Comment Yes (Score 1) 169
I test for all possible future dates.
Comment Re:OMG, I brought this up with them (Score 1) 314
Won't work-- BIOS of the E6500 states that if you disable speedstep the processor will persist in a low-power state for safety.
Comment Re:Seriously - People need to Proofread these thin (Score 2, Insightful) 314
I know everyone, I'm sorry.. I noticed my spelling mistake right after hitting 'submit' but it was too late. The right word must have been missing from my head...
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Submission + - Dell Defect Turns 2.2GHz CPU into 100MHz CPU (chambana.net)
jtavares2 writes: In what is being dubbed as Throttlegate, scours of users on many message boards have been complaining about inexplicably aggressive throttling policies on their Dell Latitude E6500 and E6400 laptops which cause its CPUs to be throttled to less than 5% of its theoretical maximum even while in room temperatures! In many cases, the issue can triggered just by playing a video or performing some other trivial, but CPU intensive, task. After being banned from the Dell Forums for revealing "non-public information", one user went so far as to write and publish a 59-page report explaining and diagnosing the throttling problem in incredible detail. Dell seems to be silent on the issue, but many users are hoping for a formal recall.
