DELL Inspiron 1150: CPU speed trouble!!!

[HitmanAngel2k3]

Just got a laptop from a buddy of mine...and i was checking specs on it...it says that it's a 2.8 GHz CPU but its running at 1.6 GHz...so how can i change speeds and stuff? thank you all for your help. :grinthumb

 

[Didou]

Maybe the speed has been lowered because it is running in battery mode.

 

[HitmanAngel2k3]

i had laptop hooked up to AC and it was sayin that : 2.8GHz/1.6GGHz

 

[Didou]

Are you sure the power saving mode is disabled ?

 

[HitmanAngel2k3]

where do i go to change the power settings?

 

[Didou]

Control panel -> Power Options

 

[HitmanAngel2k3]

now when i hooked it up to AC, i checked cpu speed and it was 2.8GHz, and now when i unplugged it it went down to 1.6GHz. Is that suppose to do that? Is that normal?

 

[Didou]

Yes. Laptops have power saving features & that is one of them called Intel SpeedStep.

 

[HitmanAngel2k3]

thanks for your help