Q6600 Extremly strange Multi issue

SkiBum1207

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Ok so I am running my Q6600 at 444x8 to get a speed of 3.55Ghz. However when ever I prime, In cpu-Z the multiplier drops down to 6 and when load is removed it goes back up to 8. I Have disabled Esisit and C1e but it makes no difference. Anyone know whats goin on?

 

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The OS can forse speedstep on.

Are you using Vista?

 

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yes I am, how do i disable this?

 

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woa thats wierd, maybe its rong try a diff program to moniter.

 

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cabose1227 said:

woa thats wierd, maybe its rong try a diff program to moniter.

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I have used both cpu-z and Ai-suite and both match, i know its weird ive never heard of this happening

However core temp reports the multi at 8? so what to trust

 

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I dont know where it is for sure in vista cause I havent used vista but if I had to guess it would be in the Power saving features .

 

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yea thats what I thought and I played around with the min/max prossesor usage with no avail, now it bounces from 6 to 8 but mostly stays on 6

 

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it should only be 6 when you don't do any thing, 8 at load so thats really wierd.

 

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Change your power profile to "High Performance"

Right click on the desktop and go to "Personalize"
When the personalization window pops up, click on "Screen Saver"
When the screen saver window pops up, click "Change power settings"
Make sure that "High Performance" is selected.

 

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Well, CoreTemp is usually wrong on the multiplier when you use a non-stock multiplier. Since the Q6600 stock multi is 9x, you can completely ignore what CoreTemp says.