Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:46:48 -0500 From: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU speed not reported correctly Message-ID: <200412301146.49669.nb_root@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <58083.207.219.213.163.1104418371.squirrel@207.219.213.163> References: <20041229212555.GD89526@gargantuan.com> <20041230140022.GC59271@gargantuan.com> <58083.207.219.213.163.1104418371.squirrel@207.219.213.163>
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This is because AMD uses PowerNOW! technology which changes the voltage (therefore the speed) of the cpu for the load it gets. Nick. On December 30, 2004 09:52, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Michael W. Oliver said: > > 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 > > This is normal for AMD laptops. I have an Emachine M5310, and the CPU > speed varies on it. If i right click on my computer in Windows XP, the > reported frequency is almost always different. Strangely enough in FreeBSD > its always the max though, i belive this technology may require a proper > driver for the frequency to be adjusted. I would check your BIOS settings. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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