Gary and others, The speed of the laptop CPUs are also regulated by the temperature of the processors. And yes some manufacturers (watch for slanted E) do not cool their processors enough and they actually have to slow down to keep from catching on fire.. Good quality laptops, you will get the speed you should. The best way to verify the speed of the processor is to go to Intel's site, they have a utility that will give you the actual speed, not what the OS is suppose to report to you.
73, Dudley WA5QPZ At 09:46 PM 6/26/2006 -0400, Gary W Strong wrote: >The Dell Latitude BIOS only allows one to fix the CPU at the LOWEST speed >setting. But I found an application that may do what I want. It is at > >http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/ > >Anyone try this? > >Gary > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert McGwier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:29 PM >To: Gary W Strong >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Alan NV8A'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Old notebook computer and Extigy OK? > >Was this running Windows XP? If so, I have never seen a case where it >was not possible to suppress this feature altogether by setting the >power/battery/etc. settings. > >Bob >N4HY > >Gary W Strong wrote: > > I recently purchased a FireBox so I could use the SDR with a laptop. I >had > > serious problems with the first laptop, a 1.6 Ghz Dell D600. It works > > sometimes, and other times I get just a pulsing audio. It seems the >stepper > > on the CPU isn't working right when working with the Firebox. It randomly > > steps the CPU down even when running the PowerSDR and the Firebox. I then > > installed SDR on a 2 Ghz Dell D600 with Firebox and so far no problems. > > Initially, there was a similar problem, but after rebooting, it now seems > > fine and has been fine in subsequent reboots. Has anyone encountered this > > issue working with a Dell D600 laptop? The Firebox and my desktop are >quite > > happy with each other, but the desktop is a 3 Ghz machine too. > > > > Gary AI4IN > > > > - > > >-- >AMSAT VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, >NJQRP/AMQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR Wrk Grp Chairman >Time for a new motto, what should I choose? > > >_______________________________________________ >FlexRadio mailing list >FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
