Re: Low processing power on battery

just bob wrote:
> We have a bunch of Dell D630 and D830 laptops and it seems somewhere along
> the previous Dell laptop product releases - we think when Intel eliminated
> the SpeedStep application - we lost the ability to run laptops at full
> power while on battery.
>
> To prove this we did a test where we timed a download of files from a
> professional memory card via USB 2.0 interface and found while on battery
> the download took twice as long. We used the same card and card reader,
> SanDisk Extreme III 8GB CF with SanDisk professional USB 2.0 reader, for
> both tests. We also processed about 1000 RAW digital images using
> Photoshop CS3 and doing a test on battery vs. using the AC adapter we found
> it takes more than twice as long.
>
> The laptop is configured using the "Quickset" application at "Maximum
> performance" and also tried using the Screensaver advanced power setting of
> "Always on". CPU on the test model is Core 2 Duo T7800 at 2.60Ghz with 3GB
> of RAM running WindowsXP Pro Sp3.
>
> Again, if I remember right, the older Dell laptops, going back to the D800
> and previous models where SpeedStep was employed, we could force the
> laptop to run at the same full processing power on battery as it ran on AC.
>
> Please let me know if you think my findings are typical. I am open to
> suggestions.
>
> Thank you,
> -Bob
>
>
>
>
speedswtichxp

"mike" <> wrote in message
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> just bob wrote:
>> We have a bunch of Dell D630 and D830 laptops and it seems somewhere
>> along
>> the previous Dell laptop product releases - we think when Intel
>> eliminated
>> the SpeedStep application - we lost the ability to run laptops at full
>> power while on battery.
>>
>> To prove this we did a test where we timed a download of files from a
>> professional memory card via USB 2.0 interface and found while on battery
>> the download took twice as long. We used the same card and card reader,
>> SanDisk Extreme III 8GB CF with SanDisk professional USB 2.0 reader, for
>> both tests. We also processed about 1000 RAW digital images using
>> Photoshop CS3 and doing a test on battery vs. using the AC adapter we
>> found
>> it takes more than twice as long.
>>
>> The laptop is configured using the "Quickset" application at "Maximum
>> performance" and also tried using the Screensaver advanced power setting
>> of
>> "Always on". CPU on the test model is Core 2 Duo T7800 at 2.60Ghz with
>> 3GB
>> of RAM running WindowsXP Pro Sp3.
>>
>> Again, if I remember right, the older Dell laptops, going back to the
>> D800
>> and previous models where SpeedStep was employed, we could force the
>> laptop to run at the same full processing power on battery as it ran on
>> AC.
>>
>> Please let me know if you think my findings are typical. I am open to
>> suggestions.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> -Bob
>>
>>
>>
>>
> speedswtichxp


yep.