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Started by OpticZero on 10:09am 10/9/11. 496 views and 23 posts, 0 users reading, last post by OpticZero.

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Well 2 years ago i got a Core 2 Duo E7400 @ 2.8GHz im a bit worried recently because i have been seein on my windows OS and other things and programs saying that my cpu is 2.8 & 2.3 is there anything wrong, should i be worried or is there nothign wrong?

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Posted on Saturday, 10th September 2011
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Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure in the second picture, the frequency on the right (2.27GHz) is meant to tell you what it's currently clocked at.
Posted on Saturday, 10th September 2011
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So its actually clocked @ 2.3GHz instead of 2.8?
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It's power management. When you're not doing anything cpu intesive the frequency is lowered to save power. When you put a load on the cpu it will shoot up to the 2.8 GHZ.

Dowload cpu-z, and monitor the frequency when you unrar/zip something and you'll see.
www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/1.58-setup-en.exe
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Quote from Deltz on the 10th of September 2011:
It's power management. When you're not doing anything cpu intesive the frequency is lowered to save power. When you put a load on the cpu it will shoot up to the 2.8 GHZ
This! ^^^

There's an option in your BIOS if you wanna go searching for it.

You set it to disable and it won't lower your clock speeds.
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Quote from Deltz on the 10th of September 2011:
It's power management. When you're not doing anything cpu intesive the frequency is lowered to save power. When you put a load on the cpu it will shoot up to the 2.8 GHZ.

Dowload cpu-z, and monitor the frequency when you unrar/zip something and you'll see.

Thanks alot mate, i appreciate your answer

@ Curley, i think i wont touch my BIOS im not confident enough to do it, so i'll just leave it at that and thanks again.
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No probs, just a simple pebcak issue
Posted on Saturday, 10th September 2011
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Quote from Curley on the 10th of September 2011:
Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure in the second picture, the frequency on the right (2.27GHz) is meant to tell you what it's currently clocked at.

brb under-clocking
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Quote from OpticZero on the 10th of September 2011:
@ Curley, i think i wont touch my BIOS im not confident enough to do it, so i'll just leave it at that and thanks again.
That's the best way to get confident with things though...

Anyways, if you **** something up, just take the battery out of your motherboard, then put it back in and it's all good to go again.

Quote from ollieyo on the 10th of September 2011:
brb under-clocking
You're components will last longer.
Posted on Saturday, 10th September 2011
"Niggers tongue my anus" (C) Anonymous (ID: QRQiFjGA) 05/16/12(Wed) 00:41 No.400000000
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Quote from Curley on the 10th of September 2011:
Quote from ollieyo on the 10th of September 2011:
brb under-clocking
You're components will last longer.
honestly? l0l god damn misinformation spreaders
Posted on Saturday, 10th September 2011
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Go BIOS and then CPU Configuration disable Intel Speedstep if you want your CPU to stay @ the normal clock speed at all times, speedstep basically idle's your CPU when it's not being used
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Have you installed your cpu drivers?
Posted on Saturday, 10th September 2011
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Quote from neg on the 10th of September 2011:
Quote from Curley on the 10th of September 2011:
Quote from ollieyo on the 10th of September 2011:
brb under-clocking
You're components will last longer.
honestly? l0l god damn misinformation spreaders


Quote from Framed. on the 10th of September 2011:
Have you installed your cpu drivers?
lolwhat?
Posted on Saturday, 10th September 2011
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Quote from Curley on the 10th of September 2011:
Quote from Framed. on the 10th of September 2011:
Have you installed your cpu drivers?
lolwhat?
Yessss, got one.
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Quote from Framed. on the 10th of September 2011:
Quote from Curley on the 10th of September 2011:
Quote from Framed. on the 10th of September 2011:
Have you installed your cpu drivers?
lolwhat?
Yessss, got one.
oh that, lmao I was thinking about something else.

so lucky I installed them, it dropped my temps about 30 degrees!!
Posted on Saturday, 10th September 2011
"Niggers tongue my anus" (C) Anonymous (ID: QRQiFjGA) 05/16/12(Wed) 00:41 No.400000000
 
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