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November 24th 04, 12:56 AM
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AMD Athlon 64 3500 Reporting 990 MHz
Just did a BIOS update on my MSI K8T NEO FIR. Now XP is reporting a 990
MHz clockspeed. The MSI WMI utility tells me this much... Name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Max ClockSpeed : 2200 MHz Current ClockSpeed : 990 MHz External Clock : 200 MHz Upgrade Method : undefined L2 Cache Size : 512 Kb Display Availability : Running/Full Power PowerManagement Supported : false Status : OK So at least it knows it can be 2.2 GHz. It was working fine before. Is there a setting in the BIOS that may have changed to slow the clockspeed? I didn't change anything other than enabling the cool & quiet feature. That certainly shouldn't slow the clockspeed. 
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November 24th 04, 07:09 AM
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nikoli wrote:
Just did a BIOS update on my MSI K8T NEO FIR. Now XP is reporting a 990 MHz clockspeed. The MSI WMI utility tells me this much... Name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Max ClockSpeed : 2200 MHz Current ClockSpeed : 990 MHz External Clock : 200 MHz Upgrade Method : undefined L2 Cache Size : 512 Kb Display Availability : Running/Full Power PowerManagement Supported : false Status : OK So at least it knows it can be 2.2 GHz. It was working fine before. Is there a setting in the BIOS that may have changed to slow the clockspeed? I didn't change anything other than enabling the cool & quiet feature. That certainly shouldn't slow the clockspeed. You've answered your own question here- Cool'n'Quiet most definately does slow the clock speed if the system is mainly idle- see www.amd.com "The Key Benefits of AMD Cool‘n’Quiet™ Technology a Consumer: * Reduces heat output from your PC * Quiet PCs for a quiet home * Performance on demand to conserve power"
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November 24th 04, 06:52 PM
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dion_b wrote:
nikoli wrote: Just did a BIOS update on my MSI K8T NEO FIR. Now XP is reporting a 990 MHz clockspeed. The MSI WMI utility tells me this much... Name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Max ClockSpeed : 2200 MHz Current ClockSpeed : 990 MHz External Clock : 200 MHz Upgrade Method : undefined L2 Cache Size : 512 Kb Display Availability : Running/Full Power PowerManagement Supported : false Status : OK So at least it knows it can be 2.2 GHz. It was working fine before. Is there a setting in the BIOS that may have changed to slow the clockspeed? I didn't change anything other than enabling the cool & quiet feature. That certainly shouldn't slow the clockspeed. You've answered your own question here- Cool'n'Quiet most definately does slow the clock speed if the system is mainly idle- see www.amd.com "The Key Benefits of AMD Cool‘n’Quiet™ Technology a Consumer: * Reduces heat output from your PC * Quiet PCs for a quiet home * Performance on demand to conserve power" slaps forehead
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