my dell inspron notebook

[thescreensavers]

ok my inspron is supose to be running at 2.8ghz but cpuz tells me 1.8 help

http://techsuperstore.net/Laptop.html thers a pic of cpuz

 

[Furen]

Did you buy it like that? That CPU would run at 2.8GHz if it was using a 200MHz FSB, but since it's using a FSB at 133MHz it runs at your current speed.

 

[thescreensavers]

how do i fix it. i dont know i never ran cpu z till now

 

[AmberClad]

Wow, an underclocked Prescott running @ 1.8Ghz in a laptop, now I've seen it all. If it were to run at 2.8Ghz, I'd imagine it'd get quite hot.

BTW, that's the shadiest and most disresputable looking computer hardware website I've ever seen, not to mention the slowest. So many spelling errors too. If I were you, I'd look for a different image host .

 

[Furen]

If you bought it like that then all you have to do is tell dell that your cpu is not the proper one for that laptop. I would guess that you cant fix it because dell does not give you much control over anything in the bios.

 

[valkator]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
Wow, an underclocked Prescott running @ 1.8Ghz in a laptop, now I've seen it all. If it were to run at 2.8Ghz, I'd imagine it'd get quite hot.

BTW, that's the shadiest and most disresputable looking computer hardware website I've ever seen, not to mention the slowest. So many spelling errors too. If I were you, I'd look for a different image host .

Well i have somethign similar to what that guy has. I have a P4 2.8GHz in a inspiron 5100 that is well little over a year old and i think cpuz tells me that it is 2.8GHz both plugged in and on battery. Well it also is a Northwood core so maybe that is the difference or something and it does get a little hot but not too bad =D.

 

[AmberClad]

Originally posted by: valkator
Well i have somethign similar to what that guy has. I have a P4 2.8GHz in a inspiron 5100 that is well little over a year old and i think cpuz tells me that it is 2.8GHz both plugged in and on battery. Well it also is a Northwood core so maybe that is the difference or something and it does get a little hot but not too bad =D.

Yeah, I have a Northwood Inspiron too (Northwood Celeron though, not Pentium). I also had a couple of Toshiba Satellites with Northwood Pentiums. I thought they ran somewhat hot. I'm kind of surprised that Dell would sell a Prescott Inspiron though. Didn't the Dothans get introduced around the same time Prescotts came out? Given the choice of Prescott or Dothan for a laptop, it'd be pretty obvious which would be the better choice. Maybe they sold a few Prescott Inspirons between the time Prescotts were introduced and when the Dothans came out . That's only a couple of months though, so it must have been only a handful.

 

[valkator]

Originally posted by: AmberClad

Originally posted by: valkator
Well i have somethign similar to what that guy has. I have a P4 2.8GHz in a inspiron 5100 that is well little over a year old and i think cpuz tells me that it is 2.8GHz both plugged in and on battery. Well it also is a Northwood core so maybe that is the difference or something and it does get a little hot but not too bad =D.

Yeah, I have a Northwood Inspiron too (Northwood Celeron though, not Pentium). I also had a couple of Toshiba Satellites with Northwood Pentiums. I thought they ran somewhat hot. I'm kind of surprised that Dell would sell a Prescott Inspiron though. Didn't the Dothans get introduced around the same time Prescotts came out? Given the choice of Prescott or Dothan for a laptop, it'd be pretty obvious which would be the better choice. Maybe they sold a few Prescott Inspirons between the time Prescotts were introduced and when the Dothans came out . That's only a couple of months though, so it must have been only a handful.

yea that is rather odd that they stuck a prescott cpu in a laptop. well i guess sometimes Dell doesnt make the greatest decisions. I mean really a heater like a prescott in a laptop is nuts