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    clock speed maxing out at 1/6th of my processors capabilities please help

    thanks just looked at all my setting's now when I plugged in my ac a notification is popping up stating that the power source cannot be determined and to use a dell 45w ac adapter,....but I am using the one from the factory :/ the notification also states the the computer will not charge and...
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    clock speed maxing out at 1/6th of my processors capabilities please help

    Okay I have isolated the problem toit only occurs when I am running off of the ac adaptor when I unplug it, it is working at normal speeds, anyone know what causes that or why
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    clock speed maxing out at 1/6th of my processors capabilities please help

    Hello i have a dell inspirion WITH a i5 cpu-5200u @2.2ghz it has 8 gigs of ram. My issue is that for days at a time it will all of a sudden reduce its clock speed to a maximum of .48ghz and will not increase therefore I cant run my games or anything what is causeing this and how do I fix it...