Athlon 3200 processor only reads out at 1293.1

marrryjay · 12-16-2006, 07:31 PM

bought my MB used, Asus A7N8X-E deluxe and it already had an Athlon 3200 installed. Well I bought the game, Need for Speed Carbon today and when I start up the game, it shuts down the puter and put out an error to report to Microsoft. I did send the one and it came back that the drivers were probably not written correctly. Well after checking requirements a little further with the game (it'll check your puter for you) it comes up my processor is only at 1293.1 and I have the Athlon 3200 installed. Well since I put this together the only thing I touched in bios was, no floppy. How can I check the processor speed in bios and how do I change it? Also,,,,,,,,,,,,why would it read so low? Came back to do a little edit. I just went into my computer and checked view system information and the it says it's 1.29GHz.

StrangleHold · 12-16-2006, 07:39 PM

Sounds like you need to set your FSB to 200mhz, 200X11=2200, after that update your chipset drivers and video drivers

ADE · 12-16-2006, 07:48 PM

I had the same problem. Stranglehold is right. Go into BIOS. For me it was under Power BIOS, might not be fore you but its somewhere in the BIOS.

pdc76 · 12-17-2006, 03:40 AM

that's wrong. it's just amd's cool 'n quiet technology. it automatically turns down the processor speed when it's not needed so it will run cooler 'n quieter. you can disable that option in the bios if you want it running full blast all the time.

**The_Other_One** · 12-17-2006, 03:50 AM

Almost certinally Cool 'n Quiet as mentioned. My machine's running at ~1000MHz right now...

ADE · 12-17-2006, 04:01 AM

Oh, so its got AI OC on?

Bobo · 12-17-2006, 04:07 AM

well more like underclocking, but yes.

StrangleHold · 12-17-2006, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Other_One

Almost certinally Cool 'n Quiet as mentioned. My machine's running at ~1000MHz right now...

Didnt know that XP Athlons had Cool & Quiet, care to show me that! We are talking socket A here?

StrangleHold · 12-17-2006, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdc76

that's wrong. it's just amd's cool 'n quiet technology. it automatically turns down the processor speed when it's not needed so it will run cooler 'n quieter. you can disable that option in the bios if you want it running full blast all the time.

Cool'n'Quiet™ Technology Overview
In the past, increased processor performance has often meant increased power consumption and increased noise levels. AMD's Cool'n'Quiet™ technology is an innovative solution available on AMD ((Athlon™ 64)) processor-based systems

pdc76 · 12-17-2006, 07:25 PM

run cpu-z and look at the speed of your cpu when idle, then look at it again after opening a cpu intensive program. you will see the processor speed go up when it's needed. if you shut the program down, you will see the speed go back down. mine goes down to 1200mhz at idle, i think that's the standard idle speed.

12-16-2006, 07:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
marrryjay New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3	Athlon 3200 processor only reads out at 1293.1 bought my MB used, Asus A7N8X-E deluxe and it already had an Athlon 3200 installed. Well I bought the game, Need for Speed Carbon today and when I start up the game, it shuts down the puter and put out an error to report to Microsoft. I did send the one and it came back that the drivers were probably not written correctly. Well after checking requirements a little further with the game (it'll check your puter for you) it comes up my processor is only at 1293.1 and I have the Athlon 3200 installed. Well since I put this together the only thing I touched in bios was, no floppy. How can I check the processor speed in bios and how do I change it? Also,,,,,,,,,,,,why would it read so low? Came back to do a little edit. I just went into my computer and checked view system information and the it says it's 1.29GHz. __________________ Free baby stuff Ford Mustang

12-16-2006, 07:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,466	Sounds like you need to set your FSB to 200mhz, 200X11=2200, after that update your chipset drivers and video drivers __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

12-17-2006, 03:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
pdc76 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 802	that's wrong. it's just amd's cool 'n quiet technology. it automatically turns down the processor speed when it's not needed so it will run cooler 'n quieter. you can disable that option in the bios if you want it running full blast all the time. __________________ Intel QX9650 w/ Ultra-120 Exreme / Evga nForce 780i SLI 4Gb (2x2Gb) Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 2 nVidia 8800GTX SLI / 22" Asus Wide LCD, 19" KDS CRT SB X-FI X-tremegamer FATAL1TY Edition w/ 64Mb X-Ram 2 Sata II 320Gb Raid 0 array, 2 Sata 110Gb Raid 0 array Super Multi Blue Blu-Ray & HD-DVD w/ Lightscribe / Floppy Antec Quattro 1000W Modular PSU / Lian-Li PC-65B case Dual Boot Vista Home Premium SP1, XP Professional SP2

12-17-2006, 03:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Almost certinally Cool 'n Quiet as mentioned. My machine's running at ~1000MHz right now... __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

12-17-2006, 07:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
pdc76 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 802	run cpu-z and look at the speed of your cpu when idle, then look at it again after opening a cpu intensive program. you will see the processor speed go up when it's needed. if you shut the program down, you will see the speed go back down. mine goes down to 1200mhz at idle, i think that's the standard idle speed. __________________ Intel QX9650 w/ Ultra-120 Exreme / Evga nForce 780i SLI 4Gb (2x2Gb) Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 2 nVidia 8800GTX SLI / 22" Asus Wide LCD, 19" KDS CRT SB X-FI X-tremegamer FATAL1TY Edition w/ 64Mb X-Ram 2 Sata II 320Gb Raid 0 array, 2 Sata 110Gb Raid 0 array Super Multi Blue Blu-Ray & HD-DVD w/ Lightscribe / Floppy Antec Quattro 1000W Modular PSU / Lian-Li PC-65B case Dual Boot Vista Home Premium SP1, XP Professional SP2

12-16-2006, 07:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	I had the same problem. Stranglehold is right. Go into BIOS. For me it was under Power BIOS, might not be fore you but its somewhere in the BIOS.

12-17-2006, 04:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	Oh, so its got AI OC on?

12-17-2006, 04:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	well more like underclocking, but yes.

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