laptops dont run at full capacity

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#19882 4-Mar-2008 17:01

as you know labtops dont run at full CPU usage so if you have a 2GB labtop it wont run at that im looking for a way to run it at full speed or atleast a way to make it faster plz list some tips and advice to help out the situation

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#114617 4-Mar-2008 17:15

firereeper: as you know labtops dont run at full CPU usage so if you have a 2GB labtop it wont run at that im looking for a way to run it at full speed or atleast a way to make it faster plz list some tips and advice to help out the situation

Do you mean laptop?
All of mine do (except my eeePC).
eeePC permanently underclocks by 300MHz, proabably to save battery, can be hacked to run at full speed.
Some previous laptops of mine have had dynamically changing speeds to help save battery life too.
2GB is a measure of data storage. I have a 2GB USB thumb drive. It rocks.
Plz dnt use txt speak.
Whats 'the situation' ? You don't like the battery efficiency of your laptop?

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#114619 4-Mar-2008 17:23

You are probably thinking of 2 GHz (gigahertz) not 2 GB (gigabytes).

As for "full speed", all laptops run at full speed depending on your configuration. If you are using Windows then in the Power applet you will have options to make the battery run at certain % of speed when plugged in or running on batteries.

Of course, the faster the CPU the shorter is the battery life. You adjust it as you wish. You can also create power configurations and switch those when you want.

Other than this, there's no "limits" in speed...

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#114620 4-Mar-2008 17:23

Do you have a particular make and model?

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#114641 4-Mar-2008 19:04

Can I crack a Windows Vista joke or have I used up my quota for this month?

Typically you just want to disable the power-saving to make a laptop run at full speed. At least I would say thats the short, one-line answer. Laptops are just PCs basically but the CPUs / hardware are all geared towards power saving.

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#114659 4-Mar-2008 19:41

Nothing to do with power. But yes, it does - but only when the memory is needed, for example for 3D rendering. Otherwise the memory is free.

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#114714 4-Mar-2008 22:08

freitasm: Other than this, there's no "limits" in speed...

not quite..

this slowdown you talk about is probably just ACPI CPU C-state power management. you cannot turn this off, the feature is implemented in hardware and controlled by the state of your power input (ie, on battery or on mains). to speed things up: plug into AC/DC/mains-supply and the CPU will operate in C-1, C-0 mode. another way is to change WIndow's HAL to non-ACPI (ie safe mode) so power management features will not be used, bad idea though.

if you are refering to CPU throttling and basic power management features, set the power profile to run at 'full power' in control panel

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#114718 4-Mar-2008 22:28

What happened to my post?

I agree to both power management and memory variance.

I was putting another note up about shared memory.

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#114728 4-Mar-2008 23:28

manhinli: What happened to my post?...I was putting another note up about shared memory.

Geekzone "eats" posts every so often. It's a long-standing problem.

CTRL-A then CTRL-C before clicking POST REPLY will save the post into the Windows Clipboard in case GZ eats it. If that happens, you just paste it back in again and Re-POST. I've never had it happen twice in a row, but every so often it happens the first time.

In fact it just happened to me now... Better luck this time!

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#114772 5-Mar-2008 09:20

How come it doesn't do it for me? Do you guys have the "automatic login" checkbox set?

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#114776 5-Mar-2008 09:28

freitasm: How come it doesn't do it for me? Do you guys have the "automatic login" checkbox set?

Yep, sure do

I might also mention that another Forum where I spend a bit of time used to have this problem. A few weeks back the owner changed to:

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#114847 5-Mar-2008 15:38

The problem with my post was that someone completely edited it (#114659) without leaving a note (Short edits are fine by me, but this one screwed my reply up)

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#114848 5-Mar-2008 15:38

The problem with my post was that someone completely edited it (#114659) without leaving a note (Short edits are fine by me, but this one screwed my reply up)

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