i have real temp running and it is showing my CPU speed going from 3GHz to 2GHZ when idle ...
what do i need to look for to keep my CPU at 3GHz all the time?
im running an ASUS maximus 2 board with and E8400
im trying to get this figured out so i can OC it ... but dont want to until i can get my CPU to stay at the same speed
Last edited by Copenhagen69; 07-09-2008 at 10:57 AM.
go to bios cpu settings and disable speedstep / c1e
actually you can just disable all of the settings in the cpu menu and manually set your cpu multi if you plan to overclock.
ok i disabled that and it is still going up and down ...
anything else i can disable? ... or uninstall?
You sure you got the right bios options? That should have done it. Also check the speed with CPU-Z cause that will also show you the multiplier...
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Actually, go back into that same cpu menu in bios and see if they are all disabled. if not then you have the same bios bug I had in my p5k3 dlx. After you would disable them and save settings and reboot you would go back and none of the settings actually saved. I ended up having to rma the board. even reflashing the bios wouldn't solve it. go check and come back here.
Last edited by trans am; 07-09-2008 at 11:43 AM.
well i went to CPU config part of the BIOS and disabled both things tans am said to ... they are still disabled ...
wrigley ... i checked cpu-z and it would show 3GHz at multi 9 and then like 2GHZ at multi 6 when idle ... and as i am typing this i saw it drop to 1GHz ....
is the asus epu crap running?Originally Posted by Copenhagen69
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i didnt think i installed that ... but where do i look to see ... i dont see it on the start menu...
its probably not installed then. personally, i hate that software.
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ya i figured that EPU stuff would do something like this ... so i tried to stay away from it ...
hmmm what about a complete reinstall of vista? just in case ... and with disabling speedstep / c1e
think that would help?
anything else in BIOS i could disable/enable that may help?
Last edited by Copenhagen69; 07-09-2008 at 12:49 PM.
And you manually set your multiplier to 9x in the BIOS?
i thought i did ... lemme check to make sure
also you can try going to power options in control panel and switch to always on.
ok i upped the speed of the cpu and it has seemed to fix it ...
its at 3159GHz
multi 9
bus 351
core volt 1.320 .... this one seems a little high ... should it be that high for such a low OC?
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