2.16 MBP locked at 1.0.. from core duo temp

[bearbo]

i was playing with the core duo temp, and i realized that it says
Mini: 1.0Ghz Maxi 2.17GHz Current 1.0GHz

it says that no matter how much I'm running the CPU.. does anyone know why?

Thanks... if it's indeed locked at 1.0.. is there something I can do about it? i mean, i did pay for a 2.16GHz machine...

[joebells]

on the regular macbooks there is an option to lock the processor in 1 ghz mode by holding the powerbutton down for something like 10 seconds maybe you did that somehow? Open up 2 terminal windows and type yes > /dev/null into each of them. That will put both of your cores to the maximum. If they still do not read higher than 1G I would call applecare

[NJuul]

Have you tried quiting and restarting?
I've found the Coreduotemp thingy to be rather unresponsive since the 10.4.8 upgrade, so maybe there's some software incompatibilities we need a patch for. Mine says 1.83 (which is max) all the time, but I know it's throtling, as the case doesn't get too warm, and it whines, which it only does when the CPU is not running on max.

[bearbo]

do you guys have battery in? i have heard ppl saying that this is a power surge preventive measure.. which doesn't make much sense to me..
edit: i think other people experience the same thing...http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3183101&#3183101

[bearbo]

also, did anyone notice that after the 10.4.8, coreduotemp reports that the current frequency is always at maximum, with battery pluged in... and at minimum without?

i haven't tested myself, but i've seen people talk about that this dramatically decreased battery life... anyone noticed?

[joebells]

yeah I read that the macbook at least will throttle down to 1.0 if the battery is removed.

[psxguru]

I've noticed coreduotemp showing the cpu frequency to be at 2ghz for the majority of the time - it rarely steps down to 1.5Ghz etc

I thought I was imagining it after the 10.4.8 update!

I suspect it's a 10.4.8 change that's causing this as the actual cpu load isn't high at all.

I'm also running menumeters to show the load on the 2 cores.

I notice that InCrew have a new version of speedit (which coreduotemp uses) out shortly...
http://www.increw.com/downloads/speedit/

[TheBusDriver]

terminal is so cool where do i find out about how to use it sorry to hijack

[bearbo]

I've noticed coreduotemp showing the cpu frequency to be at 2ghz for the majority of the time - it rarely steps down to 1.5Ghz etc

I thought I was imagining it after the 10.4.8 update!

I suspect it's a 10.4.8 change that's causing this as the actual cpu load isn't high at all.

I'm also running menumeters to show the load on the 2 cores.

I notice that InCrew have a new version of speedit (which coreduotemp uses) out shortly...
http://www.increw.com/downloads/speedit/
but how do you load it, since there's no installer...

[dukebound85]

terminal is so cool where do i find out about how to use it sorry to hijack


pick up a book on unix or find a tutorial on the web. you are right it is really cool though