cat /proc/cpuinfo shows full throttle

["Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@gmail.com>]

I'm confused here
when doing a cat /proc/cpuinfo
with an idle system,
I see cpu MHz at 2167.000;
should be at 1000.00
(when settled down);

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T7400  @ 2.16GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 2167.000
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge 
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm 
constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 
ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow
bogomips        : 4322.36
clflush size    : 64
power management:

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T7400  @ 2.16GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 2167.000
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 1
initial apicid  : 1
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge 
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm 
constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 
ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow
bogomips        : 4322.52
clflush size    : 64
power management:

the only changes to the system were
compiling xorg from git
which had me running after one dependency to the next.
(I honestly can't remember what xproto thing/whatever
package that might cause this);
any ideas would be appreciated.

In any case the system is idle and quiet.
it just says full throttle when it should say
nice and quiet.

regards;

Justin P. Mattock