Re: Compaq 350MHz PII + Linux performance degradation of 500% after a while: normal behaviour?

Rolf Fokkens (rolf@flits102-126.flits.rug.nl)
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:40:57 +0200


Aaron Lehmann wrote:

> I also saw this on a 450MHz Compaq PII. The problem was that power
> management was turned on in the BIOS and was slowing it down to the speed
> of a 486 after a few hours of operation. Turn power saving features off in
> the BIOS. Yet another reason to avoid proprietary hardware.

You're totally right, the problem has gone now.

Thought the power saving stuff was for laptops, I was wrong.

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