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    CPU clock speed reflects fsb100 instead of 133

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by asleep06, Sep 27, 2005.

  1. asleep06

    asleep06 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently got a Z70V, 1.73GHz PM.

    After fiddling around with charging my battery, draining it, etc and switching between AC power and battery a couple times to look at power scheme responses, i noticed that my CPU clock speed was only 1.3GHz max at 13x, reflecting a 100MHz FSB instead of the 1.73 = 13 x 133 FSB. The max battery setting also reflected a 100MHz FSB, with 600MHz at 6x.

    Even though the settings in power options are Home/Office Desktop, the clock speed will not get to 1.73GHz, as it did when I first got it. CHC does not change the FSB speed either, so I don't know what the deal is.

    Does anyone know how to get it back to 133MHz. I tried looking through the BIOS options, but there isn't one for setting the FSB speed.

    This is a pretty specific problem, and if you have it you know what I'm talking about. I'm running WinXP Pro SP2, btw.

    Any ideas?
     
    asleep06, Sep 27, 2005
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    DownByFive Notebook Consultant

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    You know, I have the same sort of thing happen, but only when I'm playing Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and the game crashes...When I restart, my CPU is locked at 1.3ghz unless I leave the computer off for about two minutes...weird.
     
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    asleep06 Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow... so i had to go check a problem set, and i brought my laptop but didn't use it, then came back to my room 3 hours later and turned it on and it was back to 1.73Ghz...

    something to do with heat? because i definitely rebooted a couple times and still didn't help before.

    so maybe it needed time to cool? that said, my hd averages ~58ºC, my CPU ~71ºC on full... is that hot enough to trigger something?
     
    asleep06, Sep 28, 2005
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    flaxx Notebook Evangelist

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    that's not hot enough to trigger anything, but that's awefully hot. Now, mind you I'm undervolting but these are the temperatures on my z71v:

    CPU: 42 deg C
    HDD: 40 deg C
    GPU: 60 deg C

    My room is aprox 25 deg C.

    My CPU also only peaks at around 55 deg C. So you should check if you have seated your processor properly if that's your idle temp, because then it could concievably exceed 100 deg C in peak causeing certain thermal zone triggers (which aren't FSB but multiplyer and voltage modifiers). Maybe use a program like everest in conjuction with speedfan to see what your motherboard temperature is.
     
    flaxx, Sep 28, 2005
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