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My laptop only allows me to use 1/3 of the speed

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8/20/09 at 7:57am
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I just reinstall windows xp pro on my dell inspiron 9200 and it show that I only useing 600MHZ CPU speed eventhough I have 2GHZ. I used to change it back to 2GHZ nad I forgot how to do it. Can you plsease help me?

Thanks

P.S. I am not overclocking!
BIA
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post #2 of 3
8/20/09 at 8:19am
Try running an intensive program like SuperPi. Your processor should automatically jump up to its rated speed (2 Ghz) when needed and then drop back down to 600 Mhz when not needed to save power. It's a feature called SpeedStep on almost all Intel processors.
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post #3 of 3
8/21/09 at 9:46am
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Tanx...it works now...I remembered how to do it....

Tanx again
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