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Dell Defect Turning 2.2GHz CPU Into 100MHz CPU?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the making-the-pr-department-work-for-their-paycheck dept.

jtavares2 writes "In what is being dubbed Throttlegate, scores of users on many message boards have been complaining about nexplicably aggressive throttling policies on their Dell Latitude E6500 and E6400 laptops which cause their CPUs to be throttled to less than 5% of their theoretical maximums even while at room temperatures. In many cases, the issue can be triggered just by playing a video or performing some other trivial, but CPU intensive, task. After being banned [PDF] from the Dell Forums for revealing 'non-public information,' one user went so far as to write and publish a 59-page report [PDF] explaining and diagnosing the throttling problem in incredible detail. Dell seems to be silent on the issue, but many users are hoping for a formal recall."

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  1. Re:Oh for the love of god ... Throttlegate? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    NOU

  2. Re:Oh for the love of god ... Throttlegate? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I agree...it's no longer clever when *anything* that elicits a response in the media is called ______gate.

    OMG, Woodsgate, Golfgate or Tigergate (Tiger Woods Crashes)
    OMG, Sungate (Oracle buys Sun)
    OMG, Afghanagate (Obama gives new Afghan stragey)
    OMG, Slashgate (all the dupes)

    It's such a horrible trend, I dub this, GATEGATE.

  3. Re:Has anyone been able to see the report? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That makes it sound like it could be a C/F conversion problem.

  4. Re:class action by VoltageX · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Step 4: Lawyers profit, everyone else gets $5 off at the Dell shop.

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  5. Just like Apple by kimvette · · Score: 1, Insightful

    After being banned [CC] [PDF] from the Dell Forums for revealing 'non-public information,' one user went so far as to write and publish a 59-page report [CC] [PDF] explaining and diagnosing the throttling problem in incredible detail.

    Wow, so they're just like Apple!

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  6. Re:The E-series has been craptastic all along by couchslug · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "At least when the Optiplex GX260 power supplies all failed a few years ago, it was easy enough to fix them. These things are abhorrent."

    When the motherboards failed on GX260s a few years ago, it was a monumental pain in the ass.

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  7. Re:100Mhz? by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The last time that joke was funny was when your UID was considered 'high'

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  8. Re:Seriously - People need to Proofread these thin by jtavares2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I know everyone, I'm sorry.. I noticed my spelling mistake right after hitting 'submit' but it was too late. The right word must have been missing from my head... SCORES SCORES SCORES SCORES