2188 mhz???????

[Invictus]

Suddenly its gone from 2200 to 2188. In the bios its still 2200. Ive restarted it a few times always 2200 in bios but 2188 in system information.Whats going on??

A64 3500+
stock everything except for the xtra g of ram. And then ram has been in there since i bought the pc so it couldent be that.

[Heidfirst]

Sounds like you have spread spectrum enabled.

[Invictus]

Could you explain it to me?

[Ezzo]

I found something that could explain it,
http://www.short-media.com/forum/arc...p/t-13096.html

[Invictus]

Well why would it all the sudden change like that. Its never said anything other then 2200 since ive had the pc and believe me i check alot. oooooooooooo wait. I dl this program i dident think was going to work for my graphics processor but it was suposed to overclock it atitool is what it was called but i dident even attempt to adjust anything because it said my version wasnt supported. but that shouldent have anything to do with my processor speed. This is a hp computer. Also can anyone tell me how to fix it please because its really bugging me

[Invictus]

Anyone?????........I never enabled anything to affect its clock speed its the same setup as when i took it out the box with the exception of the ram and i changed the graphics card from a quality setting to a performance setting. But neither of those are obviously the reason. I mean its not like i can go into my bios and fix it cuz its a damn hp( thers no options for anything in my bios). I cant figure out how to fix it ive googled it yahooed it teomaed . I even asked the IT guy who helps my parents out. He has no idea. Its really driving me crazy knowing its running at 2188 . And i dont want to overclock right now ( partially because i cant ) i just want it to run at what its supposed to.
*EDIT*
Ok so i just restarted my pc went into my ati tray icon for my graphics processor went to that system information and it read 1.77 ghz. Ok whats going on? its obviously not the spread spectrem thing. Because now my bios says 2200 my system information on windows says 2188 and my system information from my ati tray icon is 1770 mhz. Im so confused ....which is it running at and why is it doing all this.

[nark]

download CPU-Z and post the results here. It should tell us whats going on. Cool n quiet might be enabled.

[_dangtx_]

just push the bus over stock and get some more out of it.in any case,a few mhz wont kill ure performance

[Invictus]

CPU-Z Report

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CPU-Z version 1.31.


CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Code Name Venice
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Family / Model / Stepping F F 2
Extended Family / Model F 2F
Brand ID 4
Package Socket 939
Core Stepping DH-E6
Technology 90 nm
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64
CPU Clock Speed 994.9 MHz
Clock multiplier x 5.0
HTT Bus Frequency 199.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 994.9 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 128 bits



Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer ASUSTek Computer INC.
Motherboard model Amberine M, 1.03
BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS revision 3.07
BIOS release date 07/29/2005
Chipset ATI Radeon RS480 rev. 10
Southbridge ATI SB400 rev. 00




Memory
DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size 1536 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 199.0 MHz
FSBRAM CPU/5
CAS# Latency 3.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 4 clocks
RAS# Precharge 4 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 8 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (TRC) 12 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks
# of memory modules 4
Module 0 Infineon DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 256 MBytes
Module 1 Infineon DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 256 MBytes
Module 2 DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
Module 3 DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes



Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c

[John C]

You must have Cool & Quiet running, which will throttle the CPU depending on demand. If you have it enabled in the bios, did you install the AMD driver for it?

[Invictus]

I just restarted and went into the bios and there is no cool and quiet option in there. actually there really isnt many options in there. Bios still reads 2200 and system info still 2188 but now system properties reads 2.19 instead of 1.77? And i havent installed any drivers for amd since i bought this pc 2 monthes ago.

[Heidfirst]

"CPU Clock Speed 994.9 MHz
Clock multiplier x 5.0"
says to me that you do have C'n'Q enabled.

probably in the power management section of the BIOS - what board?