Help! Why Is My Multiplier Set at 6?

[Twitch22]

Hello everyone. I just performed a whole bunch of upgrades last night. :thumbsup:

Basically, I decided to move onto Vista Ultimate 64. So, I got a new Seagate 1 Terrabyte drive (32 MB cache...freakin' fast!) for a fresh install and added an EVGA GTX 260. You can see the rest of my LAN Box down below.

Well, I started stressing and benchmarking last night...everything was fine, no problems. But I noticed that my scores in 3DMark Advantage were a little low. So, I started poking around my system and, using CPUZ, I found that my multiplier setting was 6! 6? I thought it should be at 8, correct?

Anyway, with a multiplier of 6, this makes my Q9450 run well below its stock 2.66 speed. What the f$%*? Is there a way to change this? I've been looking all through my BIOS, but can't figure out how to change my multiplier...this is VERY frustrating and concerning to me.

Can I be damaging my processor? Or, more alarmingly, is my processor already damaged? Any clues on how to get my multiplier back to 8 as it should be?

Any help would be MOST appreciated...thanks for any suggestions! 😀

Arvin

 

[geokilla]

Your hard drive has 32MB cache, not 332 😛.

Anyways, your multipler is at 6 because you have the power saving options enabled. Go into the BIOS, disable EIST, SpeedStep, C1E, etc. then your multiplier will be at a constant 8.

 

[hclarkjr]

read this for explanation as to why it is running that way.

 

[Twitch22]

Originally posted by: geokilla
Your hard drive has 32MB cache, not 332 😛.

Anyways, your multipler is at 6 because you have the power saving options enabled. Go into the BIOS, disable EIST, SpeedStep, C1E, etc. then your multiplier will be at a constant 8.

AAAAHHHHHHH!!! Shoot...forgot all that crap about Speedstep, C1E settings and the like!

Now, EVERYTHING'S fine!! 😎

I even have it oc'ed to a nice, even, easy 3.0 GHz!

Wow, it's the simple things, eh? Thanks so much, Geo!

Arvin