dell d530 laptop cpu help
My dell cpu is a 2ghz core 2 duo and it won't run above 598.4mhz. I ran cpu-z and it told my my Multiplier x Bus Speed 3.0 x 199.5 MHz and it should be at FID range 6.0x - 10.0x. I don't know if my cpu is bad or the motherboard. Let me give you all the Processors Information so you can see the whole cpu.
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7250
Codename Merom
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket P (478) (0x7)
CPUID 6.F.D
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping M0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 598.4 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 3.0 x 199.5 MHz
Rated Bus speed 797.8 MHz
Stock frequency 2000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 10.0x
Max VID 1.175 V
Everything else on the laptop work good but the cpu seem to run slow. I check the bios to see if there any setting and there no settings. I even took it apart to see if there any jumpers on the motherboard and i didn't see any. I check the cpu for overheating and it look good. The little metal plate on the cpu is a little black but not bad. I search the internet but no luck. So i hope someone else has a idea what it could be. Thank you for the help i do get.
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7250
Codename Merom
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket P (478) (0x7)
CPUID 6.F.D
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping M0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 598.4 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 3.0 x 199.5 MHz
Rated Bus speed 797.8 MHz
Stock frequency 2000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 10.0x
Max VID 1.175 V
Everything else on the laptop work good but the cpu seem to run slow. I check the bios to see if there any setting and there no settings. I even took it apart to see if there any jumpers on the motherboard and i didn't see any. I check the cpu for overheating and it look good. The little metal plate on the cpu is a little black but not bad. I search the internet but no luck. So i hope someone else has a idea what it could be. Thank you for the help i do get.
Comments
How long have you had the machine?
If not, there's probably a good chance to get that done from the BIOS, give it a try.
Some laptops are so well built that the fan is really quiet and air flows are next to impossible to notice, I wouldn't be too worried about that for the time being.
Someone had a similar aged model and they said one of the pins in the power cord were damaged, and that was throttling their cpu down, a new power cord resolved the issue!