I posted this here because it seems more of a CPU/motherboard/BIOS thing than a laptop thing, though if I am wrong I will gladly take this thread to Mobile Computing.<BR><BR>In any case, this laptop ...

The Intel Speedstep utility on my Dell notebook will popup a tooltip if the CPU goes into (or comes out of) it's low-speed mode. This is configurable from the Speedstep applet on the Control Panel.