Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:00:22 -0500 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU speed not reported correctly Message-ID: <20041230140022.GC59271@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <20041230005738.GD68336@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20041229212555.GD89526@gargantuan.com> <20041230005738.GD68336@dragon.nuxi.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2004-12-29T16:57:38-0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:25:55PM -0500, Michael W. Oliver wrote: > > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ (801.83-MHz K8-class CPU) > . > > OK, here is my question: Why is the CPU speed reported as 801.83MHz? > > Is there something really wrong with my setup here? I have this machine > > configured to dual boot with the other OS being the x64 version of XP, > > and it reports a 2.2GHz CPU (for what it's worth...). > You've some how gotten your Athlon64 processor in Cool-n-Quiet (ie, > PowerNOW) cool, low-power mode. If you do a cold boot into FreeBSD, what > CPU speed is reported? By chance is this a laptop and not a desktop. Thanks for the reply David. When booting cold, the same speed is reported -- 801.83-MHz. Yes, this is a laptop (Sager 4750-V). entire output of `dmesg -a': http://michael.gargantuan.com/yabbse/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=309.0;id=17 other info about this laptop: http://michael.gargantuan.com/yabbse/index.php/board,44.0.html -- Michael W. Oliver [see complete headers for contact information] [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB1An1sWv7q8X6o8kRAv3fAJ9Ofl2X2Qv0tTFdtcYYnp1PrtmbeQCgrB22 YtujIcWdPLIIqmwRE4iVcaE= =e2Td -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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