Dell Inspiron 4100 under performance !!

[lychee_lch]

Hi,

My old laptop DELL inspiron 4100 spec:

Pentium III 1.0GHz - Mobile Tualatin Soc: BGA2
1Gb SD-RAM
16Mb ATI Radeon

But is only running on 733MHz even i disable the intel speedstep and try to configure it on the BIOS. I checked using CPU-Z. How can i enable the full performance of the CPU to 1.0GHz. Thanks!!

 

[lostandwandering]

Check the settings in the BIOS. It may have gotten set to power save mode or your multiplier may have been changed. Otherwise your CPU may be on the fritz.

 

[lychee_lch]

i checked the BIOS. The power save have been turned off. But i cant configure the multiplier in BIOS. Is it OEM setting to disallow end user to overclock it ??? Anything like that ??

 

[lostandwandering]

OK that's typical Dell. They lock those settings in the BIOS to prevent customers from F-ing up their comps and then cashing in on the warranty. I suggest that you take this to the CPU section of the forums. You'll get more help there than I can give you (I seem to be the only one replying to posts in this section).