Speedstep on Laptop

[celwin]

I have a Dell 1737 laptop with a P8600 cpu. I disabled speedstep in the BIOS, but the cpu is still running at 1.5 Ghz. It's real speed is 2.4. There is no C1E option in the dell BIOS. Any ideas? Someone told me the new dual core cpus still run underclocked even if you disable speedstep and C1E. Any truth to this?

 

[pxc]

Change your power profile in Windows to Desktop.

It really makes little sense to disable SpeedStep.

 

[Pylon]

Wrong FSB speed?

And again, it makes really little sense to disable SpeedStep, especially on a laptop.

 

[Rossi~]

If you disable Speedstep on a laptop it will put it in it's lowest performance state.

 

[pxc]

If you disable Speedstep on a laptop it will put it in it's lowest performance state.

^^ True. I forgot about that.

 

[Pylon]

If you disable Speedstep on a laptop it will put it in it's lowest performance state.

Bingo.