On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Chris Watt wrote:
> At 02:19 03/08/00 +0100, Jon Nichols wrote:
> >'Hatters;
> >
> >I noticed my computer getting slow sometimes for no apparent reason after
> >being on a while, and some programs report during those conditions that my
> >speed is down to 25-38Mhz. Even when I am running no user apps.
>
> The obvious answer is to check if you have "Doze mode" or something similar
> turned on in your BIOS to make it slow the CPU down (to reduce power
> consumption when you're theoretically not using the system). Many of these
> "features" do not work properly if you have APM misconstrued (in Linux or
> in your BIOS) and some particularly irritating ones only work with Windows
> 98.
>
Also make sure that it isn't getting too warm. I have a couple of systems
that will slow down the CPU when it starts getting warm. (Laptop before I
found the utility to turn on the fan, AMD K6-233 if I run Distributed
Net for more the 20 hours before I added another case fan...)
Mikkel
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