New CPU confusion

[izzy eckerslike]

Not sure what is happening with my new Q6600
earlier it was 2400mhz now its dropped, whats caused this & how can I fix it?

 

[milkinc13]

speedstep on?

 

[swanseajack]

Is it called Speed Step on intel chips, should be in the bios if you want to turn it off, just lowers the clock speed of your cpu when it idles.

 

[izzy eckerslike]

Must be since I installed Asus AI suite earlier altho I am not aware I changed anything, must take a look.

 

[swanseajack]

Might be, on the AMD chips it's called cool n quite, I leave it on as I don't see the need to turn it off, everything runs fine, if you run something that will max your cpu you will see the speed goes back up.

 

[bitterSTAR]

It's Intel SpeedStep. It lowers your multiplier when you're not doing a lot, this is to save energy and keep temperatures down. When you start doing things like gaming and stuff, then the processor will up it's multiplier to run at full speed.

If you don't like this feature you can turn it off in the bios.

 

[izzy eckerslike]

I can't actually find Speedstep in the bios ,Asus P5K-E, I am looking for EIST in 'Power' but can't find it

 

[Parsley]

Try Advanced -> Cpu Configuration -> Speedstep bit.

I have a different asus board (P5K Premium) but I would imagine it's pretty similar.

 

[Cob]

There may be a C1E option too.

 

[mame]

still no sticky on this?

 

[David91]

its either speedstep or C1E. my CPU did this when it first was installed,

C1E attempts to save power by lowering the CPU multiplier and therefore lowering the FSB.

to stop it go into the bios and look for C1E and disable it.

 

[RJC]

If your running Vista check your power options.

Rob

 

[izzy eckerslike]

thanks guys, found it now, don't know if it conflicts with Asus auto overclocking which I have enabled