Processor maximum speed locked at 0.76 GHz

Anonymous
2014-05-27T00:04:11+00:00

EDIT: The problem seems to have been fully resolved by doing a clean install of Windows 10.

Hello,

I use an AMD A6 processor on my Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 15D. Recently, my PC has been slow, and checking the Task Manager shows that the processor speed is only 0.76-0.78 GHz, while my processor's maximum speed is 2.00 GHz. The Resource Monitor says that my maximum frequency is 38-39% (0.76-0.78 GHz). This happens even when I'm in High Performance mode, and I've checked to make sure that the minimum and maximum speeds (in the power options) are set to 100%. I've also set the ATI Powerplay settings to Maximize Performance. The speed does not increase even when I'm running many programs at once.

Any help would be very appreciated.

I've noticed something interesting... The CPU speed in the Task Manager always seems to hang around 0.7-0.78 GHz, even when I'm not doing anything else on my laptop. Perhaps there's something that is not only preventing it from going above 0.78 GHz, but preventing it from going below 0.7 GHz. I have no idea why this is happening.

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Anonymous
2014-05-27T00:22:00+00:00

Hi,

You need to check with Lenovo Support, their on-line documentation and drivers, and

ask in their forums about any known issues.

Lenovo Support and downloads

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/homeLenovo.do 

Lenovo Forums

http://forums.lenovo.com/Hope this helps.


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  1. Anonymous
    2016-11-08T13:09:14+00:00

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-11-07T16:00:51+00:00

    It isn't just Lenovo, I'm working on an HP 15 Notebook. Had to swap out the hard drive, did a factory restore from an HP restore USB drive of Windows 8.1. Clean install, amd I'm having the issue as well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-21T21:59:29+00:00

    I'm gonna try that , i have a dell inspiron 11 too btw

    EDIT : Didn't really work :( stayed at 0.76

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-10-21T21:58:35+00:00

    Hey.

    I Have the same thing , Max processor speed locked at 0.76-0.78 , if anyone can solve this , please do reply 

    By the way i had this problem when i had windows 10 , now i got windows 8.1 so yeah , starting all over again won't work :( 

    EDIT: i forgot to say that i had 8gb ram and maximum speed of 2.30 GHZ

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