Have you eliminated the cause of overheating - usually a build up of dust
around parts of the fan and ducting? Till you do, nothing will get better.
Once you do, you may not have a problem. Most processors protect themselves
fairly well. Messing with the software is a waste of time till you eliminate
the heating in the first place. Figure on cleaning out the machine at least
a couple of times per year depending on how dusty your environment is.
Good luck


"Crunch" wrote in message
...

Hi all...So I've let my laptop overheat several times, and all of a
sudden, I found it to be slow! As molasses. I ran some utilities (PC
Doctor 5 which ships with all IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads), and that gave it a
passing grade!

So I run my trust tool "PC Wizard", and even when I have it plugged in,
turn the battery scheme to "Maximum Performance", PC Wizard only ever
displays 997.45MHz anymore. No more 2.33GHz, which is what my T7600 runs
at. I turned OFF the Enhanced SpeedStep in the BIOS, and also attempted
a few other workarounds but it won't budge.

Is it normal for a CPU to still work at a MUCH lower speed after it
overheats a few times??? I'm typing on it now, and everything works
great, except (or so I think) the CPU...Hmmm...

Is it possible I just need to reinstall Vista, which I've been wanting
to do for about a month now, but haven't had the time to deal with it!??

Is there a way to determine the speed of the CPU, and do you guys have
any advice for me for any and/or all of the above??

Thanks guys!!!!!!! I need to get a new T7600 ASAP! *IF* it really IS
the CPU, that is!

Thanks for your help!


--
Crunch

I love my gadgets: T60p, *15" UXGA* *AFFS IPS Flexview* LCD, *T7600*
Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz, Atheros AR5008 *WiFi 802.11n*, ATI FireGL V5200
256MB, *Intel X25-M 80GB SSD*, Vista Ultimate *64-bit* SP1, Linksys
WRT610N *DUAL-N* bands; SlingBox *PRO-HD*, Treo Pro, Blackberry BOLD