From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 28 17:41:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E8D16A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:41:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from TRANG.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E42BA43D67 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:41:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by TRANG.nuxi.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6SHfoh7015726; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:41:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6SHfoQS015725; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:41:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:41:49 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Remi Message-ID: <20040728174149.GB15497@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <391ogq$4b3267@mxip03a.cluster1.charter.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <391ogq$4b3267@mxip03a.cluster1.charter.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:41:53 -0000 First, don't top post. This is a UNIX mailing list, not an MS-Windows one. Next time I won't reply in this format. On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 06:03:51AM -0700, Remi wrote: > That's exactly the problem. The BIOS won't let me. And the AC line is > plugged in. Windows XP Pro detects it correctly, there's something something > else going on with BSD. ... > On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:46:22 -0700, Remi wrote: > > I just got a new AMD64 laptop(I8254) and it appears to be running at > 800MHz > > on 5.2.1-R > > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (800.03-MHz K8-class CPU) Athlon64 moble processors start up in their lowest speed -- the PowerNow! driver is responsible for speeding up the processor. Not this is opposite from that past and was done because some laptop manufactors wanted to be able to drive an Athlon64 with cheaper temperature and power requirements. Such that a laptop could overheat and fry itself if run at full speed for long periods of time. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)