PIII-m chip throttles down. Is there a way to disable this?

[statetech]

I have a PIII-m chip on a dell inspiron 4100 that throttles down to 533 or so from its speed of 866mhz. Is there a way to always keep it at 866? I know this is called "Speed Step" or something like that designed by Intel.


I've read this thread and wanted to see if there is something different I should take into consideration since my chip is a PIII-m chip.

 

[PliotronX]

Try this (scroll down for the info on how to disable the throttling)

 

[Vegito]

hey which video card did u get with ur 4100 ? I have a 8100 and it's a brick.. hoping to get speed like 8100 but lighter..

 

[apoppin]

I have a Dell Inspiron 4100.

Simply right-click on the blue checkered flag icon in your right program tray (speed-step utility); adjust properties; set to "maximum performance" (especially when plugged in - I set it to "automatic" for running on batteries.

It DOES make a difference to battery life (especially watching a DVD) to speedstep down to 667hz from 866 with a minimum effect on performance - however, GAMES require the maximum performance. Mine has the 16MB DDR ATI Radeon - great for all the latest games.

 

[bacillus]

<< I have a Dell Inspiron 4100. >>


mine came with xp & you have to do all the changing in bios now!

 

[psteng19]

Hey,
I have the Inspiron 4100 as well and I just disabled Speedstep in the BIOS.

Take a look at this pic.
I don't know if the second clock speed is the current clockspeed, or the stepped down clockspeed.
The reason for the confusion is because I've seen that number higher before.

What number does it read for you guys that have speedstep mobile cpu's?

dell inspiron 4100 866/667 on winXP

edit: ok, strange... after a couple of minutes, it's now at 864 Mhz. maybe took awhile to register.

 

[bacillus]

the second speed is what the cpu is presently at!