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Re: speedstep



On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 09:37:01PM +1000, Tim Connors wrote:
> At one stage in the past, I discoevered a magic fn-key incantation that
> will tell my dell inspiron 4000 laptop to slow down from 650MHz to 250 or
> 200MHz or so, on the fly. It emitted a low pitched beep when told to go
> slower, and high pitched when fast.
> 
> But I can't remember the dang keystrokes anymore, and google is remaining
> my foe.
> 
> Anyone?

Perhaps Fn+# ?

It *does* beep as described, and the output from the "bogomips" command
seem to match too.

I didn't know either until I experimented...

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