Overclock but shows 6x and slow speed? (This is the fix)

[treatmentx]

This is a feature in your BIOS that you must turn off. It's a protection / power saving feature Intel has provided in their chips.

Example : Your FSB is 1600 (or 400QDR), and you set your Multi at 9x in your bios, but when you use CPU-Z it shows up as 2400 at 6x Multi. If this happens to you, then ....

Turn off Speedstep / C1E / EIST in your BIOS, and this problem will disappear 99% of the time.
(While you're at it, turn off other features as well, like Virtualization if you're not using it, etc etc. Provides some cooling gain, supposedly)
AFTER you have found your stable overclock, you can turn these power savings feature back on if you wish to conserve power when your system is idle.

If it doesn't, then post your mobo, bios, cpu, voltages, temps. Everyone will be glad to help, let's just solve the most common mistake first. :beer:

Disable both C1E and Speedstep (sometimes called EIST)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3320/biosselectspeedstepfe4.jpg

[GTengineer]

STICKY PLEASE

But I would add that if stable, then Speedstep and C1E should be left enabled since they will help keep your room cooler and having cooler ambient will ultimately allow for better cpu cooling.

[Tyranos]

Hah, I thought everyone turned this off anyway.

[Surfrider77]

Hah, I thought everyone turned this off anyway.

You would think, but this question pops up as a new thread on at least a weekly basis.

Should certainly be stickied.

[Elluzion]

PLEASE READ THE STICKIES!

[jivetrky]

Yeah, this question comes up all the time...a sticky might be a good idea, but then everyone would just ignore it like they do with all the other stickies. :)

[GTengineer]

Yeah, this question comes up all the time...a sticky might be a good idea, but then everyone would just ignore it like they do with all the other stickies. :)

true but at least we can just copy and paste the link to the sticky :D

[treatmentx]

I figure if this was on the front page, with a title like this, it would've detered most of the questions. I think new people are lazy to click on the "condensed" stickies. I didn't mind it so much, except I saw 3 threads that popped up within hours of each other...

Anyway, with a thread title like this, hopefully it'll resolve most. =)

[ancalime]

Perhaps the title should be in all caps and this post constantly bumped.

[CryptWizard]

For me, when EIST is off in the BIOS, Windows will still SpeedStep the multiplier.

[GTengineer]

For me, when EIST is off in the BIOS, Windows will still SpeedStep the multiplier.

Are you using Vista? Vista has some performance setting that will do this independent of BIOS I believe. I don't use Vista so I cannot be of more help.

[OC Detective]

This is actually in the overclocking sticky already - I guess some people haven't bothered to read it. Hence the continual q's about it.

[bing]

Imo, its worth sticky too, but this thread needs a really good eyecatching thread's title to be effective.

It would be great as well if the OP put some examples of the BIOS screenies from few popular mobos on how to do that.

To all concerning members, a contribution on your BIOS screen on how to do that will be really helpfull and my suggestion is to send it to the OP for him to put those screen shots at the 1st post as a example.


My 0.02




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[GTengineer]

This is actually in the overclocking sticky already - I guess some people haven't bothered to read it. Hence the continual q's about it.

It is but it is buried in there and I don't blame the newbies for not wanting to read through pages and pages for a simple question that can be answered in a single sentence. This is asked often enough that I think it deserves it's own sticky with a descriptive name as bing said.

[White_Pawn]

You would think, but this question pops up as a new thread on at least a weekly basis.

Should certainly be stickied.

:beer:

There literally is a new thread every week. I stopped answering them. LOL

[treatmentx]

downloaded and edited an image, hopefully this will put a stop to 99% of it all

[GotNoRice]

Is this really something that needs to be "fixed"? Seems like it's just people not understanding what's going on.

[treatmentx]

Is this really something that needs to be "fixed"? Seems like it's just people not understanding what's going on.

