How did it go, OP?
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Unfortunately, my PC still was not adequate after the change in settings, but I got hired by another job shortly after. However, I am not quite sure this opportunity is truly secured. I start onboarding tomorrow, so we will see.
Hell yeah to the new job. Hope that works out for you. If it doesn't and you need computer help please ping me, I may have some resources I can move around to assist ;)
Update: Through some power settings, I manage to bump up the processor speed. I reached back out to the recruiter to see if we can proceed. I will let you all know how this goes.
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If we’re talking a pc tower lmk what specs you’re missing I might be able to find something I can send you
How was this tested? You may be able to fake the resulta long enough to upgrade?
It was tested in a Google Meet call, so they could see everything in real time unfortunately.
Damn, sorry to hear that...
This fucking sucks. They should mail you a laptop to do their job, but I know things don't always go that way
Which hardware requirements specifically aren't being met?
My desktop is an all-in-one, and, for that reason, the CPU only uses 1.65 GHz of speed. They require me to have a device that uses at least 2 GHz.
Every other requirement my computer meets, though.
This is such a weird requirement you could literally build a pc with an old ass cpu at 2ghz and it would be slower than a modern pc at 1.6ghz this doesnt make sense. If theres a way to fake the clock speed…. And just say you upgraded it. On windows you can just edit the registry to show a completely different cpu
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
Reminds me of when the Athlon 64 came out! The Pentium 4 was destroying Athlon processors in performance but it ran so hot hitting 2, 3, 4GHz… Then the Athlon 64 drops and being able to do more instructions per clock cycle, ran at a like 30+% “slower” clock speed but performed significantly better. Then the 64x2 comes out and murders the Pentium D. Things were bad for Intel until they plopped out the Core series and THAT rocked.
But yah, if I clocked my CPU now down under 2GHz, it would still perform incredibly for day-to-day tasks! A requirement for an SSD OS drive is my main requirement for any computer now.
8 core intels with sub 2Ghz is actually pretty common, I wonder if they factor core count into this?
I just completely don't understand what job task could be accomplished with 2GHz and ??? IPC but not with 1.65GHz and ??? IPC. Feels like a requirement made by people who have no idea how computers work at all.
Might have just been some arbitrary number someone came up with to weed out people with 2009-era netbooks or something.
Any chance it could be overclocked?
Maybe. I can find that out. I'm not too knowledgeable about hardware components.
If you have any helpful guides on how to resolve this, it'd be tremendously appreciated.
If it's an all in one chances are that overclocking is not enabled in the OEM bios. What brand and model is it? You might be able to get a cheap 1L PC for under $200 on Amazon refurbished, like a Thinkcentre tiny is one of my favorites. I haven't looked in a few but it might be worth a look if you could borrow enough until first payday.
It is an HP All-in-One 24-dd0xxx
Hmmm... I checked this UserBenchmark for what CPU might be in it, non of the listed are 1.65GHz (and of the i3 that is listed, it has a boost of up to 3.40 GHz). What CPU do you have in it?
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Update: Through some power settings, I manage to bump up the processor speed. I reached back out to the recruiter to see if we can proceed. I will let you all know how this goes.
Good to hear. I would like to subscribe to updates to this ongoing issue. I'm willing to bet that the computer nerds of the fediverse can figure something out. If the CPU is thermal throttling a big fan pointed at the machine can help too!
good luck
Can you check what the actual CPU model is? All but one of the processors listed for your model have a base clock at or above 2GHz, and all of them have a boost clock well above 3GHz.
Laptops have low base frequency, even intel cpus released in 2026 have base clocks sitting around 2GHz. They can temporarily reach higher clock speeds (boost or turbo) when they need more performance, which means the base clock speed can be lower.
afaik a 400 mhz bump is totally doable. Without a decent cooler it’s not a long term solution but hopefully you can just spoof the spec check or work the job long enough to afford an upgrade.
As far as steps go it depends on what bios (motherboard) and cpu you have.
I've been seeing your Sisyphean attempts to get through the interview process at various companies for months now. Crossing my fingers that this is the time your suffering finally ends.