Subj : Re: CPU speed - /proc/cpuinfo question To : comp.os.linux From : jab3 Date : Mon Aug 23 2004 04:15 pm no name finally wrote on Mon August 23 2004 02:16 pm: > jab3 tried to express: >> Hello everyone.  I have a question about Linux cpu speed >> reporting.  I've noticed that on my laptop (a Sony Vaio PCG-F650), Linux >> (both Fedora and Gentoo) reports that the cpu speed is ~200mhz.  It's >> supposed to be 600mhz (or perhaps 500mhz, there's some kind of switching >> thing IIRC :#)).  Is that really what it's operating at? >> Is there a way to change it?  I thought it had something to do with my >> spilling a glass of red wine on it a few months ago (which zapped the lcd >> screen, so now I have to plug it into an external monitor, which sux* ), >> so I booted into Windows to see what it said, but Windows reports >> 600mhz.  So now I'm confused and wondered if anyone had any >> info/clarification. >> > > Hmmm...don't laptops have the ability to cut back their CPU clocks as > a powersaving feature? Are you running in a power saving mode? Ah, it could be - I think that's what I meant by 'some kind of switching thing' :). Now the question is how to determine this and change it. Thanks for the help... jab3 .