sysctl hw.cpufrequencyWhen I did this the first time I received the following as the output:
hw.cpufrequency: 5333333334So, for some reason, my computer thought that my 867mhz G4 chip was only capable of running at 533mhz. Evidently, it is tied into Power Management. So, if you do this with similar results, shut down your computer, then hit the SHIFT+CTRL+OPTION+POWER and hold them down for a slow ten count. Now boot up your computer.[UPDATE: For those of you with RAM disks, from the KB article linked below: "Warning: Resetting the Power Manager on any PowerBook or iBook will permanently remove a RAM disk, if present, and all of its contents." Word to the wise...] After doing this, I ran the sysctl hw.cpufrequency from the command line and received the following output:
hw.cpufrequency: 866666664Back to normal. Anyway, now everything is running even faster and zippier than it was after I installed Panther, so who knows how long I have been running at half speed. I might put this in a diagnostic script. We'll see. In the meantime, here's the somewhat unknowledgable Knowledge Base Article on the phenomenon. Also, what is going on Apple? Memory leaks are a plague of the PeeCee community that I am all too familiar with from working in a computer lab, but PERSISTENT PROCESSOR LEAKS?! And as the Knowledge Base Article states it is due to a circuit; it is another hardware problem. I wish they had at least publicized the possibility of this in some real way, so that users could be doing what is stated above as a part of their regular maintenance check on the computer.
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