From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 00:57:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A736B16A4CE; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:57:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9E343D45; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:57:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBU0vcr2092485; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:57:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBU0vc3L092484; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:57:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:57:38 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org;, questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041230005738.GD68336@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20041229212555.GD89526@gargantuan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041229212555.GD89526@gargantuan.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:29:36 +0000 Subject: Re: CPU speed not reported correctly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:57:38 -0000 On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:25:55PM -0500, Michael W. Oliver wrote: > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ (801.83-MHz K8-class CPU) .. > OK, here is my question: Why is the CPU speed reported as 801.83MHz? > Is there something really wrong with my setup here? I have this machine > configured to dual boot with the other OS being the x64 version of XP, > and it reports a 2.2GHz CPU (for what it's worth...). You've some how gotten your Athlon64 processor in Cool-n-Quiet (ie, PowerNOW) cool, low-power mode. If you do a cold boot into FreeBSD, what CPU speed is reported? By chance is this a laptop and not a desktop. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)