CPU Problem.

[sublimejammer]

Well i'm having a bit of problem, it turns out that i've this computer for about 6 months now, and i've just now figured out that it's only running at half the speed it should be running at.

I have a AMD 3500+ 2.21 GHz, and according to CPU-Z i'm only running at 1005.1 MHz on Core speed, x 5.0 on multiplier, and 201.0 MHz on HTT.

If anyone could help on how I could get the speed back up to normal, that would be a big help. I'm on AIM 24/7 @ sublimejammer.

Thanks.

 

[grits]

If you have cool-n-quiet enabled, that's normal.

 

[Kakumba]

yup, C'n'Q would do that. disable it if you want, but unless overclocking theres no need.

 

[RichUK]

Like people have said, Cool and Quiet is enabled within your BIOS. It doesn?t really cause any loss of performance, because when you put the processor under any load, the multi will go backup to 11x and you will get the full speed form your processor.

If you want the processor to be running at full speed all the time, then disable C'n'Q in the BIOS.

 

[sublimejammer]

Will it effect my computer at all if i turn it off?

 

[sublimejammer]

Alright guys, I turned Cool and Quite off, but its still only running at half the speed? Does anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[996GT2]

If you turn off Cool and Quiet, your CPU runs at full speed all the time and thus runs a bit hotter and uses a bit more power. Personally, even on my overclocked system, I leave it on and also run a program called RMClock, which lets the CPU adjust from 1 Ghz all the way to 2.66 GHz in about 6 increments. Without RMClock, there are only 2 increments, either around 1 Ghz or full speed.

There shouldn't be a performance loss because your CPU will automatically adjust speed depending on CPU usage; this saves power and results in a cooler running CPU. If you really want to turn it off though, you can either do it in the BIOs or in Windows by going to Control Panel / Power Management and setting it to "Office/Desktop" or something similar.

 

[sublimejammer]

I did turn it off and its still running at half the speed.

 

[996GT2]

Did you check in the BIOS to make sure that the multi is set at 11X? Some mobos have a manual multiplier option that defaults to 5X.

Also if you just turned it off in BIOS try turning it off in Windows also; if that doesn't work try downloading RMClock, setting the "Max performance" setting to 11X multi, and clicking the icon to set your CPU for "Max performance" to try to force 11X multi.

Also check CPU-Z while your computer is under load to see if the speed goes up

 

[sublimejammer]

What would it be called in the BIOS to switch it to 11x, and where can I get that RMclock?

 

[996GT2]

I don't know about your mobo, but in mine its under Cell Menu/CPU FID/VID change. Look for something that says multiplier or something like that

RMClock
http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml

 

[sublimejammer]

Alright well since we both have MSI mobo's then it should have the same interface. I went into the Cell Menu / CPU FID/VID change, I didn't see anything that had to do with multiplier, if maybe you can guide me through this a little more, or take a picture that would be great, lol.

Your help is appreciated.

 

[996GT2]

well I'm assuming you have a K9N Platinum/SLi Platinum or similar (hopefully with the 1.1 or 1.2 BIOS, if not get 1.2 from MSI's site). Go into Cell Menu, go to CPU Frequency Configuration, set CPU FID/VID change to manual, and set the multiplier to 11X from there.

 

[sublimejammer]

Alright actually i have a big update, i got that program you wanted me to download and I set the multiplier to 11x and it solved my problems, but i dont want to have to have a program to set the speed, but anyways i have a K8N Neo4 mobo, could you link me to the BIOS 1.2?

 

[996GT2]

well for your mobo IDK if the BIOS version is 1.2, but just go on MSI's site, go to products, find your mobo and you will find BIOS updates and stuff there...

 

[sublimejammer]

so wait a minute here, i have to put it on a floppy?

 

[sublimejammer]

bump

 

[Piccoro]

MSI does have a live update program that should update your bios within windows. Although a lot of people still say floppy is the only way to go when updating a bios.

 

[996GT2]

I've used liveupdate in the past and found it to be perfectly fine for updating the BIOS. It's pretty much fail-safe in its setup; if the BIOS update within Windows fails, the program gives you the option of using a floppy to update because it makes a BIOS update floppy in the process of the update.