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<pre>Jerry Geis wrote:
><i> Hi
</i>><i>
</i>><i> I have a compaq R4000 with the 2.4GIG AMD 64 bit. 4000+ rated.
</i>><i> proc cpuinfo reports
</i>><i>
</i>><i> cpu Mhz as 997.481
</i>><i>
</i>cpuspeed is doing the speed stepping.
do this: dmesg |grep -i powernow
to gain some insight
><i> Do I have to run the 64 bit version to have things run correctly?
</i>
nope
><i> I just have the normal 4.2 loaded at this time.
</i>><i>
</i>><i> The laptop seems slow for 4000+ as reflected by the cpu Mhz also.
</i>I would guess it's a combination of throttled CPU and slow hard disk.
><i> Any thoughts on running the 32 bit version of 4.2 vs the 64 bit
</i>><i> version of 4.2?
</i>why buy a 64bit system if you aren't going to use a 64bit OS?
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dmesg | grep -i powernow
didnt give me much...
ACPI: SSDT (v001 PTLD POWERNOW 0x0604000 LTP 0x00001) @ 0x3fefeec0
I am just running the 32 bit version now until which time I can download
the 64 bit. I need a bigger pipe....
I just wanted to see what the machine would do while I waited... :)
Jerry
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