[Ti] On restart cpu reduces from 867mhz to 566mhz (Longish-please clip for reply)

[Loren Schooley]

Just a gess, but toy with you're Energy Saver settings.

> From: Bill Horn <riverat at mac.com>
> Reply-To: "PowerBook G4 Titanium List"<Titanium at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:35:13 -0600
> To: "PowerBook G4 Titanium List" <Titanium at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [Ti] On restart cpu reduces from 867mhz to 566mhz (Longish-please
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> 
> I have a 12" AL Powerbook/867/640mb/40g/Superdrive.  After installing
> 10.3.2 and restarting, I noticed a perceptible drop in performance.  I
> checked the cpu frequency using Terminal and typing in "sysctl
> hw.cpufrequency" and it returned 56666666.  I checked out my settings
> in the Energy Saver control panel in System prefs and set everything to
> highest performance, even in Battery mode and restarted.  Still showed
> the lower mhz setting.  I shut down completely and performed a PMU
> reset, then started up.  The mhz had returned to 86666666, or normal
> for this machine.  Every time I have to restart, say, after an install
> that requires it, I have to shutdown and perform the PMU reset to
> return to the correct mhz.  I have done a "archive and install"
> re-installation to no avail.  I have run TT 4, Disk Warrior and Apple's
> Hardware test disk, nothing helps or indicates a problem.  Anybody here
> have this problem?  I have read some on Apple's boards are experiencing
> it, but in most reports it seems to be intermittent .  I am almost
> ready to call Apple as my machine is still in its first year of
> warranty.  I think it is a software problem, but cannot locate the
> software that would be resetting the cpu on restart.  I suppose it
> could be a logic board problem, what do you think?  I don't need a
> bunch of advice on whether I should call Apple or send it back, I know
> those are options, I just want to hold on to my PB if I can.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill Horn
> 
> hi woz
> 
> 
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