Jerry Geis wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a compaq R4000 with the 2.4GIG AMD 64 bit. 4000+ rated.
> proc cpuinfo reports
>
> cpu Mhz as 997.481
>
cpuspeed is doing the speed stepping.

do this:  dmesg |grep -i powernow

to gain some insight

> Do I have to run the 64 bit version to have things run correctly?

nope
> I just have the normal 4.2 loaded at this time.
>
> The laptop seems slow for 4000+ as reflected by the cpu Mhz also.
I would guess it's a combination of throttled CPU and slow hard disk.

> Any thoughts on running the 32 bit version of 4.2 vs the 64 bit 
> version of 4.2?
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