Overclock Won't Stick

McCormack

Honorable
Jul 7, 2013
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When I raise my frontside bus multiplier from 200 to 220 in my BIOS, save it, and then boot into Windows the overclock shows up as a 208Mhz increase in processor speed in the General tab in My Computer properties, but when I shut the machine off and restart it the General tab then shows that the processor has reverted back to it's stock timing.

If right after that I go back into the BIOS the multiplier setting shows that it's still set at 220, so the question is, is my machine running at the faster 220 multiplier speed (220 = 3.08GHz) that my BIOS is showing, or is it running at the stock 200 multiplier speed (200 = 2.8GHz) that Windows is showing me?

Biostar TA970
AMD Sempron 2.8GHz (unlocked to dual core)
WinXP
 

macormack

Reputable
Mar 1, 2014
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Both my System Properties and my OpenHardware program show the processor running at 3.08GHz after bumping up the frontside bus from 200 to 220 in my BIOS, and then they both show the processor running at 2.80GHz after restarting the computer, but like I said when I go back into the BIOS after restarting the computer it shows that the FSB is still at 220.




 

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