linux-kernel - Re: ACPI idea: override max. frequency

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Date:	Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:05:40 +1000
From:	Grant Coady <grant_lkml@...o.com.au>
To:	Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ACPI idea: override max. frequency

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:30:32 +0200, Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>The bios of the motherboard in my pc (a Gigabyte 965G-DS3) says the
>processor can go no faster than 2.133GHz while in reality this is 2.6GHz
>(it is an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz). No newer bios is
>available so I was thinking: maybe an override switch can be added?
>Losing 0.5GHz is a bit of a waste.

Nothing to do with the kernel, your mobo is 1066MHz and the Q9450 is 
1333Mhz bus, you could have bought a Q6700 for 2.66GHz on 1066MHz bus 
operation.

Grant.
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