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YoYoMac

macrumors regular
Original poster
Dec 22, 2004
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Chattanooga, TN
Ok, for some reason, Core Duo Temp only reports that my CPU speed is 1 ghz. It should be 2.0. It NEVER goes above 1.0. It's been like this all day. I'm not in energy saving mode. I am plugged into power. I know about the CD throttling down when your not using it, but I've been trying to watch some HD clips in Final Cut, and the clips are really choppy. I updated to 10.4.8 2 days after the release, and it was fine, so I don't think it's that.

I'm puzzled.
 

YoYoMac

macrumors regular
Original poster
Dec 22, 2004
148
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Chattanooga, TN
Restarted, no change

Turned off, unplugged all accessories, turned on and it's back to 2.0 and playing my HD clips just fine.

Now, my CPU won't throttle down from 2.0. Not that I mind, but it's like going from one extreme to the next.
 

Osarkon

macrumors 68020
Aug 30, 2006
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Wales
would you notice this if you weren't running CoreduoTemp though? I never run it, and therefore am never paranoid about my cpu speed. ignorance is bliss :D
 

2nyRiggz

macrumors 603
Aug 20, 2005
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Thank you Jah...I'm so Blessed
I haven't used a core duo machine(YET) but is there an option anywhere to turn off one of the core to save energy? I've read somewhere that it could be done but I don't recall what machine.

What mac are you using?



Bless
 

Silentwave

macrumors 68000
May 26, 2006
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if your battery is out the laptop will default to 1.0GHz and lock.

2nyriggz: you can disable a processing core using the developer tools.
 
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