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gwendes
16-01-2006, 04:27 PM
This is usually due to a technology known as SpeedStep. The laptop is behaving normally and deliberately limiting the CPU power consumption to improve battery life.

If you are using Windows XP there is a utility called SpeedSwitch that can force a higher speed, this will reduce battery life when the AC adaptor is not connected:

Website : Information (http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/)

Download : Download (http://www.diefer.de/software/sswitchxp14.exe)

Also see this thread (http://forum.novatech.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=67) for more information.