I run everest to detect my hardware speeds. Everything has been fine for the last 2 years, and all of a sudden my cpu fsb and multiplier are showing low. I thought probably the default settings got tripped as it does once in a great while.
But... all my settings in my bios show correct: 3200mhz with a fsb of 400 and a multiplier of 8.
In windows, my clock speed is presently 1600 and my fsb is 267 with a multiplier of 6.
Its like something is automatically clocking my computer down... I dont know what it could be. I am running a fresh XP install and have about 20 processes running and absolutely no unnecessary applications going.
I went and flashed the newest BIOs hoping that would fix it, but deep down I felt it was probably some sort of hardware issue. The bios flash did nothing.
Anyone know what this could be?
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Update on the problem
Well it seems the problem is the motherboard will not keep the multiplier or memory multiplier where its set. It just goes to the lowest possible which is 6 and 1 for the memory. That explains the speeds. When I set it at default 9/266 it was going to 6/266 for a 1600mhz. When I raised it to 9/400 (should be 3.6), it says 2.4 (6*400).
Now this is the weird thing. When I run cpuz, it says my multiplier is at the proper 9, and the frequency is what is low. Its really *** backwards.
What could this be a symptom of? Im guessing bad motherboard, but im hoping something simple like I need a new cmos battery (lol).
But... all my settings in my bios show correct: 3200mhz with a fsb of 400 and a multiplier of 8.
In windows, my clock speed is presently 1600 and my fsb is 267 with a multiplier of 6.
Its like something is automatically clocking my computer down... I dont know what it could be. I am running a fresh XP install and have about 20 processes running and absolutely no unnecessary applications going.
I went and flashed the newest BIOs hoping that would fix it, but deep down I felt it was probably some sort of hardware issue. The bios flash did nothing.
Anyone know what this could be?
edit:
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Update on the problem
Well it seems the problem is the motherboard will not keep the multiplier or memory multiplier where its set. It just goes to the lowest possible which is 6 and 1 for the memory. That explains the speeds. When I set it at default 9/266 it was going to 6/266 for a 1600mhz. When I raised it to 9/400 (should be 3.6), it says 2.4 (6*400).
Now this is the weird thing. When I run cpuz, it says my multiplier is at the proper 9, and the frequency is what is low. Its really *** backwards.
What could this be a symptom of? Im guessing bad motherboard, but im hoping something simple like I need a new cmos battery (lol).
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