No, you're right. It's not "broken" per say, but I worded it so that when less overclocking experienced people browse the forums it would easily stand out to them.

(and by me responding to your post, it rebumps it. *high 5* hehe)

Added a picture, hopefully clears up everything.

[batboy]

There literally is a new thread every week.

Sometimes it's daily. This speedstep thing has been out for years now. But, I remember not that long ago we got the same "how do you unlock the multiplier on Intel processors" all the time.

[treatmentx]

*bump*

New week, and someone already started another thread w/ the 6x-9x issue again.

[One Bull]

oh please sticky this, this question is here on a daily basis :(

[jordon]

my god please sticky this before i smash my head into the wall :bang head ... the reason why people will read it , is cause it states the problem in the thread title, the other threads are too general so people skip them over.

[w2richwood]

i vote sticky also
Rich

[drotto25]

Sorry for my ignorance. :p

[aja]

bumpity bump bump BUMP!!!

Keeps popping up

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=528830

[One Bull]

Wow and that's even a member who has been here a long time. this really is one of the basic steps in oc'ing

[DaPoets]

Probably should just add watchdog in there too... That needs to be disabled on intel boards if you want to OC.

[sp33dball]

To the top!

[Evilsizer]

To the top!

yea cause i just another thread asking about this.... :eek:

ok maybe time to add this in my sig....

[treatmentx]

*bump* another thread today

[JudgeDredd]

I just started another thread in General Hardware and was linked to this. Seems I'm having the same problem. The only exception is that I always disable these features and yet it's still giving me this issue in Windows. Gives speed with the 6x multi then I can start Orthos and it bumps it up. But like I said, I've disabled all the Speedstep crap in the BIOS and it still does this. Anyone know what gives?

[El<(')>Maxi]

You must disable C1E under CPU Features in the BIOS on this board, check again ;)

[JudgeDredd]

As I said, these are all the same BIOS settings I had before I formatted, and yet now Windows seems to still recognize the Speedstep.

[Evilsizer]

As I said, these are all the same BIOS settings I had before I formatted, and yet now Windows seems to still recognize the Speedstep.

bios glitch, enable both restart ,go into windows check them both if it working as in lower speed. restart go into bios then disable agian...

[eaglescouter]

Stickey would be good. Topic in Red would be even better :)

Disabling this option would be best. Or at least get it more clearly explained in the bios.....

[JudgeDredd]

bios glitch, enable both restart ,go into windows check them both if it working as in lower speed. restart go into bios then disable agian...

Tried this, doesn't make a difference. And I already tried clearing the CMOS. Seems a BIOS flash is in order, unless I just want to deal with it.

[OC Detective]

Disable your thermal management too.

[aja]

Bumpo!

too many "6x oh my gosh what to do..." threads around...

[smilingcrow]

Tried this, doesn't make a difference. And I already tried clearing the CMOS. Seems a BIOS flash is in order, unless I just want to deal with it.You can change the settings for EIST, C1E, TM2 and the multipliers with RMClock; try using that and see if it helps.

It can be useful to use in conjunction with SetFSB or Clockgen as you can change both the multi and FSB in software so it saves having to enter the BIOS.

[Nosphoros]

I have the same problem with the x6 being reset, ect.

I am operating under Windows Vista Home Premium x64 with a P6N Platinum board. Tried a lot of things.. still doesn't stick with the OC unless the CPU is under a lot of load.

Any ideas?

[Evilsizer]

I have the same problem with the x6 being reset, ect.

I am operating under Windows Vista Home Premium x64 with a P6N Platinum board. Tried a lot of things.. still doesn't stick with the OC unless the CPU is under a lot of load.

Any ideas?

vista overrides the EIST/C1E in bios... you need to go to the power options in vista and change them...

[Nosphoros]

Tried the Vista fix, changed it from balanced to uh, performance? Nothing changed. :(

Oh well, at least it keeps the processor cool....

[sp33dball]

To the top! Yay