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  1. 12-16-2002, 06:05 PM #1
    datamike
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    How do I tell the CPU speed?

    Hi, I am trying to find out the CPU speed on this Linux box and a SCO UNIX box. I have tried the uname -a and even uname -X on an old SCO box. It returns either i386 or i80386 on the SCO box. Well I know that much > Does anyone know how to find the actual speed? Thanks in advance.
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  2. 12-16-2002, 06:12 PM #2
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    Code:
    cat /proc/cpuinfo
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  3. 12-17-2002, 07:08 PM #3
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    Thanks cloverm! Just as a note. If you type hw at a shell on a SCO UNIX box, it tells you the same info as catting cpuinfo.
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  4. 12-20-2002, 02:31 PM #4
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    how about watching the POST?
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  5. 12-20-2002, 03:34 PM #5
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    SD, who was that aimed at?
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  6. 12-20-2002, 06:24 PM #6
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    [quote author=datamike link=board=1;threadid=5884;start=0#56349 date=1040402084]
    SD, who was that aimed at?
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    i think it was aimed for you. POST being when the computer first turns on and it says 200MHz foo or whatever.
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  7. 12-20-2002, 06:31 PM #7
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    Ahhh I see. Thanks Gorn. I am in the enviornment that I can't reboot the machine to see the boot messg so I needed a way to do it while the box is up. But anyway, thanks for the input.
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  8. 12-21-2002, 07:09 AM #8
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    POST == Power On Self Test
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  9. 12-21-2002, 08:05 AM #9
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    Take the enclosure off the case and say "Go faster CPU!!"
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  10. 12-21-2002, 12:39 PM #10
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    Re:How do I tell the CPU speed?

    There's also the dmesg | more for finding out which speed..
    Also, name brands HP, Compaq, Dell, so on don't show the post like cloned systems do......... :
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