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| 720884 | 2008-11-17 13:23:00 | hi, i purchased a shop-new computer about 4 years ago. it's been looked after to a resionable standard and i've since reformatted a few times. i downloaded www.wizard-soft.com (CPU speed testing utility) and it shows up as 1.6 ghz (no other applications) any ideas on what may be causing me to lose massive amounts of speed. thanks, Ben |
ice (12957) | ||
| 720885 | 2008-11-17 17:34:00 | What type of CPU? It may be that the front side bus is set incorrectly in the BIOS. i.e. 266MHz instead of 333MHz. The other thing it could be is the power settings of the computer. CPUs have, for a while now, technology built in that automatically slows the CPU speed down to save power and then speeds up as more power is needed. If you have your power settings set to 'Always On' that usually sets the CPU to full speed all the time. Any other setting tells the CPU that you want to conserve power when the computer is not doing much. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 720886 | 2008-11-17 19:13:00 | I had this same problem last week and solved it via google I had a P4 3.0Ghz running at only 1.5Ghz on the correct settings, and nothing could fix it, bios resets, bios updates, pull eveything out and reinsert...nada I was about to give it the heave when i saw a thread about putting some new thermal paste on the CPU, yet temps were only in the high 40's low 50s in the bios (not overly high) Threw some new paste in and straight away it was back to the old 3.0Ghz!! Yay google wins again, and my PC lives until the next issue i guess Cant hurt to give it a crack? |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 720887 | 2008-11-17 19:56:00 | Download cpu-z, it will advise your cpu model stepping, multiplier and FSB, we can then inform you what is happening, i believe it is probably stepping to conserve energy when not under load... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 720888 | 2008-11-17 20:41:00 | You can't always trust the program you download to say its at the right speed. ie cpu-z says i have a 6x multiplyer on my e8400 but its locked at 9x Try default setting on bios, and when your there go to pc health or something like that and see what the bios speed reads. |
Q man (14225) | ||
| 720889 | 2008-11-17 20:47:00 | This is doing the same thing with CPU-z Its going between x6 and 12.5 (1.2 and 2.5 - this is for the E5200) I think it has something to do with Speedstep (en.wikipedia.org) It lowers the speed, to generate less heat |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 720890 | 2008-11-18 07:19:00 | Check bios to see if "cool n Quiet" is activated. Thats the Gigabyte name. Asus will have one as well. it's the option to save power, run cooler and quieter. It sucks. it works sort of in reverse. it doesn't turn power down when idle for a while, it turns CPU's to half speed and only turns them up on demand. trouble is it is slow to respond and and only goes to full speed in fits and starts. turn it off and see is it helps. | jtester (9712) | ||
| 720891 | 2008-11-18 09:05:00 | You can't always trust the program you download to say its at the right speed. ie cpu-z says i have a 6x multiplyer on my e8400 but its locked at 9x Try default setting on bios, and when your there go to pc health or something like that and see what the bios speed reads. It says 6 because the cpu has throttled.....9 and nothing above, when the cpu is idle, the multiplier drops to 6 to save energy....most of the time my quad runs 6 x 333 (266 stock) = 2000mhz, when under load, it kicks back to 9 x 333 = 3000mhz. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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