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i6000's max speed not 1600MHz

post #1 of 20
3/2/05 at 5:13am
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hey guys,

i've formatted my i6000, everything is working fine, installed speedswitchXP V1.4
i have it set on Max. Performance, but my max CPU speed isn't at 1586 or whatever it should be. i remember when i had my i8600c, after installing speedswitchXP and having it set on Max. Performance, it would show 1586MHz for my max speed.

also, the integrated video card, is there a way to adjust it to 128mb?

-Yi Chen
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post #2 of 20
3/2/05 at 6:13am
http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/2...alviso-05.html

"The GMA900 brings DirectX9 support to the notebook, and can dynamically use up to a maximum of 224 MB of RAM for image-data processing by means of Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 (DVMT)."

It sets itself.
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post #3 of 20
3/2/05 at 6:14am
That's a good enough reason to get a lot of ram.
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post #4 of 20
3/2/05 at 6:22am
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yea, i got 1 gig of ram, but how do i set processor to max performance all the time. I set it to max. performance on speedswitch, but still not showing 1580MHz
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post #5 of 20
3/2/05 at 6:25am
Where are you checking max speed? If through System properties then that may be your problem, as XP SP2 has a bug in reading the CPU speed of mobile processors. Check via realtime speed calculation in Speedswitch.

Stu
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post #6 of 20
3/2/05 at 6:31am
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checking it through speedswitch. it will only show 1580MHz max speed if i tell it to ask windows in the options
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post #7 of 20
3/2/05 at 6:32am
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is speedswitch the best program to use?
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post #8 of 20
3/2/05 at 7:51am
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My max CPU speed reads 589MHz, but then my CPU speed sometimes goes up to 1589MHz or so no matter what mode i'm in. What's goin' on, do i even need speedswitch on this i6000 since it runs on the sonoma platform? is there anything i need ta change in options?
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post #9 of 20
3/2/05 at 11:26am
I believe someone posted that this is a function of the new mobile processors. They only jump up to the max power when it is needed. When it is not, they throttle down to save battery life and power, as well as to cut down on heat. I believe there is a way to force it to got full throttle all the time, but if it isnt necessary, why bother?
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post #10 of 20
3/2/05 at 1:11pm
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i dunno, feel like i've got a turbo under my hood right now only maxin' out when it has to. i want a supercharger, hahhaa. i dunno...

do you know how ta leave it at max power all the time?

-Yi Chen
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post #11 of 20
3/13/05 at 4:36am

same problem

I'm getting the same problem. Speedswitch does not seem to keep the processor speed at 1.6GHz in any of the power settings.

Actually, given that the processor ups the speed only when it needs to, will I even see a difference if i could keep it at 1.6GHZ??

Thanks.
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post #12 of 20
3/13/05 at 5:04am
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i'm not sure if you'll be able to see a difference, but i don't understand the reasoning behind the sonoma platform for saving power while the laptop is runnin' on AC power
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post #13 of 20
3/13/05 at 5:06am
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actually, if you think about it, you do notice a difference. say you haven't been workin' on your laptop for a while. if you try to work on it all of a sudden, it lags for a coupla seconds
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post #14 of 20
3/13/05 at 12:45pm
I haven't bothered with speedswitch as the temp is more important to me... the less heat everything is subjected to over time directly effects how long everything will hold up. In fanGUI I can see my processer go from 799 (supposed low for this chip is 800) up to 1.86 and sometime 1.87. It jumps when I'm using more programs that require extra processing. I'd say there's no reason to have it run hotter and harder when you're just using the internet or word processing. I've been on the internet for almost an hour and it hasn't gone up above 37c (fan set to go on slow at 40). If I had it running full boar my lap would be hot and there would be extra wear on the CPU and surrounding components.
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post #15 of 20
3/13/05 at 12:59pm
Speedswitch reports 601MHz as my max CPU speed. This is weird since the processor is clocked to full speed.
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post #16 of 20
3/13/05 at 4:52pm
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Originally Posted by the_royal_we
I haven't bothered with speedswitch as the temp is more important to me... the less heat everything is subjected to over time directly effects how long everything will hold up. In fanGUI I can see my processer go from 799 (supposed low for this chip is 800) up to 1.86 and sometime 1.87. It jumps when I'm using more programs that require extra processing. I'd say there's no reason to have it run hotter and harder when you're just using the internet or word processing. I've been on the internet for almost an hour and it hasn't gone up above 37c (fan set to go on slow at 40). If I had it running full boar my lap would be hot and there would be extra wear on the CPU and surrounding components.
Is the original fan control not good? What is the original condition temperature to activate the fan?

thanks.
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post #17 of 20
3/13/05 at 8:04pm
I believe the fan is on low constantly regardless of temp and then goes up to high around 50c. I've never had an ability to monitor the fan as once I installed fanGUI I was impatient and started the fan control.
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post #18 of 20
3/14/05 at 12:57am
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Originally Posted by the_royal_we
I believe the fan is on low constantly regardless of temp and then goes up to high around 50c.
So is that fan control scheme not sufficient or good in some way that would warrant you to change it?

Thanks.
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post #19 of 20
3/14/05 at 1:21pm
I feel that the processor will be perfectly fine with the temperature settings I have in place... and having the fan run constantly is not only a slight annoyance, but may cause the fan to wear out faster. I know from experience that having a CPU fan burn out spells almost certain death for the processor and I plan on having this laptop for a few years before I think about replacing it.
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post #20 of 20
3/14/05 at 10:45pm
Another way to further reduce heat is to undervolt it using RMClock:
http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml

The Pentium-M 730 in the I6000 I own is Prime95 stable at 1.6GHz at 0.952V (where it maxes at something like 37C) and at 0.7V at 800MHz.
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