WTF!!! Phenom II X4 955

ScottALot · 10-28-2009, 02:38 AM

Um, my HDD was acting up, I'm gonna RMA it but now for some odd reason, my AMD Phenom II x4 955 is at 800MHz according to CPU-Z at a multiplier of 4.0 and the BIOS says it's at 3.2GHz

What's goin on here?

FairDoos · 10-28-2009, 02:42 AM

What motherboard are you using?

ScottALot · 10-28-2009, 02:43 AM

A GA-MA790X-UD4P... I just updated BIOS, and now it's fine at 3.2GHz... weird though.

FairDoos · 10-28-2009, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ScottALot

A GA-MA790X-UD4P... I just updated BIOS, and now it's fine at 3.2GHz... weird though.

Yer i read somewhere that if some AM3 Motherboards are backwards compatible sometimes they only have the BIOS settinsg for AM2+ or whatever. Seems odd considering its main priority is AM3. Glad you have it working now though

ganzey · 10-28-2009, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by FairDoos

Yer i read somewhere that if some AM3 Motherboards are backwards compatible sometimes they only have the BIOS settinsg for AM2+ or whatever. Seems odd considering its main priority is AM3. Glad you have it working now though

WRONG!!! Its AMD COOL AND QUIET. it underclocks ur cpu to 800mhz when ur not doin anything to help stay cool

FairDoos · 10-28-2009, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ganzey

WRONG!!! Its AMD COOL AND QUIET. it underclocks ur cpu to 800mhz when ur not doin anything to help stay cool

Lies that. I have AMD Cool & Quiet on and when i leave it and not using it, it never underclocks my CPU + He was using his computer when this was happening so W R O N G

mx344 · 10-28-2009, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ganzey

WRONG!!! Its AMD COOL AND QUIET. it underclocks ur cpu to 800mhz when ur not doin anything to help stay cool

haha

, it was a bois issue, ive heard mutliple people have this problem, and once they updated the bios, BAM! problem solved

StrangleHold · 10-28-2009, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ScottALot

Um, my HDD was acting up, I'm gonna RMA it but now for some odd reason, my AMD Phenom II x4 955 is at 800MHz according to CPU-Z at a multiplier of 4.0 and the BIOS says it's at 3.2GHz

What's goin on here?

More then likely CoolnQuiet kicked in, you need to disable it in the bios and set your power options to always on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FairDoos

Yer i read somewhere that if some AM3 Motherboards are backwards compatible sometimes they only have the BIOS settinsg for AM2+ or whatever. Seems odd considering its main priority is AM3. Glad you have it working now though

That made no sence at all. AM2/+ processors will not even fit in a AM3 socket boards. He has a AM2+ board anyway.

ScottALot · 10-28-2009, 03:04 AM

Well, the thing is it worked before and it just happened. I doubt it was really a BIOS version problem, but a BIOS problem that was corrected by an update.

ScottALot · 10-28-2009, 03:12 AM

Naw, I think on a first boot after unplugging some wires, the CPU goes to a very low clock to make sure heat isn't an issue.

Because I disabled Cool n' Quiet before entering Windows

10-28-2009, 02:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
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10-28-2009, 02:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
FairDoos Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Manchester, UK Age: 16 Posts: 1,270	What motherboard are you using? __________________ CPU:AMD Phenom II 955 BE X4 @ 3.4GHz GPU: ASUS ATi 4890 HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda RAM: 4GB (2 X 2GB) Dominator GT RAM CPU Cooler: Tuniq Tower 120 Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair Formula III

10-28-2009, 02:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
ScottALot Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Janesville, Wisconsin Posts: 1,266	A GA-MA790X-UD4P... I just updated BIOS, and now it's fine at 3.2GHz... weird though. __________________ http://www.scottalot.webs.com/ For Quality Computers Built by Yours Truly Scott a Lot, a lot of Scott. GAMERTAG: XxScotTrickxX , ADD ME DREAM AS IF YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER, LIVE AS IF YOU'LL DIE TODAY -- James Dean MotherBOARD

10-28-2009, 03:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
ScottALot Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Janesville, Wisconsin Posts: 1,266	Well, the thing is it worked before and it just happened. I doubt it was really a BIOS version problem, but a BIOS problem that was corrected by an update. __________________ http://www.scottalot.webs.com/ For Quality Computers Built by Yours Truly Scott a Lot, a lot of Scott. GAMERTAG: XxScotTrickxX , ADD ME DREAM AS IF YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER, LIVE AS IF YOU'LL DIE TODAY -- James Dean MotherBOARD

10-28-2009, 03:12 AM	#10 (permalink)
ScottALot Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Janesville, Wisconsin Posts: 1,266	Naw, I think on a first boot after unplugging some wires, the CPU goes to a very low clock to make sure heat isn't an issue. Because I disabled Cool n' Quiet before entering Windows __________________ http://www.scottalot.webs.com/ For Quality Computers Built by Yours Truly Scott a Lot, a lot of Scott. GAMERTAG: XxScotTrickxX , ADD ME DREAM AS IF YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER, LIVE AS IF YOU'LL DIE TODAY -- James Dean MotherBOARD

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