dmidecode and overclocking?

I just heard about dmidecode - cool command!

But I have a question about interpretting its output.

Some of our systems show that their CPU's "current speed" is higher than
their "max speed". We don't overclock our systems. Does this mean that
the vendor we purchased the systems from overclocked them without telling
us?

Or is dmidecode lying to us? Or am I just misinterpretting the output?

Thanks!

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:44:29 +0000, Dan Stromberg wrote:

>
> I just heard about dmidecode - cool command!
>
> But I have a question about interpretting its output.
>
> Some of our systems show that their CPU's "current speed" is higher than
> their "max speed". We don't overclock our systems. Does this mean that
> the vendor we purchased the systems from overclocked them without telling
> us?
>
> Or is dmidecode lying to us? Or am I just misinterpretting the output?
>
> Thanks!

Turns out this is a common error.

Apparently motherboard manufacturers often update their hardware design,
but neglect to update the corresponding DMI information in their BIOS.

Also, this "current" and "max" speed pertains to the motherboard, not the
CPU.