pm
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UPDATE: False alarm! I'd overlooked that a custom power management setting I'd made included the lower clock rate. [Duh!] Situation normal. Thanks!

OK, I'm hoping this is a temporary glitch due to having to run on only one 256MB RAM chip (I'm expecting a new 1GB stick in the mail any time now). But my repair shop says 'no' that shouldn't make a difference...

The machine is always on AC. The battery IS always 100% charged even when unplugged, so the AC adaptor is fine.
PC Wizard at onepoint indicated the machine intermittently switching up to the higher clock rate/processor voltage and then back again, after I pulled and reconnected the AC. This seems to have stopped now...

I can't find anything more in Power Management to try and switch. All I remember is that it used to throttle back automatically when on battery (with no option to over-ride), now it's stuck there.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Dave
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post #2 of 6
2/1/08 at 2:27am
how did you fix this? i cant get the powernow to show up in my power schemes.
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post #3 of 6
2/1/08 at 1:09pm
. search for xp patch KB306458
. visit amd site for driver http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...%5E964,00.html

cheers ...
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post #4 of 6
2/1/08 at 4:19pm
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. search for xp patch KB306458 . visit amd site for driver http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...%5E964,00.html cheers ...
I got the latest AMD CPU driver...however, how do i install the XP patch? When i uncompress it it just shows the files, no exe file to run.
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post #5 of 6
2/1/08 at 4:31pm
Omg, i feel like a fool.....

As i had both of these files and the powernow installed...i decided once again to back track my steps...start over fresh.

As i uninstalled the Powernow software...i noticed that my cpu shot up to 1800. I quickly restart and sure enough its at 1800....

I guess you dont even need the Powernow anymore...its not installed for me...the driver is installed and im using Always On....I can switch it to the Emachines version to save my battery life on trips or such.

Thanks for the help though, if you didnt point me to that i wouldnt of uninstalled Powernow again and found this out.
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post #6 of 6
2/1/08 at 4:59pm

if u keep XP uptodate and get the latest AMD cpu driver, u r ALL set

cheers ...
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