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Pentium 4 641 showing up as lower speed

by matthewweathers Jul 24, 2007 1:02AM PDT

Hi, i recently purchased a new e machines desktop with the intention of adding a new pci-e graphics card, and adding two 1 gig sticks of ram. As I was running the crucial system scanner to order the memory, I noticed it said my cpu was running at 2.4ghz. I found this strange as the cpu is supposed to be 3.2ghz, so I downloaded CPU-Z. Same thing. Does anyone know why this might be happening?
Model is E Machines T5088.

Thanks,

Matthew

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Call it in.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 24, 2007 1:22AM PDT

Look like you need them to fix it.

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speedstep may be active
by ramarc Jul 24, 2007 1:51AM PDT

check CPU-Z's Processor name and specification to determine your real CPU. speedstep dynamically slows down your core speed to reduce heat.

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