CPU underclocking itself???

Dovahbuilder · Jul 18, 2016

So I have an old Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.00Ghz, and recently I've been noticing MASSIVE fps drops in light gaming.
I ran Cpu-Z to check the clockspeed of the cpu, and I found out that the clockspeed was hanging at 720.13Mhz.
Also it would sometimes suddenly jump to 1200.00Mhz and then immediatly come back down to 720.13Mhz.
I really need help to see if this can be fixed it's really boring and I almost can't do anything descent with my computer.
Is it an overheating issue or the cpu simply needs to be replaced...etc.

Hlsgsz · Jul 18, 2016

Regardless of the cause, you really need to start considering an upgrade.

R_1 · Jul 18, 2016

intel speedstep would be my guess
"Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling high performance while meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems. Conventional Intel SpeedStep® Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology builds upon that architecture using design strategies such as Separation between Voltage and Frequency Changes, and Clock Partitioning and Recovery."

look through the bios and see if you can turn off the feature and see if it helps at all

Dovahbuilder · Jul 18, 2016

Hlsgsz :

I AM actually getting parts for a NEW custom build in 1 month max :na:

Hlsgsz · Jul 18, 2016

Dovahbuilder :

Excellent!

Dovahbuilder · May 22, 2017

Nevermind guys the solution was so simple actually I eventually found it out(I messaged a person on this website and he responded saying that I simply might have to apply thermal paste(That's when I noticed that the CPU temps were really high) So I bought a dirt cheap regular thermal paster, applied it, and BOOM! Problem solved. I did have to get the CPU to 1900MHZ(Not the stock 2000MHZ) for it to boot otherwise it would do the same problem again.
Anyways thank you guys for your help I really appreciate it.

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