Amd 955 info in cpu-z, is this right??? HELP

just got my new system together and the core speed and multiplier are fluctuating, it does go to 3200mhz but it just doesn't seem right to me i'm running win 7

 

K10 Cool 'N' Quite Dude!

Disable it in the bios if you like

It just under clocks your CPU if it's not under load

 

There are so many posts regarding this, it should be stickied. OP -> Run Orthos or something and then check CPU-Z and you will see your 3.2GHz.

 

sorry i don't have a clue what you mean

 

mmm...

AMD have implemented a function that tells the CPU to run at a slower speed when it is not under full use.

This can be disabled in the BIOS. Under advanced Chipset Config. iirc.

 

Thanks dude I was thinking to myself "wtf that doens't look right!"

 

Hahaha yeah, the same thing happened with my 550BE

 

It's perfectly right, it's just a feature.

 

and i cant see any reason why you might disable it (unless youre OCing, and even then i think normal OCing will work fine with speedstep/cool 'n quiet?) - saves a lot of power when your computer is idle

 

When you are overclocking, once you have found the speeds you want to run i find that PhenomMSRTweaker is great.

Just careful with the voltages, i find if i add +150mv vcore in the bios and in the program use 1.3v i will still get a 1.45 true voltage.

http://phenommsrtweake.sourceforge.net/

 

you need to update your motherboards bios dude.

i had the same problem when i got installed my 955 CPU.

 

if u run orthos (or something that loads the cpu) and it goes to 3.2 then its fine. if it doesnt then u need to update the bios as stated above.

 

if it doesn't read 3.2 in the bios then you need to update it.

this will be a much quicker way of seeing that the CPU is running at.