UPDATE: Finally working at full speed

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Abhi
Dude... Get a dell ....

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Abhi
Dude... Get a dell ....

Seriously.

 

[rapo]

Same thing happened here, i tried to update to the 040204, and the notebook would no longer start up, same symptoms and all

 

[rapo]

actually, if you want to operate at the chips actual speed, i found that if you go to "power options" in the control panel, and if you select "Minimal power management", the processor speed will go to the speed of your processor-- seems that intel links the power control panel to the cpu speed control

 

[rapo]

so no other solution than sending the system in?

 

[Naruto]

Originally posted by: rapo
so no other solution than sending the system in?

Yep, my bro just got it back my second one back, fixed by ECS. I'll have to wait until the weekend until its in my hands and I can see to get it working properly and running at 1.3ghz with speedswitchxp. ECS said they updated the bios and replaced defective parts.


BTW Rapo, try running it off the vga port to a CRT monitor. A person with a similiar laptop flashed his bios and same problem, but the vga port still worked so the flashed bios could some how messup the connection to the LCD monitor.

 

[Naruto]

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[ggelfan]

Naruto,
No luck! I got mine back from repair. Installed SpeedSwitchXP, which I used to set to Max Performance mode. Still shows 600Mhz. Just as I expected. Same CPU works ar full 1.6Ghz on other Centrino laptop. How about yours? Is it running at full speed now that you have SpeedSwitchXP?

 

[Abhi]

just trying to help here... but there is a speedstep fix from microsoft for windows xp you guys should try... pm me if u need a link.

good luck...

 

[Naruto]

Nope still 600mhz with speedswitchxp set to max.

Ggelfan,
Does your cpu run at fullspeed on other laptop, but not on the ECS G551? Methinks its the ECS laptop itself, may only be made to work 100% with retail chips.

Abhi,
is the fix available at that Dell link previously posted by you?

 

[Abhi]

dude, i ll just check...

but with the kind of pain u are taking this thing... i am hoping for you it works out..

 

[Abhi]

dell link

 

[Abhi]

microsofts article about it

You can download is from here also...(possibly will be better coz it wont be dell specific)

My pentium M 2.4 ran only at 1200 mhz (even using sweedswitchxp), until i applied this patch.

hope it works for you.

 

[ggelfan]

Naruto,
Yes, that's right, my CPU runs full speed on other Centrino laptop. I tend to agree this is G551 specific problem and I think it has to do with limitations of BIOS.
BTW, memory runs at 266 instead of 333. What a junk!


Abhi,
Thanks for the link, but the fix doesn't want to install on non-Dell computer. Microsoft says about the fix, but doesn't let to download, not very helpful.


Does anybody know where I can download generic SpeedStep fix?

 

[Naruto]

Originally posted by: ggelfan
Naruto,
Yes, that's right, my CPU runs full speed on other Centrino laptop. I tend to agree this is G551 specific problem and I think it has to do with limitations of BIOS.
BTW, memory runs at 266 instead of 333. What a junk!


Abhi,
Thanks for the link, but the fix doesn't want to install on non-Dell computer. Microsoft says about the fix, but doesn't let to download, not very helpful.


Does anybody know where I can download generic SpeedStep fix?

How can you tell the memory is running at 266? I also have two sticks of 333, but sisoft says they are only at 200. I figured this to be a problem with the cpu running at 600mhz only, maybe its part of the powersaving mode of speedstep. Even with the cpu at 600mhz, the laptop was able to score 5200 3dmark2k1 points. Hopefully with a fully functional retail cpu, it will be 7000 to 8000.

 

[Abhi]

http://www.bay-wolf.com/speedstep.htm

Both you guys see this ... maybe it ll help...

scroll right down to the end of the page... where bugs in xp are listed...

 

[Abhi]

 

[ggelfan]

Naruto,
PC Wizard 2004 will tell you what frequency your memory is running at, plus lots of other useful stuff. You can download it from:

http://www.cpuid.org/

 

[Naruto]

I think its the cpu and this laptop. Both me and ggelfan have some sort of sample centrino cpu and not a retail one. I bought mine off a guy on ebay who said he pulled it from a dell. And looking at the anandtech Dell 8600 review, it was also a "QS" labeled cpu found in the laptop. The ECS doesn't correctly utilize this stepping cpu that the Dell probably would. Luckily for me I just won an auction for a pentium M 1.7 on ebay for $75 and from the looks of the picture, its a retail cpu and not a ES, EQ, or QS labeled cpu. Hopefully it will work this time.

 

[Naruto]

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