Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:53:28 -0500 (EST) | From | Greg Boyce <> | Subject | Re: Machines misreporting Bogomips |
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> > The machine is actually slower. That's how I noticed the problem. > > > > Underclocking dosen't seem likely due to the difference in speed. It's 4 > > bogomips instead of 500. The machine is running at about the speed of a > > 386 (I believe that's about right). It almost seems as if someone turned > > off the turbo button. But of course I haven't seen one of those since my > > old 486 :) > > > > -- > > Greg Boyce > > > > > > Could they be running with cache disabled in the bios? >
The machine is reporting that the cache is enabled. Even if this was true, I have trouble believing that turning on the cache would result in a 50,000% increase in speed (4 bogomips compared to 500).
I have a feeling that I'm going to have to chalk this one up to hardware failure. Another kind soul suggested it could be ECC memory reporting a continual string of 1 bit failures.
-- Greg Boyce
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