[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?