I think I've sorted my problem with Amilo A1630 w/ 3200+ and not getting past
the 800 Mhz mark. I am not saying it is a fix but it has worked for me. I
updated the Fujitsu/AMI BIOS to the reference Uniwill BIOS 1.05. I did not
breathe the entire process but lo and behold, into Vista and we have
performance!
Went from a 1 rating to a whoppin' 3! (yes, I know....)
I was previously using Fujitsu-Siemens BIOS 1.03c. Never needed to update it
really. They have released a 1.04 and I should have tried that first but went
to the Uniwill site and downloaded the 1.05 BIOS from
http://www.uniwill.com/UserDownload/258KA0/258KA0.php because I hate Fujitsu.
A note to "I told you so'ers", there are STILL no useful options with these
BIOS ROMs and there are still no settings within to enable Cool n Quiet or
Turbo or whatever has to do with the proc. I reckon something sneaked it's
way in.
Another word of warning. This flash caused all of my hardware to have to be
reinstalled. XP spat me back out so tried Vista and it handled it all for me
nicely. Oh, and these laptops do not come with legacy floppy drives but you
can always boot to memory key and do the flash.
Hope this helps someone. Please remember though, I half expected the
notebook to catch alight at anytime, that's how daring I felt. Don't do it if
you don't mind waiting!
Oh and did I warn you not to do it?
I'm headed back into XP now, see if I can get working again. Checks and
balances.
He who dares. Good luck!