Multiplier is constantly at 21 or 22, i7 920

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

With my system at idle, my multi is constantly at 21 or 22, x 133

WTF

just noticed my pll voltage is 1.86!!!? isnt that way too high?

 

[Makaveli]

Sounds like you have turbo enabled.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

And when it's disabled then what?

 

[Makaveli]

with it disabled you should have one less multipler available.

as for the PLL voltage did you change it or was that stock?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

never changed pll, for some reason i feel i have to ask these questions to lead to my main concern which is why isn't speed step lowering the multiplier to 12 when the system is at idle?

 

[Jd007]

Makaveli I think you misunderstood what the OP said. He's saying that his multiplier doesn't go down when the CPU is in idle.

Anyway, if the multiplier doesn't go down in idle, you might have SpeedStep disabled. Look for Enhanced Intel SpeedStep option in BIOS and turn it on.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Makaveli I think you misunderstood what the OP said. He's saying that his multiplier doesn't go down when the CPU is in idle.

Anyway, if the multiplier doesn't go down in idle, you might have SpeedStep disabled. Look for Enhanced Intel SpeedStep option in BIOS and turn it on.

It is on

 

[Makaveli]

Makaveli I think you misunderstood what the OP said. He's saying that his multiplier doesn't go down when the CPU is in idle.

Anyway, if the multiplier doesn't go down in idle, you might have SpeedStep disabled. Look for Enhanced Intel SpeedStep option in BIOS and turn it on.

actually you are right my bad.

And I agree sounds like speedstep is disabled

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

So if Speedstep is enabled, what could be causing the multiplier not to drop?

 

[Gillbot]

never changed pll, for some reason i feel i have to ask these questions to lead to my main concern which is why isn't speed step lowering the multiplier to 12 when the system is at idle?

is it set to "auto" perhaps?

 

[Makaveli]

It is on

Are you sure

The other post you created yesterday says this


"I have... Enhanced Halt State - enabled; Virtualization - disabled; Thermal Throttling - enabled; No-Execute Memory Protection - enabled; HT - enabled; A20M - disabled; SpeedStep - Disabled; C-State - Disabled."

 

[aigomorla]

huh...

wait the 920 is a stock multi of 20x.

20 x 133 = 2.66ghz...

With turbo on its 21x

How the hell you getting 22x?

You sure you dont have a 930 instead?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I'm playing with the settings to figure out whats up. With Speedstep enabled or disabled it still idles at 20.

When I enable Turbo-Mode it'll shoot between 21-22

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

huh...

wait the 920 is a stock multi of 20x.

20 x 133 = 2.66ghz...

With turbo on its 21x

How the hell you getting 22x?

You sure you dont have a 930 instead?

That's what CPU-Z has been showing. I think the bios engineers for Asrock are including support for the 930 I'm not sure but wouldn't it make sense why I am seeing 22 at times?

 

[lopri]

Assuming you have SpeedStep enabled:

Go to Control Panel -> Power Options -> Select "Balanced"

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

is it set to "auto" perhaps?

Speedstep or pll?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Assuming you have SpeedStep enabled:

Go to Control Panel -> Power Options -> Select "Balanced"

I'm trying that next. Funny you bring that up. I also thought I was having a problem with my system not going into S3 state so I tried this app called MCE Standby tool that screwed some things up till I pulled the bios. When I ran the app, it said it changed something in my pwer management. Eventually I found that I needed to enable Suspend to Ram STR and when I set my pc to Sleep, my fans shut off...

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Assuming you have SpeedStep enabled:

Go to Control Panel -> Power Options -> Select "Balanced"

That is it! Problem solved.

I had it set High Performance

 

[aigomorla]

And that gave you a +2 multi?

Im seriously lost...

 

[IntelUser2000]

huh...

wait the 920 is a stock multi of 20x.

20 x 133 = 2.66ghz...

With turbo on its 21x

How the hell you getting 22x?

You sure you dont have a 930 instead?

20x=Default
21x=2/4 core Turbo Mode
22x=1 core Turbo Mode

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

And that gave you a +2 multi?

Im seriously lost...

I seen it with bios 1.7 So far on bios 1.8 I have not seen it, but yes with the power management on High Performance, Turbo mode on, Speedstep on, I was seeing a 22 multi. CPU-Z and the Asrock Tuner showed it.

 

[Gillbot]

20x=Default
21x=2/4 core Turbo Mode
22x=1 core Turbo Mode

This ^

I was about to post this but got beaten to the punch!