I7 2.8 ghz running at 0.6 ghz. done a lot of the most common solutions.

[walrusmax651]

Intel I7-2640m 2.8ghz. Running at 0.6 Ghz ive already tried a lot. used a program to stop throttling (which worked) but it expired, changed the system to run at max cpu speed at all times. tried to go into bios. tried running games it just wont go above .6! i feel like its running the speed of my flip phone of 10 years ago. i got it to run normally earlier today but then it stopped. i have all the other data if you need specific numbers. please help.

2 cores
4 logical processors

 

[Paul NZ]

Reset the BIOS then reconfigure the settings

So what happened when you tried to go into the BIOS?? Did you get into it?

 

[walrusmax651]

i got into it, but i had already reconfigured the settings of the minimum and maximum cpu output. is there something else i can do in there?

 

[Paul NZ]

You shouldn't have to set it if its working it should detect the speed of the cpu

 

[walrusmax651]

alright, ill try. one second. i feel like ive already done this though

 

[Paul NZ]

Speedstep maybe causing it, but it may not be a good idea to disable it on a laptop

 

[walrusmax651]

so that fixed it for now. i think. but now my disk is at %100 active. and its never done that before. ivve used throttle stopping programs and made sure it stayed cool.

 

[walrusmax651]

honestly there is so much random crap that this thing does... my wifi goes from 0 to 500 then 0 over two seconds. ill come back to this if my cpu slows down again. which im sure it will. thank you though

 

[Paul NZ]

Could be the programs that are making it worse. If speedstep is causing it throttling programs may make it worse

 

[walrusmax651]

im so mad. ive been doing everything i can to fix the laptop... it cam unplugged all of a sudden and the speed shot up. the replacement charger is the problem.