Tuesday, February 4, 2003
iPAQ Losing Steam After ROM Update?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 03:24 PM
There's a discussion thread going on over at Brighthand that made me raise an eyebrow - I have no official confirmation on this, but the anecdotal information seems strong that the 1.1 ROM update for iPAQ 3900 series devices actually reduces the speed from 400 mhz to 299 mhz. Have any of you experienced this?
"I am on my second IPaq 3955 from Best Buy after the first one booted up at only 300 mhz a few days after purchase.. I checked the second one in the store before leaving using "speedstepper.exe" (a program to increase or limit clock ratio to increase performance or battery life) and it was the factory 398mhz. After I got home and updated this one to HP's new 1.1 ROM, I noticed it now clocked in at only 299mhz!"
"I am on my second IPaq 3955 from Best Buy after the first one booted up at only 300 mhz a few days after purchase.. I checked the second one in the store before leaving using "speedstepper.exe" (a program to increase or limit clock ratio to increase performance or battery life) and it was the factory 398mhz. After I got home and updated this one to HP's new 1.1 ROM, I noticed it now clocked in at only 299mhz!"
