Pentium processor ?

dhotcorner · 06-14-2005, 06:24 PM

I purchased a pre-owned Dell C600 Laptop. The seller advertised the unit having a Mobile Intel Pentium III Processor 850 MHZ.

My check on the unit reads as follows: x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6 Genuineintel ~ 701....

My question is this the same as the PIII or am I looking at the wrong information. Please advise

Volt-Schwibe · 06-14-2005, 06:55 PM

sometimes laptops use a speed control to save power.

because of this, it sometimes will lie about it's speed.
(because of this, i got myself a 600 mhz laptop for free, because someone thought it was a 150mhz.)

to find the true speed, you need to go into the bios, and turn of anything named "speedstep" or "smart CPU mode" or anything like that.

then, it should run full speed.

as far as i can tell, yes, it's coming back as a PIII, just not the 850.

ebackhus · 06-15-2005, 10:02 AM

My Athlon 64 laptop will do the same thing. When it's at idle or not working hard it clocks down to about 900Mhz, but the true speed of it is 1.8Ghz.

06-14-2005, 06:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
dhotcorner Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1 OS: Win2000	Pentium processor ? I purchased a pre-owned Dell C600 Laptop. The seller advertised the unit having a Mobile Intel Pentium III Processor 850 MHZ. My check on the unit reads as follows: x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6 Genuineintel ~ 701.... My question is this the same as the PIII or am I looking at the wrong information. Please advise

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Volt-Schwibe Asst. Manager, Automotive Forums; HJT Trainee Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Behind you, watching you as you type. Posts: 7,372 OS: Click "My System" to view details My System	sometimes laptops use a speed control to save power. because of this, it sometimes will lie about it's speed. (because of this, i got myself a 600 mhz laptop for free, because someone thought it was a 150mhz.) to find the true speed, you need to go into the bios, and turn of anything named "speedstep" or "smart CPU mode" or anything like that. then, it should run full speed. as far as i can tell, yes, it's coming back as a PIII, just not the 850. __________________ <signature> TSF is funded by our Admin's pocket, care to help? Power Tip: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. New Members: Creating a single new thread in the correct section is the best way to assure your thread will receive a reply. </signature> Last edited by Volt-Schwibe; 06-14-2005 at 06:56 PM.

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