Hello everyone,
I own an old Packard Bell BG 45 laptop from 2007 and recently have faced some problems when I decided to upgrade Intel T2300 CPU this computer had as a stock processor to T9500 CPU
Here is what happens, the new CPU max frequency is 2.60 Ghz, but it only runs at 1.17 Ghz max (which is only 46%, thus I never get utilization higher than 46%). I have also tested with prime 95 and same thing happens, frequency won't go higher even if CPU is tortured
Also my minimum processor state is 5% and maximum is 100% (both for battery and charger plugged in) in power options.
Now the BIOS version this computer has is unfortunately very dumbed down and won't allow any type of frequency manipulation, not for CPU nor RAM.
This leads me to my second problem, the chipset this laptop has should support maximum ram frequency of 667mhz (this info exists at Intel's webpage) but my RAM only runs at 332 Mhz
So it looks like computer BIOS limits it's performance
Exact name of computer: Packard Bell EasyNote BG 45
Chipset: Intel GM965
CPU: Intel T9500 2.59 Ghz
RAM: Corsair Value Select 2 x 2GB 667 Mhz
BIOS: American Megatrends (Version 203 dated 10/03/2007)
So, is there anything might be done to expand the BIOS options?
Did anyone already unlock it for this computer?
Thanking you in advance
Edit: I got the CPU problem solved by flashing the latest BIOS (version 208) for this computer (use Prime 95 to test CPU utilization), however RAM problem seems to be unsolvable. I will update this thread in case I will find an alternative way of tweaking RAM frequency. See attachments
I own an old Packard Bell BG 45 laptop from 2007 and recently have faced some problems when I decided to upgrade Intel T2300 CPU this computer had as a stock processor to T9500 CPU
Here is what happens, the new CPU max frequency is 2.60 Ghz, but it only runs at 1.17 Ghz max (which is only 46%, thus I never get utilization higher than 46%). I have also tested with prime 95 and same thing happens, frequency won't go higher even if CPU is tortured
Also my minimum processor state is 5% and maximum is 100% (both for battery and charger plugged in) in power options.
Now the BIOS version this computer has is unfortunately very dumbed down and won't allow any type of frequency manipulation, not for CPU nor RAM.
This leads me to my second problem, the chipset this laptop has should support maximum ram frequency of 667mhz (this info exists at Intel's webpage) but my RAM only runs at 332 Mhz
So it looks like computer BIOS limits it's performance
Exact name of computer: Packard Bell EasyNote BG 45
Chipset: Intel GM965
CPU: Intel T9500 2.59 Ghz
RAM: Corsair Value Select 2 x 2GB 667 Mhz
BIOS: American Megatrends (Version 203 dated 10/03/2007)
So, is there anything might be done to expand the BIOS options?
Did anyone already unlock it for this computer?
Thanking you in advance
Edit: I got the CPU problem solved by flashing the latest BIOS (version 208) for this computer (use Prime 95 to test CPU utilization), however RAM problem seems to be unsolvable. I will update this thread in case I will find an alternative way of tweaking RAM frequency. See attachments