Processor Problem

[greyowl]

I have an older Dell laptop with a 1.6Ghz pentium processor and 512 mb of RAM. I

 

I recently noticed that when I click Properties on MyComputer sometimes it show:

 

1.60 GHz, 512 MB of RAM

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and other times it shows: 591 MHz, 512 MB of RAM.

 

Does anyone have an idea of what is happening?

 

Thanks for your help.

[Guzeppi]

If I remember correctly that is the Laptops way of saving battery power, by "stepping down" the CPU.

If you then run a program which needs CPU power, then the step down controller will give back the processing power you need.

Technically you see that behaviour when on battery power not AC mains. However, it can be something that can be set in the power settings of windows.

 

So, in short, not only is it normal, but it's a good thing ;)

[greyowl]

Thanks for the explanation which is very helpful.