I just installed Age of Empires III, right? and when i go to play it, it says that the game requires a 1.4 gHz processor, and i have a 1.0 gHz one. I dont feel thats right, because this computer is too new, and is a Compaq Presario SR1640NX, which supposedly has a 2.2 gHz processor. Here's where it gets weirder. when i go to start->My Computer->rightclick+properties, it says i have a 1.0 gHz processor. But when i go to My Computer->Control Panel->System->Hardware, sometimes it says that i have a 2.2 gHz processor, and sometimes i have a 1.78 gHz processor.
This is far too confusing for my expertise. could someone help?
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2006-12-25 16:13:04 · 4 answers · asked by Rictuar 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
AMD has a feature called Cool n Quiet, which slows down the processor when you don't need the full power, saving energy. That is the reason for the different processor speed readings. You should be able to disable it in the BIOS.
2006-12-25 16:33:37 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on and stale, which ability there's a situation. (needless to say) lol a million purely be particular you have positioned some thermal compound on the CPU befor you have attatched the fan and heatsink. 2 ascertain the fan is seated proporly on the CPU. 3 ascertain it quite is pluged into the wonderful fan socket (IE the CPU fan and not the equipment fan socket) 4take out the ram and sparkling out the sockets, additionally do the comparable for PCI enjoying cards and positioned (pci's) lower back contained in the comparable order/slot. 5 ascertain the motherboard ability connectors are linked securly. if it dosnt boot now that's the two crammed or you have a deadly disease, meaning keep beginning till it actually starts off. then do a deadly disease test. had some desktops that is happend to. are there any beeps??
2016-12-18 19:08:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Compaq is the biggest piece of junk being sold. I used to work on a help desk, and when problems came up that were way off, it was always a Compaq causing it.
2006-12-25 16:17:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My first thought would be a bad clock generator on the motherboard. I've never seen such a thing but the bus clock speed and its multiplier circuits control the cpu speed. I would check the bios to set the cpu manually if you have it set on auto. Good luck.
2006-12-25 16:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by jedihermit 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