What could be causing my CPU to run at a lower clock speed?

[Sonikku]

I got in on the Athlon 64 Socket 754/Free MOBO combo for $99, and while my CPU was excellent at first, I've noticed it's somehow underclocked itself. (The Horror!) For about a week it ran at the usual stock speed of 2.4 ghz. But now my system is showing it at running at just under 1ghz.


System info Pic: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/Foxy_McCloud/cpuissue.jpg

Gigabyte Easy Tune read out: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/Foxy_McCloud/cpuissue2.jpg

^It has an auto overclock function that I haven't used much. But if I were to try pushing it by 1%, the number would go from 2400mhz to 1005mhz... So it's a pretty good bet it's not running at it's original stock speed it began with anymore.

The system runs on Windows XP OS and on a Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M Motherboard with a gig of ram. Any idea on what could be causing this? Or what I could do to fix it?

 

[Sonikku]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/Foxy_McCloud/ocoptions.jpg

That is a pic of the more advanced OC options in GB Easy Tune. Is it possible that with the right combination I will be able to attain the stock speed in the same way many overclock? What FSB, frequency ect. would I have to use to reach 2.4ghz?

 

[gobucks]

it's probably using the cool'n'quiet setting. you can turn this off in bios.

 

[Sonikku]

So the cool n' quiet setting can actually half a chips clock speed? Never knew that... So what I'm seeing is correct then. It is running at 1ghz and isn't a glitch?

 

[Sonikku]

I didn't find anything about cool and quiet in the bios...