P4m 1800 reading 600MHz slow

[Travesty]

I just bought a Dell 8200 direct from Dell. The first few days I had it, I noticed no problems (I had never unplugged it).. The first time I unplugged it it started reading at 1200 plugged in/800 unplugged. I have tried disabling all power options, setting the power scheme to Desktop computer, disabling speedstep, but it is now stuck like this. I bought it because I will be going overseas in just a few days, so have no time to send it back for repair, can anyone please help me?

Travis

 

[Crashman]

It sounds like it's running with a 66MHz bus speed. I didn't know these boards allowed that! It must be a special diagnostics mode in BIOS? Well, only Dell can solve that one then, sorry.

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[knewt]

I had a similiar problem when I upgraded to a 2.4GHz on an Intel mobo. It was only running at 1.2GHz. Later I reset to default bios settings and it began running at 800MHz. It turns out there was a jumper on the mobo that allows you to boot up into the advanced bios settings. I changed the multiplier for the processor and was able to get it running stable at 2.6GHz.

Just an idea. Hope it helps.

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[LtBlue14]

you got an advanced bios that let you change the multiplier!?
are P4Ms unlockable somehow??

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[knowan]

Sounds like you're using a laptop. This is a "feature" of many laptops now. Check out <A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20021101/index.html" target="_new">http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20021101/index.html</A> for a review. It's a different Dell model but may be the same issue.

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[knowan]

Now that I look at it, Dell specificallt states that it is using a mobile P4 processor, and the link I noted above is only for laptops with non-mobile processors. Perhaps they shipped you the wrong model?

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