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:# Carefully read all instructions before proceeding with flashing your BIOS. '''Your machine should be plugged in. It would be a bad, bad thing if your machine is powered off in the middle of flashing your BIOS!''' The decision to flash you BIOS is yours, not mine.

:# Proceed with the flashing of your BIOS. '''When completed, the system will reboot'''.

# There is an applet for the Gnome panel called '''CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor'''. Add this applet to your gnome panel by right-clicking on your panel and then selecting "Add to Panel" and select that applet. Note: If you are running another panel system like '''Avant Window Navigator''' (like me), you can open a terminal and run the command '''gnome-panel''', and add the ''CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor'' applet. Don't worry, when you reboot your machine the settings you make to the CPU Frequency and Scaling Monitor will remain, although the gnome-panel will not be present.

# Click the icon for ''CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor'' and select '''Performance'''.