dreamscape Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) Ok... I've got a Dell Studio 1555 laptop here which is my main rig... its a 2Ghz core 2, 4570 GPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD... I was just about to make a CPUz validated sig for here when i noticed something.... http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1768093 CPU is at 1.2GHZ!!!!???? Now before anyone asks intel's speedstep is OFF in the bios & the laptop is plugged in and not on batterys.... also OCCT says the same thing so its not CPU z??? wtf?!!? help!! lol im all out of ideas Edited April 14, 2011 by dreamscape Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Does it stay at 1.2GHz even when the CPU has some work to do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Your Speedstep enable/disable will be set through your BIOS, but I'm sure there's some sort of software utility that you could get to disable it while you're on and plugged in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Looks like speedstep isn't really off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Your Speedstep enable/disable will be set through your BIOS, but I'm sure there's some sort of software utility that you could get to disable it while you're on and plugged in. I''ve done it in the bios... Does it stay at 1.2GHz even when the CPU has some work to do? indeed so, while folding both cores it still remains the same Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercuryDoun Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Is your laptop in power saving or balanced mode? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) Is your laptop in power saving or balanced mode? Its on "high performace" in widnows 7 x64... this is really wierd! EDIT: oh dear... http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19336427/19712011.aspx thats crap! damn you dell! i guess il have to stick speedstep on... though it does mean that for a good 9 months i've been using a 1.2ghz processor... Edited April 14, 2011 by dreamscape Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Also, Be advised that Dell has their own proprietary power management application that was likely installed on your machine when it was built and configured. Good chance that the power saving features of the laptop don't like the power saving features such as speed step turned off in the BIOS. Just a thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Also, Be advised that Dell has their own proprietary power management application that was likely installed on your machine when it was built and configured. Good chance that the power saving features of the laptop don't like the power saving features such as speed step turned off in the BIOS. Just a thought. Well i just enabled speedstep as its either that or stay at 1.2ghz.. now its jumping around like crazy from 2ghz to 1.2ghz and if i fold it goes right to 2ghz nicely but then overheats and thermal throttling kicks in... awesome LOL ah well at least i can get my sig made now lol thanks for the help all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercuryDoun Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Well i just enabled speedstep as its either that or stay at 1.2ghz.. now its jumping around like crazy from 2ghz to 1.2ghz and if i fold it goes right to 2ghz nicely but then overheats and thermal throttling kicks in... awesome LOL ah well at least i can get my sig made now lol thanks for the help all It shouldnt overheat!! When was the last time you cleaned dust out from the inside of the laptop? Could have some good blockage in it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 It shouldnt overheat!! When was the last time you cleaned dust out from the inside of the laptop? Could have some good blockage in it. I literally just did hence my timely reply lol its clean now but it still overheats, i've googled it and it seems this laptop also runs HOT the GPU and CPU share the same heatpipes/heatsink ah well, good excuse to buy a new, proper PC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locutus Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 This is why I like netbooks, when they throttle you really don't care. "Oh darn, microsoft office is running slow today." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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