Messages in this thread | | | From | Grant Coady <> | Subject | Re: ACPI idea: override max. frequency | Date | Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:05:40 +1000 |
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:30:32 +0200, Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com> wrote:
>Hi, > >The bios of the motherboard in my pc (a Gigabyte 965G-DS3) says the >processor can go no faster than 2.133GHz while in reality this is 2.6GHz >(it is an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz). No newer bios is >available so I was thinking: maybe an override switch can be added? >Losing 0.5GHz is a bit of a waste.
Nothing to do with the kernel, your mobo is 1066MHz and the Q9450 is 1333Mhz bus, you could have bought a Q6700 for 2.66GHz on 1066MHz bus operation.
Grant.
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