c2d e4400 at 1.2Ghz??

[drextremeops007]

Hi there

Just finish a build for my uncle. Strange, how come the CPU is only at 1.2Ghz instead of @Ghz. Anything I need to go and set in BIOS or elsewhere??

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CPU-Z Database (ID : 252466)
Submitted by Will
Submitted on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:31:40 +0200 with CPU-Z 1.41



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CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 (*1)
CPU Arch : 2 Cores - 2 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 EM64T
CPU Cache : L1 : 2 x 32/2 x 32 KB - L2 : 2048 KB
Core : Conroe (65 nm) / Revision : L2
CPUID : 6.F.2 / Extended : 6.F
Freq : 1200.03 MHz (200.01 * 6)
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MB Brand : Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.
MB Model : P35-DS3R
NB : Intel P35/G33/G31 rev A2
SB : Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) rev 02
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RAM Size : 2048 MB
RAM Freq : 400 MHz
RAM Type : DDR2-SDRAM Dual Channel
RAM Ratio : 1:2
RAM Timings : 5-5-5-18
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Slot 1 : 1024MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Crucial Technology
Slot 2 : 1024MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Crucial Technology
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[myocardia]

That's called SpeedStep. It's just like AMD's Cool n Quiet-- it reduces the cpu's speed and voltage, when it isn't doing anything. Start up any application that uses the processor, and it will immediately be back up to 2.0 Ghz.

 

[drextremeops007]

The speed/frequency also appears during startup in BIOS though.

 

[magreen]

Originally posted by: drextremeops007
The speed/frequency also appears during startup in BIOS though.

In that case, just go into the bios and make sure the cpu multiplier is at 10 and not 6. You may have to press ctrl-F1 to get into the right screen in your bios.

While you're there, just pump up the fsb to 266 for a nice easy overclock. 😛

 

[hans007]

if you turn power management off in windows it will run 2.0 ghz all the time also.