/proc/cpuinfo oooops!

[feta]

dear all

i ve got a fujitsu-siemens Amilo A laptop with an Athlon64 3700+

i am running fedora core 1 - i386 and not the x86_64 version as i was afraid of incompatibilities, with kernel version 2.4.22-1.2199.nptl

well my problem is that my /proc/cpuinfo shows:

processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 798.255
cache size : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush
mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 1592.52


an athlon64 3700+ should run more than 798.255 MHz even in a 32 - bit linux version, am i correct or am i missing something crucial...
in addition i dont think that i have something running that could decreases my cpu speed
(anyway i saw the /proc/cpuinfo at 798.255 when my laptop was connected to a power source without the battery installed)

would somebody enlighten me what might be going wrong? i mean its such a shame to have a processor like this and not take advantage of it...

thanks for your help

christos

[Dog-One]

I'd take a shot that Cool-n-Quiet is activated in BIOS somehow, though my Althlon 64 2800 never goes below 1000 MHz.

I do know that it's also a bit of a waste to cut the number of bits your CPU can process in half by running the 32-bit OS. If it were me, I honestly think I'd give FC3 x86_64 a try and see if you can get that machine solid, even if I had to purchase another hard disk to try it with.