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rakig
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 Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:31 am Post subject: pII 400mhz CPU reconized as 100MHZ |
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| I'm installing gentoo (2004.1, stage 3 x86-686 version) on my laptop (IBM 600e 2645-4bu). It has a PII 400mhz mobile processor. When i start gentoo off the live CD i have, its only reconizing my cpu as a PII 100mhz. I can't really tell if its running slower then it should as i have never had gentoo on my computer. just wondering if this is normal, and if the instalation reads it the same, is there a way to change it. |
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mrhodes
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Hi...
just wondering if you have anyother systems on that computer that you could verify the speed with.... ie windows, or knoppix, etc....
also, when you boot the computer up you should see the processor speed just before the RAM test, does it say 100, or 400 there? If it says 100Mhz I'd check your bios... perhaps it's underclocked somehow.... although, I'm not sure if you can underclock the older PII's from the bios... anyway... check that your computer sees 400Mhz and then we can determine if it is a gentoo problem or not. Also, try out knoppix if you can get it.... see what that figures your speed is....
Good luck...
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rakig
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| IBM bios doesn't show the processor, but the easy consile, windows, debian, and slack all reconize it as 400mhz.... |
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Visseroth
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| make sure that in the kernel you have the proper processor type selected and install CPU ID if yau hadn't already |
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mrhodes
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:59 am Post subject: |
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hmmm...
that is strange then....
I don't know of any way to change this within gentoo.... don't think you can to be honest as this is simple a hardware property that gentoo reads, don't think it can set the cpu speed...
perhaps it may be possible that your cpu is starting to show signs of malfunctioning, although I don't know for certain...
Anyone else have any ideas on this???
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Visseroth
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I'll agree with that. Just like any other operating system it'll show the speed of the CPU as the CPU runs. or maybe there's a glitch in Gentoo and if that is the case what gentoo says and what the CPU does are two different things and won't effect your system to my knowledge.
I'd just let it be and install. Shouldn't hurt anything. |
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