Re: [CentOS] compaq r4000 /proc/cpuinfo reports 997 and should be 2400

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?