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CPU Speed in BIOS different than SANDRA?!

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Rhombuss

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This is odd...I just noticed this recently. My P4 1.6A Northwood is overclocked to 2.4GHz but in Windows (Control Panel - System) and in Sandra, it reports the speed to be 1.4GHz.

Any idea why this is happening? BIOS shows 2.4GHz, Windows and Sandra show 1.4GHz.
 
Originally posted by: Rhombuss
This is odd...I just noticed this recently. My P4 1.6A Northwood is overclocked to 2.4GHz but in Windows (Control Panel - System) and in Sandra, it reports the speed to be 1.4GHz.

Any idea why this is happening? BIOS shows 2.4GHz, Windows and Sandra show 1.4GHz.
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Probably an old version of Sandra, or it's not recognizing your CPU/Motherboard properly.
 
Actually, I installed the 2004 version yesterday. It's not just Sandra though, under Control Panel in Systems, it's also showing it as a 1.4GHz.
 
Weird....apparently this is only a problem when I choose an FSB of 145MHz. If I choose any other FSB, it represents it correctly in Windows/WCPUID/Sandra. Must be a problem with the BIOS that was never addressed.
 
I'd have to be extremely stupid to make that mistake 😛, unless the retail box that said 1.6A actually contained a P4M!
 
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