Dell Laptops full power low speed

Fantom · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:16

Hi,

I have come accross two laptops now (dell) that have been running slow. I checked the power management features and according to them the laptop is running on "maximum performance" but apon checking my computer properties the cpu speed is inducated a lot lower than it should be, for egsample the dual core 1.83ghz laptop was running at 997mhz :confused:

Thanks in advance for your help

Raymond Lin · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:17

L337 LooX said:
Hi,

I have come accross two laptops now (dell) that have been running slow. I checked the power management features and according to them the laptop is running on "maximum performance" but apon checking my computer properties the cpu speed is inducated a lot lower than it should be, for egsample the dual core 1.83ghz laptop was running at 997mhz

Thanks in advance for your help

Because it only goes max when you are actually needing it.

Taff · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:27

If you want them to stay at full speed, change the power scheme to Home/Office Desk.

Fantom · 4 Oct 2006 at 15:30

Taff said:
If you want them to stay at full speed, change the power scheme to Home/Office Desk.

yeah I tried all the different schemes "full power" "max performance" etc with no avail.

Thanks Raymond Lin, do you know how I can deactivate this?

turbotoes · 4 Oct 2006 at 16:06

check the bios, if the "speed management" thingy has been turned off (sorry cant remember the name of it, and have new kitten in arms so cant start laptop to tell you) then the speed will be set to lowest by default!! seems unbelievably stupid to me, but thats how it works :confused:

Fantom · 4 Oct 2006 at 16:14

turbotoes said:
check the bios, if the "speed management" thingy has been turned off (sorry cant remember the name of it, and have new kitten in arms so cant start laptop to tell you) then the speed will be set to lowest by default!! seems unbelievably stupid to me, but thats how it works

Cheers mate I will try it asap

Kittens > Laptops

Dogbreath · 8 Oct 2006 at 01:16

turbotoes said:
check the bios, if the "speed management" thingy has been turned off (sorry cant remember the name of it, and have new kitten in arms so cant start laptop to tell you) then the speed will be set to lowest by default!! seems unbelievably stupid to me, but thats how it works

To make battery life look impressive I suspect!