CPU frequency went down

A. Kromic akromic at gmail.com
Tue Dec 7 20:35:55 UTC 2010


On 07/12/10 20:13, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:19 AM, A. Kromic <akromic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I also thank Mark for the script, and when I run it it said:
>>
>>> Current speed: 800.000 800.000 MHz
>>> Maximum speed: 800.000 800.000 MHz
> Stab in the dark here - has your CPU overheated, perhaps too many times?
>
This might also be possible, since the fan has failed some months ago
and I replaced it. You mean there may be some reason for the CPU to stop
working at full speed permanently if it has been overheated? Never heard
of that protection mechanism, but if you say it exists, then it could
possible... How does that work then?

Thanks

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A.Kromic





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