Athlon64 3200 only running at 575Mhz.

It's not just the System tab in Computer Properties. This computer really
is running at 575Mhz, according to geekbench and Sisoft Sandra.

In Linux, the system runs at 2ghz like it should, but whenever I boot into
Windows the system is sluggish, games perform badly, and benchmarks return
absolutely abysmal results.

I've disabled cool'n'quiet in the bios, installed cpu drivers from AMD,
re-installed Nvidia platform drivers, nothing has any effect.

What else can I look at?

In the bios you could try changing from auto to the default settings you
know of for the cpu multiplier and voltage.


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"Ed Light" wrote in message
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In the bios you could try changing from auto to the default settings you
know of for the cpu multiplier and voltage.

If that doesn't work try uninstalling the AMD driver, if Windows shows that
it is a driver from AMD itself and not microsoft.


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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:11:39 -0800, Ed Light wrote:

"Ed Light" wrote in message
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In the bios you could try changing from auto to the default settings you
know of for the cpu multiplier and voltage.

If that doesn't work try uninstalling the AMD driver, if Windows shows that
it is a driver from AMD itself and not microsoft.



Well, the problem is fixed.

I tried re-flashing the bios, clearing the bios, tried different hard
drives, and nothing worked.

Finally, in desperation, I removed the cmos batter and disconnected the
power supply for a few minutes.

I re-connected power and battery, problem has gone away.

One of the stranger problems I've ever dealt with.

"Brian K" wrote in message
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It's not just the System tab in Computer Properties. This computer really
is running at 575Mhz, according to geekbench and Sisoft Sandra.

In Linux, the system runs at 2ghz like it should, but whenever I boot into
Windows the system is sluggish, games perform badly, and benchmarks return
absolutely abysmal results.

I've disabled cool'n'quiet in the bios, installed cpu drivers from AMD,
re-installed Nvidia platform drivers, nothing has any effect.

What else can I look at?

You have Cool n' Quiet enabled. Do a search on Google for "Cool n' Quiet",
and read about it. It is a good thing!

Honu

Originally Posted by Hertz_Donut

"Brian K" wrote in message
m...
It's not just the System tab in Computer Properties. This computer really
is running at 575Mhz, according to geekbench and Sisoft Sandra.

In Linux, the system runs at 2ghz like it should, but whenever I boot into
Windows the system is sluggish, games perform badly, and benchmarks return
absolutely abysmal results.

I've disabled cool'n'quiet in the bios, installed cpu drivers from AMD,
re-installed Nvidia platform drivers, nothing has any effect.

What else can I look at?

You have Cool n' Quiet enabled. Do a search on Google for "Cool n' Quiet",
and read about it. It is a good thing!

Honu

Interesting about a voltage of this CPU at this clock. My Sempron 3200+ has 1,15V at 1000Mhz

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:41:19 -1000, Hertz_Donut wrote:

"Brian K" wrote in message
m...
It's not just the System tab in Computer Properties. This computer really
is running at 575Mhz, according to geekbench and Sisoft Sandra.

In Linux, the system runs at 2ghz like it should, but whenever I boot into
Windows the system is sluggish, games perform badly, and benchmarks return
absolutely abysmal results.

I've disabled cool'n'quiet in the bios, installed cpu drivers from AMD,
re-installed Nvidia platform drivers, nothing has any effect.

What else can I look at?

You have Cool n' Quiet enabled. Do a search on Google for "Cool n' Quiet",
and read about it. It is a good thing!

Honu

I finally found out what was going wrong with my clock speed.

If I reboot the PC after the initial BIOS self-test, but BEFORE it has
started booting Windows, it gets stuck in low-speed mode.

I have to disconnect the power for a few minutes before it will reset
itself, clearing the cmos and powering off via the power switch on the power
supply doesn't work.

Brian K