T520, I2520M, turbo boost only working up to 2.9GHZ?

Hi guys, as you can tell from the subject, I'm having trouble reaching the 3.2GHZ on my i2520M with the turbo boost , no matter what I do, it doesn't get past the 2900mhz....what can I do to enable the automatic boost to 3200mhz? Thank you!
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Good day and welcome to the community.
Here a couple of links you may wish to look at:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10362882-23.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130122034142AAQ8s5t
Maybe "working as designed" would be a better description than "marketing trick"?
I think it's worthwhile to leave this thread in place as it may offer useful information to other members with similar questions.
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