Ok right now i am running at 1.80ghz and was about to overclock
till i started watching my ghz a little bit closer. It will drop from 1.80ghz to 1.20ghz and stay at 1.20ghz for a few minutes jump back up to 1.80ghz for a few secs. Whats going on? Im running pentium e2160 dual. So right now im confused am i really running 1.80ghz or........1.20ghz

Hi,

Are you on a laptop? As there are various setting that can affect CPu speed. (Mobile)

What PC have you got? Manufacturer, Model, operating system & spec etc.

This will help us to help you.

You have speedstepping or as amd calls it "cool n quiet" on. It slows your system down so as to save power.

In the BIOS, its called C1e or something like that... do a google search on your mobo, and it'll tell you the exact setting.

Before overclocking, you'll want to turn that off.

Watch your temps on your cpu, as your TIMs probably getting old and dry, and i'm betting youre still on stock hsf.

Originally Posted by Lottiemansion

Hi,

Are you on a laptop? As there are various setting that can affect CPu speed. (Mobile)

What PC have you got? Manufacturer, Model, operating system & spec etc.

This will help us to help you.

I am on a desktop, got a hp pavilion model a6214x, vista 32-bit, geforce 7600gt graphics card, ddr2 memory, asus leonite2 motherboard, bios-phoenix technologies

Originally Posted by Patonb

In the BIOS, its called C1e or something like that... do a google search on your mobo, and it'll tell you the exact setting.

Before overclocking, you'll want to turn that off.

Watch your temps on your cpu, as your TIMs probably getting old and dry, and i'm betting youre still on stock hsf.

Can you explain that in a noobish way please

Hi,

What is it about this machine?

Search results

Can not load any pages/ information on it?

Does this look right?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...R1002_USEN#N33

Not sure how much more i can noob it, but ALL cpus have a power saver mode, called intel speedstep, or amd cool n quiet.
The cpu slows down and bthe computer uses less power. In the BIOS, the setting for most intel chip boards is called c1e and something else.

Now, as you have a prebuilt computer, its going to be next to impossible to overclock. Theres windows ways to do it, but i don't trust them, or know about them.

Because your systems old, its going to heat up fast, so if you do try it, becareful and watch your temperatures or you'll fry your computer.

Information on the computer:
HP Pavilion a6214x - P E2160 1.8 GHz - Desktops - CNET Archive

Does this look right?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...R1002_USEN#N33

Yes that is the motherboard.

ALL cpus have a power saver mode, called intel speedstep, or amd cool n quiet.
The cpu slows down and bthe computer uses less power. In the BIOS, the setting for most intel chip boards is called c1e and something else.

So would i turn off the c1e in the bios to stop this problem?

Hi,

If you are able to change that setting then try it, you can always reset it next boot (Take a note of the setting first).

It doesn't hurt to try?

I'm almost certain he'll not be able to as prebuilts lock their BIOS's so you can barely do anything.