Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

Confirm cpu going bad

Tags:
  • CPUs
  • Dell Inspiron
  • BIOS
Last response: in CPUs
Share
March 29, 2011 5:51:36 AM

So my wife has a dell inspiron 1720... the bios reads that the min cpu is 1.2ghz but in cpuz Im reading just under 800mhz... so am i correct in saying that the cpu is degrading and going bad.

More about : confirm cpu bad

March 29, 2011 8:09:19 AM

NO it`s really 1.2 GHZ but most notebooks decreases the multiplier when not at load to save power so that it comes 800 MHZ or below that.............try to stress or make load on it and you will find it 1.2GHZ again.......it`s normaL and there`s nothing to worry about
m
0
l
March 29, 2011 1:09:01 PM

I may have explained that wrong... the cpu is a 2.0 its set up so when it decreases its only goes down to a 1.2 and i have opened about 10 programs on it and it doesn't change try running prime and the system just freezes because it cant respond to anything else.
m
0
l
!