Author: Joseph Merolle
Date: 11:44:07 12/30/04
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On December 30, 2004 at 06:05:53, Jouni Uski wrote: >On December 30, 2004 at 05:26:45, Aaron Gordon wrote: > >>On December 30, 2004 at 01:22:24, Joseph Merolle wrote: >> >>>I installed a throttle watch and noticed my clock speed moves a bit in a game. >>>When I am off line its stay some what consitent using all its cpu power. However >>>when I am playing or analizing on line some times my cpu is kicking out half the >>>mhz. Is this normal? >>> >>>I have no viruses and I dont run any other aplication other then net scape and >>>shredder. >>> >>> >>>Regards Joseph >> >>Depends on your CPU. If it is a P4 and is dropping down, it is most likely too >>hot and trying to save itself from death. If it is an Athlon 64 it most likely >>has CnQ (Cool'n'Quiet) enabled. This reduces clock speed when the CPU isn't >>under load to keep the CPU running cool. You can disable that in tbe bios >>usually. The P4 overheating problem, well, you'll just need to get a new >>heatsink/fan in that situation. >> >>I hear the P4-3.6 and P4-3.8GHz chips run so hot with regular cooling that they >>throttle in everything.. so basically without water cooling you'll be back to >>p4-2.8ghz speeds and running a nice 'n toasty 80C cpu temp. > >My both P4-2.4 CPU are about 34C after 10 hours use! > >Jouni Well I have a pentium 4 moble processor without H.T. (3.02 Ghz 256 Sdram.) I dont think its a heating problem because there is no report on throttling on my throttle watch. Any help to reslove this would be great. Joseph
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