h2haxor Posted December 1, 2006 CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 At rest, my AMD Athlon 3400+ has the speed of 991MHz-1.01GHz(as shown by the first picture) when i "burn" my cpu it runs at the max speed of 2.2GHz what i want to know is how can i set my bios or whatever i set to get it to run at 2.2GHz all the time. Thanks in advance -H2haxor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 1, 2006 CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 Go into bios and turn off Cool'n'Quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 1, 2006 CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 You don't like your CPU? AMC went through this once I believe. If I remember right it needs the slow time to keep cool and to not burn out. Try search in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 1, 2006 CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 Cool 'n' Quiet is a feature in AMD Athlon 64 that reduces the working frequency and Vcore when the processor is not under heavy load in order to lower the heat dissipation. This feature has never appeared in desktop CPUs before, though it has been used in mobiles to save on battery power for a while under the name PowerNow! for AMD and SpeedStep for Intel. The power saving is quite significant - examples are shown in this post. When combined with an intelligent thermal fan control mechanism (either built into the motherboard or external to it), C'n'Q can be an quick and easy way to make a quiet, very powerful PC. It also reduces electricity consumption, a worthy cause in our age. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article172-page1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 1, 2006 CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 I believe if you go to control panel, power options, and then if it says energy star there thats the reason its doing that, just set it to always on, or home/desktop. Thats what i had to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 1, 2006 CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 I will add my 2 cents on this one I guess.. As you have discovered it is a technology called Cool n Quiet.. The reason for this is to keep the case/cpu cooler and the overall computer quieter during operation by using a variable speed fan. That being said some tasks like running office, burning cds, etc dont require the full processor speed. There would be no speed increase that you would see if you were to disable Cool n Quiet. The CPU is querying system load up to 30 times a second to see if it needs to go faster to meet the demand of the system.. Athlon 64 3500+ has four power states/levels at which the CPU can operate -- 2.2GHz @ 1.5V, 2.0GHz @ 1.4V, 1.8GHz @ 1.3V, and 1.0GHz @ 1.1V. Those are the Cool N Quiet values for the 3500+.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2haxor Posted December 1, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 well, it seems like mine takes a while to get to full speed : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 1, 2006 CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 I will add my 2 cents on this one I guess.. As you have discovered it is a technology called Cool n Quiet.. The reason for this is to keep the case/cpu cooler and the overall computer quieter during operation by using a variable speed fan. That being said some tasks like running office, burning cds, etc dont require the full processor speed. There would be no speed increase that you would see if you were to disable Cool n Quiet. The CPU is querying system load up to 30 times a second to see if it needs to go faster to meet the demand of the system.. Those are the Cool N Quiet values for the 3500+.. Yea thats the name! i couldnt think of it. Thanks swimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 1, 2006 CID Share Posted December 1, 2006 well, it seems like mine takes a while to get to full speed : It will jump all over depending on what you are doing. It takes longer for windows to update the speed then the processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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