frequency scaling problem with core duo

[zhongke chen]

problem fixed by downgrade the bios of nc4400 from F.05 to F.04

On 10/9/06, zhongke chen <czk19790827 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a newly bought  hp nc4400 notebook installed ubuntu 6.06.1. it
> has a intel core duo cpu (T2300 1.66G). two cores of cpu are always
> run at top frequency. powernowd doesn't work.
>
> Gnome's applet alerts:
> CPU frequency scaling unsupported
>
> You will not be able to modify the frequency of your machine. Your
> machine may be misconfigured or not have hardware support for CPU
> frequency scaling.
>
> trying to insert speedstep-centrino module:
> $ sudo modprobe speedstep-centrino
> FATAL: Error inserting speedstep_centrino
> (/lib/modules/2.6.15-27-686/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.ko):
> No such device
>
> my notebook:
> intel core duo T2300E(1.66GHz)
> 512M*2 DDR2
> Intel 945 GM Express chipset w/ Intel Centrino Duo Mobile TEchnology
>
> os:
> Ubuntu 6.06.1
> linux-image-2.6.15-27-686
> powernowd 0.97-1
>
> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 14
> model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz
> stepping : 8
> cpu MHz : 1662.791
> cache size : 2048 KB
> physical id : 0
> siblings : 1
> core id : 255
> cpu cores : 1
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 10
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx pni monitor est
> tm2 xtpr
> bogomips : 3330.90
>
> processor : 1
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 14
> model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz
> stepping : 8
> cpu MHz : 1662.791
> cache size : 2048 KB
> physical id : 1
> siblings : 1
> core id : 255
> cpu cores : 1
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 10
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx pni monitor est
> tm2 xtpr
> bogomips : 3325.31
>
>
> $ lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> speedstep_lib 4580 0
> microcode 7776 0
> cpuid 4484 0
> binfmt_misc 13064 1
> rfcomm 43604 0
> l2cap 28192 5 rfcomm
> bluetooth 54212 4 rfcomm,l2cap
> ppdev 9668 0
> i915 21664 1
> drm 78484 2 i915
> cpufreq_userspace 6496 0
> cpufreq_stats 6688 0
> freq_table 4928 1 cpufreq_stats
> cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
> cpufreq_ondemand 7752 0
> cpufreq_conservative 9000 0
> video 16324 0
> tc1100_wmi 6884 0
> sony_acpi 5580 0
> pcc_acpi 12416 0
> hotkey 11492 0
> dev_acpi 11236 0
> container 4608 0
> button 6704 0
> acpi_sbs 20172 0
> battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
> ac 5220 1 acpi_sbs
> i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
> i2c_core 22848 1 i2c_acpi_ec
> dm_mod 63256 1
> ipv6 286976 22
> md_mod 76052 0
> fuse 41328 2
> lp 12356 0
> pcmcia 41948 0
> ipw3945 132348 1
> yenta_socket 30124 1
> joydev 10432 0
> ieee80211 38952 1 ipw3945
> ieee80211_crypt 6528 1 ieee80211
> rsrc_nonstatic 14624 1 yenta_socket
> sdhci 16096 0
> mmc_core 31816 1 sdhci
> ieee80211_1_1_13 39880 0
> ieee80211_1_1_13_crypt 7040 1 ieee80211_1_1_13
> usbhid 42752 0
> tsdev 8032 0
> pcmcia_core 45272 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> tg3 113060 0
> pcspkr 2244 0
> tpm_infineon 8724 0
> tpm 11232 1 tpm_infineon
> hw_random 5716 0
> parport_pc 37988 1
> parport 39400 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
> psmouse 40004 0
> serio_raw 7748 0
> snd_hda_intel 20468 2
> snd_hda_codec 166096 1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_pcm_oss 56448 0
> snd_mixer_oss 20544 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 96708 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer 26884 1 snd_pcm
> snd 60004 10 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore 10784 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 11304 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> intel_agp 24700 1
> agpgart 36784 3 drm,intel_agp
> shpchp 49504 0
> pci_hotplug 30788 1 shpchp
> evdev 10176 2
> sg 40160 0
> ext3 148296 1
> jbd 65876 1 ext3
> ide_generic 1504 0
> ehci_hcd 36104 0
> uhci_hcd 35536 0
> usbcore 139172 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
> sd_mod 20448 4
> ahci 18020 6
> libata 83440 1 ahci
> scsi_mod 145960 4 sg,sd_mod,ahci,libata
> piix 11652 1
> generic 5124 0
> thermal 13768 0
> processor 26888 1 thermal
> fan 4836 0
> capability 4968 0
> commoncap 7328 1 capability
> vga16fb 13992 1
> vgastate 10208 1 vga16fb
> fbcon 43904 72
> tileblit 2784 1 fbcon
> font 8320 1 fbcon
> bitblit 6464 1 fbcon
> softcursor 2304 1 bitblit
>
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boxes have been deprecated. If you want to attach
word/excel/powerpoint files for me, PLEASE convert them to pdf.
because i have no money to buy ms-office. Thanks a lot.