Ok everybody. I didn't get any response on this the first time (see below) but I have more information to add and I thought it might stir up a response.
I caught my wife's Pismo 400 doing the same thing as my 500 - the processor and memory speed had increased to the tune of 102.6 percent! I found that on the GaugePro application the processor speed was listed as 410.4mhz and the memory was running at 102.6 mhz. The machine had processor cycling turned on for both battery and power adaptor. The weirdest part was that the machine had been sleeping. I woke it and started gaugepro and received the mentioned results. Is this a honest to goodness case of processor cycling working correctly? What other deviations can I expect processor cycling to accomplish? <begin older message> My pismo 500/1gb/20gb/dvd surprised me yesterday by showing peculiar stats on my Gauge Pro software from newer technologies. A linux buddy was visiting and I mentioned the memory testing of the program and then started gaugepro up and to my astonishment, the CPU speed showed 512 mhz and like a 105 mhz Bus speed (Every previous time it has always been 499.93 (or .94) mhz and 99.9 mhz, respectively. It says the reading should be accurate to within a tenth. I hit 'recalculate' and it remained. I was tripping out for a second and before I wrote down the numbers (idiot!), I said out loud that 'I seem to have more crashes when I am plugged in to AC...' and then pulled out the plug from the back of the pismo and the speed ratings returned to normal (499/99). I then went to energy saver and made sure that processor cycling was turned off (to confirm that this could be something else). It was OFF for battery but ON for power adaptor. Thought about it today, tried to recreate it but it doesn't. (yes OFF and ON should be switched for most reasons - I was trying to solve crash problems with settings like that last week) Was it me? Processor cycling shouldn't accelerate to a higher speed, should it? It was like it was overclocked, ya'know? I'll keep my eye on this 'cause I am starting to think this is one of the main problems with my pismo and I can finally put some portion of my finger on it and try to explain it to Apple. <end older message> -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
