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I don care about battery performance and I was to force my system to ALWAYS run at the highest clock frequency, but I can seem to force it. What might be wrong with SpeedStep?

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I don care about battery performance and I was to force my system to ALWAYS run at the highest clock frequency, but I can seem to force it. What might be wrong with SpeedStep?

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By default, Dell ships portable systems installed with XP in adaptive processor mode. In order to force the system to maximum performance while running on battery the user is required to set the power scheme to ‘Always on’. If this is changed while running in low performance mode for the first time, the system may store the processor speed incorrectly at the lower setting (1.2GHz) A fix for this can be performed by editing the systems registry. NOTICE: The following procedure contains information about editing the Windows registry. Dell does not guarantee success or support these actions. Any use of the information provided herein, is performed at your own risk. You should make a backup copy of the registry files prior to executing any of the following steps. Incorrect use of the registry editor and editing the registry files can cause serious problems that may require a complete reinstall of your operating system. Dell assumes no responsibility, expressed or implied, regarding the con

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