topic my laptop often runs at a low performance, why?! in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54647#M117976 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>the processor is p 4 2Ghz, but it often runs at 735 mhz. I even can't not watch movie. always lag, lag.....This almost kills me. who can help me out of this? I already disabled the panel control. set 'always on' in the Power Options. but it seems useless. does reinstalling window xp help? folks, help...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 09 Jan 2005 02:52:38 GMT daemon_duplicate_02 2005-01-09T02:52:38Z my laptop often runs at a low performance, why?! https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54647#M117976 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>the processor is p 4 2Ghz, but it often runs at 735 mhz. I even can't not watch movie. always lag, lag.....This almost kills me. who can help me out of this? I already disabled the panel control. set 'always on' in the Power Options. but it seems useless. does reinstalling window xp help? folks, help...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 09 Jan 2005 02:52:38 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54647#M117976 daemon_duplicate_02 2005-01-09T02:52:38Z Re: my laptop often runs at a low performance, why?! https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54648#M117977 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This only happens when you are running on battery power. It is because a P4 uses way too much power to run at 2Ghz on batteries, so it 'underclocks' itself to run slower, and to save battery power. You cant change this I'm afraid, as otherwise your laptop batteries would drain almost instantly! My 2.8Ghz P4 underclocks to 1.4Ghz, so you arent the only one!<BR />However, saying that, 733Mhz should be plenty to play a DVD, you should try using a different software DVD player.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:14:50 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54648#M117977 feederfan 2005-01-09T12:14:50Z Re: my laptop often runs at a low performance, why?! https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54649#M117978 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>thank you for the fast answer, but as matter of fact, my laptop with a plug on, so not as you said , carrying a battery. the question is still there,how to avoid the 'underclocks'? one thing is that I haven't reinstalled the windows for 1 and half year. consequently, my windows maybe become very unefficent. Could you tell me, can reinstalling windows help me out of the situation?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:07:56 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54649#M117978 daemon_duplicate_02 2005-01-09T16:07:56Z Re: my laptop often runs at a low performance, why?! https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54650#M117979 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Put the laptop in performance mode when watching movies.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:30:24 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54650#M117979 kee-lo_ 2005-01-09T17:30:24Z Re: my laptop often runs at a low performance, why?! https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54651#M117980 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Put the laptop in performance mode when watching movies.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR /><BR />tried, but this move doesn't work. looking forward to other suggestions.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jan 2005 05:31:43 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/my-laptop-often-runs-at-a-low-performance-why/m-p/54651#M117980 daemon_duplicate_02 2005-01-10T05:31:43Z