topic Clock speed drops 40% when not using AC adapter in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/clock-speed-drops-40-when-not-using-ac-adapter/m-p/55424#M51975 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi People, <BR />I am a happy owner of a brand new FW41E/H notebook.<BR /><BR />I noticed that my clock speed drops from 1,99 GHz to 1,20 GHz when I pull out the power supply.<BR />This is not desirable...the laptop becomes noticable SLOW.<BR />I want to use the pc for gigs (use with Traktor Scratch) and often there's no 230VAC available.<BR /><BR />How can I ensure the pc works optimal, also when only powered on battery?<BR />If it works 2 hours on battery only, i'm satisfied. The specs showed me 150 mins so that must be possible?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance for your comments..<BR /><BR />Theoz<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:42:39 GMT DJTheoz 2009-10-09T08:42:39Z Clock speed drops 40% when not using AC adapter https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/clock-speed-drops-40-when-not-using-ac-adapter/m-p/55424#M51975 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi People, <BR />I am a happy owner of a brand new FW41E/H notebook.<BR /><BR />I noticed that my clock speed drops from 1,99 GHz to 1,20 GHz when I pull out the power supply.<BR />This is not desirable...the laptop becomes noticable SLOW.<BR />I want to use the pc for gigs (use with Traktor Scratch) and often there's no 230VAC available.<BR /><BR />How can I ensure the pc works optimal, also when only powered on battery?<BR />If it works 2 hours on battery only, i'm satisfied. The specs showed me 150 mins so that must be possible?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance for your comments..<BR /><BR />Theoz<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:42:39 GMT https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/clock-speed-drops-40-when-not-using-ac-adapter/m-p/55424#M51975 DJTheoz 2009-10-09T08:42:39Z Re: Clock speed drops 40% when not using AC adapter https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/clock-speed-drops-40-when-not-using-ac-adapter/m-p/55425#M51976 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's the way you have your power options setup in windows.<BR />Change the settings to "max performance" and it should be the same as plugged in although you may want to dim your screen for a bit of extra battery life.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:53:52 GMT https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/clock-speed-drops-40-when-not-using-ac-adapter/m-p/55425#M51976 sonypass33 2009-10-09T13:53:52Z