Quote Originally Posted by KTE View Post
Can you guys please run CPU-Z?


This is what happens when I try to validate it:



wPrime reports false frequencies many times, and usually I've seen it report BIOS frequencies and not current CPU frequency. But CPU-Z will report the current frequency given by PLLs/core. If you have buggy/faulty or unsyncd MB PLLs or BIOS, the frequencies will change and be messy (but CPU-Z will report that real-time).
False or True Frequency? Answer below



I finally figured out what's REALLY going on with this rig. Thanks to AMD's monitoring software, it became quite apparent what's happening with the cores. Somehow, either the PLL or the bios has screwed around with the P-state of Core0, CPU1. A setting in bios allows the cpu's to enter the OS either in maximum performance levels or in power saving mode. I have it set for max performance. It works as it should, except for ONE minor little bug which has resulted in one of the more interesting screenshots I've ever seen:



Core0 is STUCK @ 800mhz in max power-saving mode (as indicated by the bars on its left) while all the 7 other cores run @ 2G. The problem isn't with the cpu's since it happens only with Core0, CPU1 even when I swap sockets. I'm still wondering how it's possible to have only one core running continuously @ 800mhz and 3 @ 2ghz without crashing the OS. (and YES that core is not being mis-read as a Spi1m with affinity set to Core0 turns out a time of >1minute 30 seconds ) This one's definitely going to have to be swapped out for a replacement......