CPU shows wrong speed after upgrade. help

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ToxicAdam

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I uploaded the information from CPU-Z:



I'm only getting 1600mhz out of the 2.93mhz X6800 cpu.

Did I suppose to change any settings in the bios after swapping out CPUs? like the bus multiplier?
 
Here's a reading off Everest. I hopes this helps.

Code: 
Field	Value
CPU Properties	
CPU Type	Unknown
CPUID CPU Name	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU X6800 @ 2.93GHz
CPUID Revision	000006F5h
	
CPU Speed	
CPU Clock	1866.67 MHz  (original: 2933 MHz)
CPU Multiplier	3.5x
CPU FSB	533.34 MHz
	
CPU Cache	
L1 Code Cache	32 KB
L1 Data Cache	32 KB
L2 Cache	4 MB  (On-Die, ATC, Full-Speed)
	
Motherboard Properties	
Motherboard ID	63-0501-000010-00101111-012407-945G$A0605000_BIOS Date: 01/24/07 09:38:51 Ver: 08.
Motherboard Name	Unknown
	
SPD Memory Modules	
DIMM1: Kingston	1 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM  (5.0-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)  (4.0-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)  (3.0-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM3: Kingston	1 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM  (5.0-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)  (4.0-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)  (3.0-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
	
BIOS Properties	
System BIOS Date	01/24/07
Video BIOS Date	02/25/07
DMI BIOS Version	0501
	
Graphics Processor Properties	
DirectX	4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
	
Sensor Properties	
Tsystem	43 °C  (109 °F)
Tcpu	46 °C  (115 °F)
Taux	45 °C  (113 °F)
Fcpu	2136 RPM
Vcore	1.01 V
Vaux	3.68 V
Vio	3.34 V
 
That's totally normal.
It's Intel SpeedStep and C1E halt state kicking in. It lowers the CPU clock when not in use to save power and run cooler.
 
Oh, okay. This never happen to me on the E6300... I didn't know what was going on.

So if I do something demanding of the processor SpeedStep turns off?
 
ToxicAdam said:
Oh, okay. This never happen to me on the E6300... I didn't know what was going on.

So if I do something demanding of the processor SpeedStep turns off?
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Pretty much. Use Prime95, Orthos, or OCT to load up the CPU to make sure that Speedstep turns on.
 
Thank you very much guys. This is my first CPU replacement... I was worried I might've broke something.

Putting in the cpu was hard enough with those push-pins. It didn't seated right at first and had the cpu at 77c. Did it again and felt one of the pins snap... I was like "ahhhh gotcha, you were the one not seated." lol

The idle temp now is 41c instead of 77c. I almost killed that CPU.

Is 41 a good idle temp for X6800?

Danny Bui said:
Pretty much. Use Prime95, Orthos, or OCT to load up the CPU to make sure that Speedstep turns on.
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Aright, I will try those.

I did the windows vista rating thingy and my CPU performance drop from 5.1 with the E6300 to 3.5 with the X6800
 
I wonder how are we suppose to know our correct speed If everything including bios is giving wrong data?
 
Nothing is giving the wrong data, speedstep drops the CPU clock down so it's running at 1600MHz and then dynamically throttles it up and down as demand changes. If you don't see it clock up in Prime95 go into your BIOS and set FSB to 266 and Multiplier to 11x and that should fix it.

Idle temps don't really matter, it's loaded temps that matter. Realtemp + Prime95 will give you an accurate representation of load temps.
 
Danny Bui said:
Pretty much. Use Prime95, Orthos, or OCT to load up the CPU to make sure that Speedstep turns on.
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I'm doing the Prime95 test now. How would I know when the Speedstep turns on? I'm monitoring CPU-Z and it still says running at top 1.86mhz which is my old CPU speed.
 
Uberbob102000 said:
Nothing is giving the wrong data, speedstep drops the CPU clock down so it's running at 1600MHz and then dynamically throttles it up and down as demand changes. If you don't see it clock up in Prime95 go into your BIOS and set FSB to 266 and Multiplier to 11x and that should fix it.

Idle temps don't really matter, it's loaded temps that matter. Realtemp + Prime95 will give you an accurate representation of load temps.
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Alright, I'll wait for the prime95 results for I decide to go into the bios.
 
did you reset your cmos in the bios after you installed the new hardware? this should usually be done when changing out CPUs
 
JacobC1983 said:
did you reset your cmos in the bios after you installed the new hardware? this should usually be done when changing out CPUs
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Nope, I didn't. How do go about doing this?

Uberbob102000, on load(Prime95) speedstep came on and boost speed to my old E6300 stats 1.86MHZ.. never going over. Turn prime95 off and speed went back down to 1600mhz.
 
I turned off speedstep in bios and CPU-Z is now reading 1.86mhz instead of 1600mhz.. so it was working.

The only thing is it suppose to be reading 2.93mhz now.. I think the 3.5 multiplier is off for this CPU it should be higher. I don't see the multiplier option in this bios though :(

going to try the cmos reset now.
 
JacobC1983 said:
did you reset your cmos in the bios after you installed the new hardware? this should usually be done when changing out CPUs
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That did it!!

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ToxicAdam said:
A little problem popped up after I cleared cmos. The bios clocked stopped working. Do you know how I can get it back working again?

I loaded bios defaults but that didn't help.
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you need to set the date and time in the BIOS
 
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