Wrong CPU Speed

[WaldhorN]

I bought a new motherboard for almost a year i think. My CPU used to be a Core 2 Duo 2.18GHZ because ever sinced i changed the motherboard , every program , BIOS , and windows too show me 1.87 GHZ. I have to mention that i updated bios to the latest. I think something is wrong anyway , cuz at my computer it shows me 1.87 and 1.86. Also in bios looks like only one core is working the other one is 0. THx for help

[GroundZero3]

What motherboard do you have?

[WaldhorN]

Sry , forgot to mention , MSI G31-TM P-21

[WaldhorN]

ill get to bios to write here the facts , im not so pro , this is what i thought that is showing only one working

[WaldhorN]

CPU FAN SPEED - 1270 and varies
SYS FAN SPEED 1940 and varies
SYS FAN SPEED 2 - 0
CPU VCORE - 1336 and varies between 1336 and 1320
3.3 V - 3.392 V
5 V - 5.129 V
12 V - 12.488 V

[GroundZero3]

MSI Global – Mainboard - G31TM-P21

have you looked over the manual?

[WaldhorN]

yes , but cant seem to find anything related to this, i have that manual even physically , and couldnt find nothing in it , if you guys cannot me , the ultimate solution would be MSI forums

[ShyguyXPC]

CPU FAN SPEED - 1270 and varies
SYS FAN SPEED 1940 and varies
SYS FAN SPEED 2 - 0
CPU VCORE - 1336 and varies between 1336 and 1320
3.3 V - 3.392 V
5 V - 5.129 V
12 V - 12.488 V

um... this info has very little to do with the CPU, you listed your System and CPU Fan speeds, as well as the PSU's Voltage Rails coming into the system.


Your not even looking in the right place for any CPU Relevant info.

[ShyguyXPC]

Check the CPU or DRAM Overclocking options if there is any, that is most likely where you will find any info on the CPU's clock speeds.


Also if Intel's Speedstep is enabled in the Bios anywhere, disable that and save the settings, reboot and see if that helps.

[ShyguyXPC]

I'm looking at the manual right now (Page 24), you need to access the Cell Menu option in the bios...

as GZ suggested you need to read over the Manual for the motherboard, what you need is in there most likely, at least gives you a good idea of where and what to look at.



What is the exact model of your CPU, at least this way you can look it up online, find out what its CPU FSB setting should be at, and make sure that it is set right in the Bios settings.

You listed it as a Core 2 Duo, but what model of C2D?

[WaldhorN]

This is it E6400 , here is the link
Intel® Coreâ„¢2 Duo Processor E6400 (2M Cache, 2.13 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB))

[WaldhorN]

And by they way i got it on Cell Menu , ill post the info right away
And i have Fail Safe Defaults Settings loaded on the motherboard. You might say now to load optimized defaults , but its the same thing

[WaldhorN]

Intel EIST - Enabled
ADJUST CPU FSP FREQUENCY - 266
ADJUSTED CPU FSB FREQUENCY - 1862
FSB-DRAM RATIO - AUTO
ADJUSTED PCI-E FREQUENCY - 100
AUTO - DISABLE DRAM / PCI FREQUENCY - ENABLED
SPREAD SPECTRUM - ENABLED

These are the settings that Optimized Defaults shows , i switched to fail-safe a couple of minutes ago , and FSB RATiO - 7 appeared , and INTEL EIST got disabled , hope it helped , i am really looking forward to solve this

[paul9]

Are you sure this CPU ever ran at the higher speed?
Does CPU-Z report the CPU model number as a Core 2 Duo E6400, or is this what you remember from when you first built the system?

[WaldhorN]

i am absolutely sure , and no it doesnt , it reports it as 6320 , and i wonder why , i am sure it was 6400 , i even have the old books and stuff , from my old motherboard

[WaldhorN]

anyway i still think that something is totally wrong with the motherboard or the processor , because cpu-z shows the multiplier x6 , and in bios the multiplier is x7 , i started to get nervous now , wtf is wrong with this system ??

[WaldhorN]

Gonna post a screenshot with cpu-z

[WaldhorN]

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3222/70521021.png

[GroundZero3]

CPU-Z is reporting you have the e6320 intel chip dude, not the E6400 as you claim


Intel® Coreâ„¢2 Duo Processor E6320 (4M Cache, 1.86 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB))

So your cpu/speed is fine

[ShyguyXPC]

in any case, Speedstep is enabled, disable that, EIST.


as to what you thought the speed was, was the system Ever Overclocked, or was it run at stock speeds. Was this a prebuilt PC or one that you put together back then?