Clock speed - System Properties

[Guest]

Hi, running an Athlon 2000+ ie 1.66GHz processor, but the clock speed changes
_intermittently_ when checking the System Properties box in XP. Some of the
time it will show as 512MHz and somtetimes 645MHz.

Does this represent a problem? Im sure it always used to consistently report
1.66GHz (although obviously Im conciiously checking back more now, as Im
concerned)

The machine does lag a little when gaming, despite being well over the
minimum spec for the games I play (mainly CS and Call of Duty).

No fault shows when running processor checks and the temperature is not
reported too high, although one of the fans is making a strange noise, which
also concerns me..

Should also point out this is a Notebook but occurs when running on both
battery and A/C power.

Any advice appreciated.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Hi, running an Athlon 2000+ ie 1.66GHz processor, but the clock speed
changes _intermittently_ when checking the System Properties box in
XP. Some of the time it will show as 512MHz and somtetimes 645MHz.

Does this represent a problem? Im sure it always used to consistently
report
1.66GHz (although obviously Im conciiously checking back more now, as
Im concerned)

The machine does lag a little when gaming, despite being well over the
minimum spec for the games I play (mainly CS and Call of Duty).

No fault shows when running processor checks and the temperature is
not reported too high, although one of the fans is making a strange
noise, which also concerns me..

Should also point out this is a Notebook but occurs when running on
both battery and A/C power.

Any advice appreciated.

You've answered your own question. This is normal for portable systems.

 

[Malke]

You've answered your own question. This is normal for portable
systems.

Just to elaborate on Ms. Tick's answer - your laptop is taking advantage
of cpu throttling. This lowers the speed of your processor to save
battery life. Go into your power settings (probably your laptop came
with a proprietary power management utility in addition to the built-in
Windows power management Control Panel applet) and set your power
schemes to ones that work for you.

Malke