So a laptop I gave my brother a while back has been running a lot slower than it used to.
Back in the day, I used to use SpeedswitchXP to control the CPU speed.
I have a feeling it got 'stuck' at the slowest speed, being 600Mhz. The CPU is a Pentium M (Banias) 1.3Ghz.
Even after a reformat, and clean install to Vista, it's still stuck at 600Mhz according to CPU-Z, even plugged into the wall. The Vista Processor subscore ends up being 1.7.
SpeedStep is enabled in the BIOS, which it's supposed to. I tried turning it on and off without much luck.
Any ideas?
BTW, this is a big problem it seems: google search
Back in the day, I used to use SpeedswitchXP to control the CPU speed.
I have a feeling it got 'stuck' at the slowest speed, being 600Mhz. The CPU is a Pentium M (Banias) 1.3Ghz.
Even after a reformat, and clean install to Vista, it's still stuck at 600Mhz according to CPU-Z, even plugged into the wall. The Vista Processor subscore ends up being 1.7.
SpeedStep is enabled in the BIOS, which it's supposed to. I tried turning it on and off without much luck.
Any ideas?
BTW, this is a big problem it seems: google search