Sempron running too slow : SOLVED.

[regnez]

I have a 754 Sempron 3000+ Palermo in my case, and it is supposed to be clocked at 1.8ghz. However, as I was viewing my System Properties the other day, I noticed that it only said it was running at 999mhz.

Never one to completely trust windows, I checked with cpu-z, and it told me the same thing: 999mhz. It is running at 200 bus with a multiplier of only 5.

I checked my bios, but I could not find anything about power saving or cooling or whatever that would make the chip run underclocked.

Am I just overlooking something, or is there something wrong here?

Thanks in advance for any help!

EDIT: I dunno what the real problem was, but I updated the bios to the most recent version and things seem to be running smooth again.

 

[o1die]

Cool and quiet is working. My 3200 939 also runs at about 1000 at idle. It will speed up automatically as needed. I would leave it alone. Cool and quiet also controls your fan speed, slowing it down whenever possible. A slower fan is quieter, which I prefer. To disable this feature, check your power management section in the bios.

 

[regnez]

Originally posted by: o1die
Cool and quiet is working. My 3200 939 also runs at about 1000 at idle. It will speed up automatically as needed. I would leave it alone. Cool and quiet also controls your fan speed, slowing it down whenever possible. A slower fan is quieter, which I prefer. To disable this feature, check your power management section in the bios.

I thought that it may be something like that, but even when playing hi-def video from the Apple website (while running cpu-z beside it), it never goes above 999mhz. Instead, it just plays the video choppy.

When I first got it, it did not do this. I was able to watch 720p video without a problem and I never noticed it going below the standard 1.8ghz, but now, I cannot get it to go above 999mhz no matter what I do.