system properties

[Guest]

I've got a toshiba satellite p35 notebook, pent 4, 3.2g processor and 1.5 gig
ram, well when I go to system properties under general, under computer Im
showing
" mobile Intel(R)
"Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.2GHz"
"1.86GHz 1.5 GB of RAM"
my question is what does the 1.86GHz mean? Sometimes its 2.4 or even 3.20
why does this change? I know its related to the processor but I don't know
why it changes. It is a hyper threading processor. If it stayed at 3.2 I
would'nt be asking.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The processor speed is slower than expected on a notebook computer that is running Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/418442/en-us

The Processor Speed May Be Reported Incorrectly in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316965/en-us

System Properties Report Wrong Processor Speed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303602/en-us

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| I've got a toshiba satellite p35 notebook, pent 4, 3.2g processor and 1.5 gig
| ram, well when I go to system properties under general, under computer Im
| showing
| " mobile Intel(R)
| "Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.2GHz"
| "1.86GHz 1.5 GB of RAM"
| my question is what does the 1.86GHz mean? Sometimes its 2.4 or even 3.20
| why does this change? I know its related to the processor but I don't know
| why it changes. It is a hyper threading processor. If it stayed at 3.2 I
| would'nt be asking.

 

[Pennywise]

|>I've got a toshiba satellite p35 notebook, pent 4, 3.2g processor and 1.5 gig
|>ram, well when I go to system properties under general, under computer Im
|>showing
|> " mobile Intel(R)
|> "Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.2GHz"
|> "1.86GHz 1.5 GB of RAM"
|>my question is what does the 1.86GHz mean? Sometimes its 2.4 or even 3.20
|>why does this change? I know its related to the processor but I don't know
|>why it changes. It is a hyper threading processor. If it stayed at 3.2 I
|>would'nt be asking.

The laptop P4 will throttle itself due to the temperature of the chip,
too hot it slows down.

You can run Everest to check temps and speed.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html