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Dell SpeedStep

post #1 of 14
1/11/05 at 1:33pm
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Hi all,

Could someone please tell me how do I check my current cpu clock speed? I understand that Dell speedstep will make the CPU runs slower from time to time. However, when I go to System properties->General, it only shows the processor at 2 Ghz.

Thanks,
H.P.
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post #2 of 14
1/11/05 at 1:55pm
It should show two speeds under "general". The second one is the current speed your at.
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post #3 of 14
1/11/05 at 1:58pm
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Nice, it works! Thank you!

Weird, I am using AC Power and it's still displayed as 600 mhz.

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Originally Posted by davila
right click over "my computer" then properties
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post #4 of 14
1/11/05 at 2:04pm
That's speedstep for you. The speed will raise when you need it.
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post #5 of 14
1/11/05 at 2:07pm
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Thank you for explaining
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post #6 of 14
1/11/05 at 2:13pm
If you want to disable it... start/control panel/power options/ and then "always on" or just disable it in the bios. You can also use quickset if you have it.
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post #7 of 14
1/12/05 at 2:50pm
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There are so many options to choose there :O

I think I will keep the speedstep. It will keep the laptop cooler & save battery life ")

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Originally Posted by davila
If you want to disable it... start/control panel/power options/ and then "always on" or just disable it in the bios. You can also use quickset if you have it.
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post #8 of 14
1/12/05 at 6:22pm
Download Speedswitch XP if you want immediate control over the CPU. You can turn it off when you don't need it if you want.
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post #9 of 14
1/14/05 at 12:14am
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Thank you, gmnstrunr37. I'm using that program now.

I notice there's a small bug (?) with windows xp when displaying cpu speed. When I right click on my computer-> properties, the 2nd line always display 598 mhz as the CPU speed (first line 2 ghz). Even after I enabled "Always On" under power management (or by selecting max performance using speedswitchXP), windows still display 598 mhz all the time

Does anyone have the same problem or know a fix for this problem?

And btw, is it ok to leave both QuickSet & SpeedSwitchXP on at the same time?
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post #10 of 14
1/14/05 at 5:29am
Maybe do a reboot and it will then show the correct speed?
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post #11 of 14
1/14/05 at 11:38pm
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Originally Posted by testinz
Thank you, gmnstrunr37. I'm using that program now.

I notice there's a small bug (?) with windows xp when displaying cpu speed. When I right click on my computer-> properties, the 2nd line always display 598 mhz as the CPU speed (first line 2 ghz). Even after I enabled "Always On" under power management (or by selecting max performance using speedswitchXP), windows still display 598 mhz all the time

Does anyone have the same problem or know a fix for this problem?

And btw, is it ok to leave both QuickSet & SpeedSwitchXP on at the same time?
Your last question: yes, it's fine to leave them both running. I tend to leave SSXP off unless I want to switch my CPU clock faster. /shrugs Then again, QS I leave off, too, as it doesn't do very much.

Windows doesn't calculate the CPU clock very accurately... I forget why, but diefer does mention it in his SSXP manual somewhere.
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post #12 of 14
1/15/05 at 3:56am
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Thanks for replying. Windows doesn't show the right cpu speed. Real-mode using speedswitchXP confirms the correct speed
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post #13 of 14
1/19/05 at 3:29pm
I have speedswitchXP on my laptop before I had sp2 and it worked fine. Now that i have installed sp2 my cpu speed is always at max 3.06 GHz. I reinstalled speedswitch after sp2 and got the same result. SSXP is set in to real time speed calculations and the power settings is set to portable/laptop. but nothing seems to fix it. Please let me know if anyone knows why.
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post #14 of 14
1/19/05 at 3:32pm
Just a minor thing..

SpeedStep is Intels baby.. it's one thing we can't blame Dell for.
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