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Satellite A210-16G - CPU and memory frequency problem

post #1 of 4
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Hey guys,

I've had a problem with my notebook that I can't solve, since I've installed windows 7 RTM x64 version.
I've noticed that something's wrong after finding out that my Windows Experience Index has dropped to 2.7 instead of 4.5, I used to have on Vista. For those who don't know my specs are:
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, for which I've got 2.7 rating, 4Gb Kingston DDR2-667 (333 MHz) - 4.4, scores of graphics and hard-drive are the same.

I've read at the one of forums that it can be an issue with power saver options, but it hasn't got any option which says about processor frequency changing according to power plan. I've also installed new 2.0 version of BIOS from Toshiba web-site, but it only made things worse: I've got 6.0 rating of gaming graphics but Desktop Perf for Aero has dropped to 1.0!

I've installed some diagnostic software: Everest and CPU-Z and I found out that my CPU works with frequency of 800Mhz (multiplier is 4x , voltage 0.8V) and my DRAM frequency is 159.8Mhz (I don't know if it's ok, but I know that 4.4 score is definitely too low though ).

So tell me guys, is this an issue of operating system? Should I try to install Windows 7 32-bit version, or it won't change anything? Or maybe I should try some software that would change the frequency of my FSB?
I'm looking forward to your answers because I don't know what to do.

Paul
post #2 of 4
Can you put up the screen shot for your WEI? W7 score can be out of whack on certain brands/models, and in these cases how your notebook performs overall determines if the move to W7 is worth the effort.

I would suggest just let W7 updates everything it sees, the rest you can use Vista drivers for now.

cheers ...
post #3 of 4
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I think that my notebook is more than able to run W7, because one of my friends has got almost the same model ( 250gb hard drive, AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58 cpu ) and his results are fine. CPU-Z and everest show frequency 800mhz instead of 1995mhz ( multiplier 4x ) so something is definetelly wrong.. I've done all of the updates so far..
post #4 of 4
Try uninstall the graphic driver and let W7 update it. You can try also (re) installing the chipset driver if you have it.

cheers ...
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