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 > >Do I have to run the 64 bit version to have things run correctly? >I just have the normal 4.2 loaded at this time. > >The laptop seems slow for 4000+ as reflected by the cpu Mhz also. > >Any thoughts on running the 32 bit version of 4.2 vs the 64 bit version >of 4.2? See AMD "Cool'n'Quiet" which reduces the CPU speed when not under load (and/or on 'niced' processes). You can disable the cpuspeed init to make it always run at the maximum speed. Dave Thompson UW-Madison