Re: [600X] Fresh Install of Win98SE - should I install SpeedStep?

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From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Oct 18 2001 - 21:15:08 EDT

That is NOT a SpeedStep processor, so installing the SpeedStep Applet will
have no effect at all.
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From: "Kevin Jarrett" <kevin_jarrett_at_hotmail.com>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:15 AM
Subject: [600X] Fresh Install of Win98SE - should I install SpeedStep?

> I just grabbed a P3-500 600X (2645-8EU) off ebay and will be doing a bare
> drive install of Win98.
>
> I've done several of these so I'm sure it'll go smoothly.
>
> I am downloading all the drivers now so I can burn them onto a CD for easy
> loading.
>
> Should I bother with Speedstep? I don't use it on my T21. Is the only
reason
> it's there to throttle the CPU back to save battery power?
>
> Thanks, kj
>
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