Compaq Presario R3000 CPU speed

redishere · 13th September 2006, 9:27 AM

I have had this laptop for 6months and never looked at the speed of the CPU, but today i opened up My Computer > Properties. This is what i found:

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Can anyone tell me why a 3200+ CPU is running at 797 MHz? This had got me confused, all i have done to try and fix it is restore the BIOS to default.

If anyone could help me that would be great.

SLATYE · 13th September 2006, 10:18 AM

It'll just be running slower becuase it doesn't need to run fast. Most mobile CPUs do that (SpeedStep for Intel ones, PowerNow for AMD ones, although AMD may have replaced that with Cool&Quiet now). Try running Prime95 on it - that should push the CPU speed back up to normal.

tin · 13th September 2006, 5:52 PM

Or change the power management profile off "laptop/portable", and windows will disable the frequency scaling.
Also, some laptops have BIOS settings that reduce the max speed so battery lasts longer.

redishere · 13th September 2006, 7:42 PM

Thanks, I checked the BIOS there was nothing in there to do with power management. I also ran a game of Q3 with 8 or so bots, pushing the CPU to 99-100% and still it did not change.

redishere · 13th September 2006, 7:55 PM

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So when i ran CPU-Z it shows it as running @ almost 2ghz. weird.

13th September 2006, 9:27 AM	#1
redishere Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sunshine Coast Posts: 82	Compaq Presario R3000 CPU speed I have had this laptop for 6months and never looked at the speed of the CPU, but today i opened up My Computer > Properties. This is what i found: Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store Can anyone tell me why a 3200+ CPU is running at 797 MHz? This had got me confused, all i have done to try and fix it is restore the BIOS to default. If anyone could help me that would be great.

13th September 2006, 10:18 AM	#2
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,040	It'll just be running slower becuase it doesn't need to run fast. Most mobile CPUs do that (SpeedStep for Intel ones, PowerNow for AMD ones, although AMD may have replaced that with Cool&Quiet now). Try running Prime95 on it - that should push the CPU speed back up to normal. __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

13th September 2006, 5:52 PM	#3
tin Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Narrabri NSW Posts: 4,909	Or change the power management profile off "laptop/portable", and windows will disable the frequency scaling. Also, some laptops have BIOS settings that reduce the max speed so battery lasts longer. __________________ ©®£¤¥±²³¶µ»«¼½¾¿§ The software required Win95 or better, so I installed Linux. Question marks are the new full stop?

13th September 2006, 7:42 PM	#4
redishere Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sunshine Coast Posts: 82	Thanks, I checked the BIOS there was nothing in there to do with power management. I also ran a game of Q3 with 8 or so bots, pushing the CPU to 99-100% and still it did not change.

13th September 2006, 7:55 PM	#5
redishere Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sunshine Coast Posts: 82	Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store So when i ran CPU-Z it shows it as running @ almost 2ghz. weird.