1.5ghz spiking to 8ghz

[jason_ts]

I have a toshiba satellite M43 laptop that has recently started spiking from 1500 Mhz to nearly 8000Mhz, and random speeds in between, for a second or two and then drop back (according to HWINFO32). Why? What could possibly cause this?

 

[derekullo]

Without more information my guess is that HWINFO32 is some how in error. Your cpu cant even run at 8 gigahertz at stock voltage much less with stock cooling. Although if some how this were true your cpu should have a thermal shutoff built in. Has your laptop been shutting off on its own lately or giving any warnings about temperature?

 

[kyraiki]

Yeah, I would have to agree with derekullo... Speeds like that take liquid nitrogen/helium to achieve. Maybe some sensor is damaged?

EDIT: Wanted to add: If your laptop were running at 8GHz and not switching off for some hellish reason, the heat would be probably be unbearable.

 

[willard]

Your laptop is not running at 8 GHz, not even for a microsecond. You are seeing some kind of bug in the monitoring software, that is all.

 

[kyraiki]

I would suggest a program such as HWMonitor instead. Something a bit more reliable than what gives you 8 GHz at least....

 

[captaincharisma]

seriously, if it did spike to 8ghz your laptop wouldn't even work right now