Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:41:49 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Remi <MrL0L@charter.net> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Woes Message-ID: <20040728174149.GB15497@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <391ogq$4b3267@mxip03a.cluster1.charter.net> References: <ff0f76e00407280233531225b8@mail.gmail.com> <391ogq$4b3267@mxip03a.cluster1.charter.net>
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First, don't top post. This is a UNIX mailing list, not an MS-Windows one. Next time I won't reply in this format. On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 06:03:51AM -0700, Remi wrote: > That's exactly the problem. The BIOS won't let me. And the AC line is > plugged in. Windows XP Pro detects it correctly, there's something something > else going on with BSD. ... > On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:46:22 -0700, Remi <mrl0l@charter.net> wrote: > > I just got a new AMD64 laptop(I8254) and it appears to be running at > 800MHz > > on 5.2.1-R > > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (800.03-MHz K8-class CPU) Athlon64 moble processors start up in their lowest speed -- the PowerNow! driver is responsible for speeding up the processor. Not this is opposite from that past and was done because some laptop manufactors wanted to be able to drive an Athlon64 with cheaper temperature and power requirements. Such that a laptop could overheat and fry itself if run at full speed for long periods of time. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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