I get the following output from 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' on my Dell Latitiude D600 laptop with Pentium Mobile 1600 MHz processor: linux:/home/trey # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 9 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 598.162 cache size : 1024 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe tm2 est bogomips : 1182.72 Why might the cpu MHz be off as it is? -- Cheers, Trey --- Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. -- Henry Fielding 1:21pm up 2:20, 3 users, load average: 0.24, 0.18, 0.16 Linux linux 2.6.5-17.14-default #1 Tue May 18 14:09:50 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux