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Dell Inspiron 4100 under performance !!

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lychee_lch   07-16-2007 at 04:07:51 AM

Hi,

My old laptop DELL inspiron 4100 spec:

Pentium III 1.0GHz - Mobile Tualatin Soc: BGA2
1Gb SD-RAM
16Mb ATI Radeon

But is only running on 733MHz even i disable the intel speedstep and try to configure it on the BIOS. I checked using CPU-Z. How can i enable the full performance of the CPU to 1.0GHz. Thanks!!

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   07-16-2007 at 06:27:35 AM
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Check the settings in the BIOS. It may have gotten set to power save mode or your multiplier may have been changed. Otherwise your CPU may be on the fritz.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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lychee_lch   07-16-2007 at 06:31:50 AM
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i checked the BIOS. The power save have been turned off. But i cant configure the multiplier in BIOS. Is it OEM setting to disallow end user to overclock it ??? Anything like that ??

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   07-16-2007 at 04:05:50 PM
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OK that's typical Dell. They lock those settings in the BIOS to prevent customers from F-ing up their comps and then cashing in on the warranty. I suggest that you take this to the CPU section of the forums. You'll get more help there than I can give you (I seem to be the only one replying to posts in this section).

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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