You can also set the processor to change its speed automatically. This enables the computer to switch to low speed whenever it needs to access a diskette drive, but run at high speed for all other operations.

Note

You may not want to use the automatic setting for certain copy-protected programs. See “Changing the Processor Speed” in Chapter 4 for more information.

In addition to selecting the default operating speed through the Setup program, you can change the speed temporarily by entering a keyboard command or running the ESPEED program. See “Changing the Processor Speed” in Chapter 4 for details.

Follow these steps to set your processor speed:

1.At the main Setup menu, highlight Processor speed. The current status appears:

Speed: High

If the displayed setting is correct, skip the rest of this section.

2.To change the processor speed, press IEnter The cursor moves into the submenu and you see another menu:

High

Automatic

Low

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