"my computer" giving the wrong clockspeed

[Westly Montroos]

Hi people,

When I right click My Computer, and I choose "Property", I can see the clock
speed of my laptop. The clock speed of my laptop is 1,19 Ghz, Amd Athlon.
But when I right click my computer and choose property, I don't see 1,19
Ghz, but I see 524 Mhz. I choose cancel, and choose again "Property", and
then I see 1,19 Ghz. My os is Windows Xp pro. My hard disk is 20 gig and I
am using 256 mb ram. I have a Compaq Presario. If My Computer is displaying
524 Mhz, does my computer works at that clock speed or with a clock speed of
1,19 Ghz? And, can I fix this?? Or can I ignore this??

Westly Montroos

 

[j0hann0]

hi

download the freeware program cpuZ , this will show all releveant data on
fsb, cpu and mem u are looking for

hth

greets Johan

 

[Alex Nichol]

When I right click My Computer, and I choose "Property", I can see the clock
speed of my laptop. The clock speed of my laptop is 1,19 Ghz, Amd Athlon.
But when I right click my computer and choose property, I don't see 1,19
Ghz, but I see 524 Mhz. I choose cancel, and choose again "Property", and
then I see 1,19 Ghz. My os is Windows Xp pro. My hard disk is 20 gig and I
am using 256 mb ram. I have a Compaq Presario. If My Computer is displaying
524 Mhz, does my computer works at that clock speed or with a clock speed of
1,19 Ghz? And, can I fix this?? Or can I ignore this??

Laptops often have a feature that drops the clock speed (say to half)
when the machine is on battery power, or the battery falls below a
critical charge level. Could this be it? Does it give correct answers
with the AC power pack plugged in ?

 

[Westly Montroos]

No,
my laptop was not running on battery power when I notice a different cpu.
So, what could be wrong? I hope that you can help.
Something else about my system: Compaq Presario 900.

Westly