Manufacturer Warranties and Protection Plans

[brangun]

so i bought the HP Pavilion G6 15.6" Laptop featuring AMD Quad-Core A6-3420M - English. and the specs. say 

• Processor
• Processor Type
  AMD Quad-Core A6-3420M
• Processor Cores
  4
• Processor Speed
  2.4 GHz
• Processor Cache
  Information Not Available

but when i turned on the laptop, it says that i have a 1.5 ghz processor speed. Here is my Dxdiag.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/19/2012, 22:14:48
Machine name: BRANDON-HP
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version CCB.03.61.17F.44
Processor: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (4 CPUs), ~1.5GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 5610MB RAM
Page File: 2139MB used, 9080MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

Everything is correct except the processor speed. Here is the link from where i bought the laptop http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-pavilion-g6-15-6-laptop-featuring-amd-quad-co...

I'd give u screen shots but i dun think i can attach photos here. Also i checked the properties on My Computer, and it also says Processor 1.5Ghz. Please write back asap. Thanks.

[rellarillear]

Be aware that laptops will vary the processor speed to save on power consumption/battery life (i.e. when all of thep processing power is not needed).

In the advanced settings of your power management you can dictate the lowest that the processor can go (percentage based), while on power or on battery.

[deusexmachina Valued Contributor]

1.5ghz is the regular speed... 2.4ghz is the turbo boost speed.

[SoMeAm]

Hello,

- brangun, thank you very much for purchasing an HP computer and for your inquiry as some of us are indeed confused by the computer readings which at first appear to be discrepancies.

- rellarillear and deusexmachina, I appreciate very much your responses--very informative!

Regards,