i have a advent 7096 laptop with a amd sempron 3000+ cpu the qeustion i have is what the hell is the power output it says in the book 3000+mhz an on diffrents sites its 1.6ghz is this the same and also whaen i look at properties on my computer at tells me my advent is only running 796mhz. now when i first bought it im sure it said 1.6ghz but not sure anyway the heat sink fell off the sempron and it went away to be repaired came back and been fine since but is it possible to heat up so it looses power an is there something amiss here (like the chip got replaced) when in repair ???????
please help

This may be due to the fact that your computer simply slows down the CPU to save battery power, and if it's getting too hot, it will also slow down.

What program are you using to get the clockspeed reading?

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just using the properties thing in my computer to get speed but i use the speed fan program to see what the temp is an it says it runs around 50/53 idle and upto 74 when processor is at max ant touched the clock thing on it yet as i dont wanna break me puter

There's nothing wrong with your laptop. What you're seeing (when the clock changes from 1.6GHz to 798MHz) is a function of AMD's "Cool 'n Quiet" technology that down-clocks the CPU when you're not doing CPU-intensitve tasks in order to reduce heat production and increase battery life (by both not needing the fan on the CPU to be run so often, and also because to down-clock the CPU, less voltage is required, which also saves battery life). This is normal, and integrated into most AMD processor laptops in order to extend battery life.

You can disable this if you go into "Power Options" in the Control Panel and change the power profile. Here are the settings you should be concerned with:

Always On: The computer's CPU is run at full speed regardless of whether it's on batteries or AC power. This uses the most power--you'll also probably notice that the CPU fan is always running.

Minimal Power Management: The computer's CPU is only run at full speed when applications require it, otherwise, the computer's CPU runs at the lower frequency. This is more power-friendly and the CPU fan will only run when it needs to cool off the CPU--like when briefly the CPU speed is increased for an application.

Max Battery: The computer's CPU always runs at the lower frequency regardless of whether applications can use more CPU power--it's locked at 796MHz. Likely the CPU fan won't turn on much--only briefly when the CPU needs to cool off, but won't happen much.

Hopefully that explains the situation for you. I think your temperatures are fine as well--my notebook CPU only goes up to about 54 when it's on full-speed, but the northbridge goes up to 70--I think perhaps you might be looking at the northbridge temp in Speedfan, not the CPU temp--if you're looking at the number that goes in your system tray by default in Speedfan, I think for my laptop the default value was the Northbridge temp sensor's reading--you can change it to the core temp in Speedfan--check out the speedfan website for doing that, or you can just look at the open program to make sure what you're seeing is the CPU temp.

I like to run my laptop on "Minimal Power Management" which doesn't requrie that the CPU is running at full speed all the time, because that means that the CPU fan doesn't have to run all the time--CPU fan life is a concern of mine 'cause I don't want to have to replace the CPU fan. Also, it's kinda unnecessary to run the CPU at full speed if all you're doing is checking your email. But if I am going to be doing something CPU-intensive, I do make sure to change the profile to "Always On." Generally if I'm on batteries, I either keep it at "Minimal Power Management" or "Max Batteries" to lengthen battery life.

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Go to cpu-z.com and run this and it will let you know exactly how your computer is performing.However all of the feedback you have received before mine is very good on this issue!!!!