ottoman1384 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I installed leopard on a ga-p35-ds3l mobo. the bios said the processor was at 1.6ghz. once installed it said it was a 1.6ghz core 2 duo. i'm supposed to have a e4500 which is a 2.2ghz core 2 duo. i bought this processor from someone from ebay... i know, i've learned my lesson... anyway, i questioned him and he said to check the bios. i did and the multiplier was at 8x... i didnt know what to do so i tried the max, which was 11x and it went to 2.2ghz. does this mean that it is in fact a 2.2ghz e4500? or did i get ripped off? in leopard it does say it has 2mb cache.... thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuusharo Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I believe that processor needs to be set to 11x which will give you 2.2ghz. I'd keep an eye on your temperatures but I believe that's the proper setting for that chip. Never trust anything OSx86 tells you as fact. Until I made some corrections using mac.nub's AppleSMBIOS, my processor was reported as a single 4.0ghz chip when it's really a 2.4ghz quad core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottoman1384 Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 I believe that processor needs to be set to 11x which will give you 2.2ghz. I'd keep an eye on your temperatures but I believe that's the proper setting for that chip. Never trust anything OSx86 tells you as fact. Until I made some corrections using mac.nub's AppleSMBIOS, my processor was reported as a single 4.0ghz chip when it's really a 2.4ghz quad core. thanks. i did set it to 11x. now its reporting at 2.2ghz. yea, osx86 was also saying it was 4ghz but i fixed that and is now reporting correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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