On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 15:32 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: > > One thing which I am now wondering if it could be related, is this morning, > > for the first time I got a bios warning about my ac adaptor not being > > recognised and the system not working at optimal performance. Could this be > > related, and what "not optimal performance" means - Is it possible the bios > > does not let the system run at full speed if it cannot recognize the ac > > adaptor. ? > > OK, my suspicion is confirmed. With the ac adaptor plugged cpuspeed will no > run and the system will not leave 600MHz. With it unplugged and running on > batteries cpuspeed works fine. running glxgears it jumps to 1500MHz as it > should. > > I now wonder if this has been the problem all along, and it just came and went > causing the intermitten lack of cpuspeed... I would if its the ac adaptor > that is faulty or (worse) my system... Hmm. > > Chris > Well I think yo have identified the problem but what to do? One off the wall thought is to try a different ac adapter, I have no idea is Dell ac adapters are interchangable so you oculd find someone else with a Dell laptop. Or maybe any laptop. It should be a matter of having the same connector and the same voltage which should be easy to check. -- ======================================================================= The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity. -- G.B. Shaw ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
