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About DaZ FiZzle
Expertise
I can assist you with common problems and over-looks when assembling your pc. I can also assist with basic and advanced OS errors (XP & XP Pro Corporate are my specialty). My main weakness is Mac, and any other non-windows based operating systems. I'm also really rusty on anything prior to 98SE. I can offer advice on a range of software, codec, and driver needs. If you need help finding the right software for a job chances are I can point you toward it.

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18 years total experience. About 2 years of that is from formal training in a classroom setting, the rest is through my own trial and error and of course from the very helpful tutorials found on the internet.

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TCDE Tech Office

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2 years at college and am currently working as a technician for the local department of education

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T.A.G. (Talented And Gifted), Century 21 sponsored office award for exceeding 100WPM typing speed

 
   

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Topic: PC hardware--CPU & Motherboard & RAM



Expert: DaZ FiZzle
Date: 7/17/2008
Subject: Speedstep feature

Question
Hello,
     Does the speedstep feature on my Intel processor limit the CPU's performance all the time or only when it is not required. Will the CPU run at maximum core clock speed when running a CPU intensive application? If speedstep is limiting the speed all the time, how can I disable it?
                                         Thanks in advance.

Answer
hi ali,

go to the following article, it will tell you all you need to know about speedstep.  you can skip the explanation section and go straight to the operating system support section to get your answer.  basically it's dependent on your OS and computer type.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedstep

also being that i all but absolutely loathe Intel i feel compelled to point out that in this article you will read that AMD does support generic drivers for it's equivalent of speedstep, called powernow!, where as Intel does not offer direct driver support.  this is most likely due, in whole or in part, to the fact that Intel is the devil.
peace,
-DaZ

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