- Nov 27, 2012
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CPU: AMD FX-6300 (normal: 4.4 GHz, stock: 3.5 GHz)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 AM3+
Today, I was trying to fix a RAM issue, so I resetted the BIOS by taking the motherboard battery out for 10 minutes, and putting it back in. This worked.
Unfortunately, after that, whenever I start up Task manager in Windows, it says the CPU frequency constantly remains at 1.36 GHz. No matter what kind of load I put on the CPU, it always remains at the same, unusually low frequency.
So I thought the temperature was too high, and the CPU was throttling, but no. The temperature remained at 26º C, which is almost room temperature.
After that, I tried changing the BIOS settings to force the original 4.4 GHz, but unfortunately, it doesn't work. I tried to disable AMD turbo boost, enable it, and set it to 'auto'. No matter what I do, including resetting the BIOS, the frequency always is 1.36 GHz in Windows.
Also, CPU-Z and Open hardware monitor say the same thing: 1400 MHz.
I have no idea what is going on, and this has never happened to me. My computer's performance is now 35% of what it originally was. Please help.
Can this be slowed by using Linux, or re-installing Windows?
In the meantime, I'll also try enabling OC genie II.
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 AM3+
Today, I was trying to fix a RAM issue, so I resetted the BIOS by taking the motherboard battery out for 10 minutes, and putting it back in. This worked.
Unfortunately, after that, whenever I start up Task manager in Windows, it says the CPU frequency constantly remains at 1.36 GHz. No matter what kind of load I put on the CPU, it always remains at the same, unusually low frequency.
So I thought the temperature was too high, and the CPU was throttling, but no. The temperature remained at 26º C, which is almost room temperature.
After that, I tried changing the BIOS settings to force the original 4.4 GHz, but unfortunately, it doesn't work. I tried to disable AMD turbo boost, enable it, and set it to 'auto'. No matter what I do, including resetting the BIOS, the frequency always is 1.36 GHz in Windows.
Also, CPU-Z and Open hardware monitor say the same thing: 1400 MHz.
I have no idea what is going on, and this has never happened to me. My computer's performance is now 35% of what it originally was. Please help.
Can this be slowed by using Linux, or re-installing Windows?
In the meantime, I'll also try enabling OC genie II.
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