Dell Defect Turning 2.2GHz CPU Into 100MHz CPU?

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."

Comments

Re:Oh for the love of god ... Throttlegate?

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:class action

[VoltageX]

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