I have an Intel Q9300 which should have 2.5 GHz, but it cannot go above 2 GHz. I've seen some post where you should turn off BIOS power saving, but that was AMD function something like silent and cooler, but I have Intel so I can't find it. Please, how to remove that limit?
CPU frequency is lower than expected
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Darkbreeze
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I'd start by resetting the bios to default settings.
Then, go into the control panel power options and set it to the performance profile.
Intel speed step should not stop the CPU from reaching full speed if the load requires it. I would not disable it.
Your temperatures could be stopping it from reaching full speed by throttling the CPU down to a speed where it stays within thermal limits. Run HWinfo or CoreTemp and see what the thermal values are.
Then, go into the control panel power options and set it to the performance profile.
Intel speed step should not stop the CPU from reaching full speed if the load requires it. I would not disable it.
Your temperatures could be stopping it from reaching full speed by throttling the CPU down to a speed where it stays within thermal limits. Run HWinfo or CoreTemp and see what the thermal values are.
Thank you so much, even for fast feedback, even for good answer. I've been swapping CPUs, but I did not notice I still have aluminum cooler from pentium. I downloaded Speccy and I saw I have 85°C (100°C is water boiling), and then it went down to 66°C. My friend who gave me tha CPU noticed, that he sold it to me for 50€ and now it costs just like 30, so he's gonna give me free copper cooler which should be enough to even overclock it.
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Darkbreeze
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I'd suspect that you may need to remount the CPU cooler. Either the mounting is not right or there is another issue like too much or too little paste. That's assuming you installed a new cooler like you mentioned. If not, you may need to get one.
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