On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, cmead wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just got a new IBM laptop. In the BIOS it reads 700 Mhz it is a Intel
> PIII. As it was advertised. However, in /proc/cpuinfo it reads 546Mhz. What
> gives? I have never come across this dicrepency before on any of my systems!
> Although this is my first laptop experience with Linux.
>
> I find it hard to believe that RH 7.0 Linux could be this far off. Am I
> right? I thinking that IBM cold have hard coded the BIOS to read 700Mhz. It
> is my understanding that Linux gets its hardware info like the CPU speed
> directly from the BIOS. Is that right what do you guys think?
>
> I talked to IBM tech support they say that its Redhat that is wrong and they
> don't support it. So my only option is to re-install Caldera 2.4 which came
> pre-installed. However, IMHO, its going to report the same speed.
>
> Would love to hear your opinions.
>
> Thanx
> CM
>
>
Is this speed reading when running on batteries, or when plugged in? If I
remember correctly, one of the powersaving that a laptop does is to slow
down the CPU.
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