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CPU running at 1/10th of it's capacity

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imported_Aoki

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I'm trying to fix a Dell Inspiron B130 laptop with a Pentium M processor. The min/maxCPU speeds are 600 mhz/1.7 ghz. However, when I run CPU-Z, it says that the core clock is running a bit over 170 mhz... which is the fsb on the processor, I believe. At any rate, I'm not quite sure what to do. The processor settings in the BIOS look fine, though they can't be played with since it's a Dell. The owner of the laptop says that it used to run fast and that it has recently slowed down. Are there any apps to force the CPU to a higher clock speed or something..? Any help would be appreciated.
 
Originally posted by: Aoki
I'm trying to fix a Dell Inspiron B130 laptop with a Pentium M processor. The min/maxCPU speeds are 600 mhz/1.7 ghz. However, when I run CPU-Z, it says that the core clock is running a bit over 170 mhz... which is the fsb on the processor, I believe. At any rate, I'm not quite sure what to do. The processor settings in the BIOS look fine, though they can't be played with since it's a Dell. The owner of the laptop says that it used to run fast and that it has recently slowed down. Are there any apps to force the CPU to a higher clock speed or something..? Any help would be appreciated.
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most likely a 170 Mhz bus speed with a 10x multiplier = 1.7 Ghz

It's all fine.
 
That may very well be the case.. It's just that the PC takes very long to do things and the video is very choppy, akin to when video drivers haven't been installed (though they have). For example, the laptop owner installed some software off a CD and it alledgedly took 6 hours to install.. Hell, I ran a quick registry clean with RegscrubXP and it took like 15 minutes. I've done the basic clean-up things to no avail.
 
Then I would look towards spyware/virus or possibly a dying hard drive rather than the processor running at 1/10th its speed

take a screen cap of the first page of CPU-Z for us
 
I'll try to take a screen of CPU-Z and check the HDD (would a HDTune test be good enough?) when I get back to her. Thanks for the replies!
 
Originally posted by: Aoki
I'll try to take a screen of CPU-Z and check the HDD (would a HDTune test be good enough?) when I get back to her. Thanks for the replies!
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I have seen a hard drive pass test and test and still be failing...so yes running that would be good...but it doesn't guarantee anything
 
The owner isn't computer savvy, but I've already used msconfig to stop useless processes. I tested the hard drive, which was 'fine' and reinstalled video drivers which didn't help. I also found it odd that her laptop thinks she has two display devices.. You try to switch between the two, but see no difference. It's the same display adaptor, too. I'm currently testing her memory and told her to run Spybot after that finishes. I still haven't played too much in the power settings, which I'll do next time I see her.
 
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