AMD Althon x2 6000+ "Throttling" Problems

Likely the power supply. The 6000+ is a 125w CPU, the way the second core is acting, makes it look almost like insufficient power. Could really be possible depending on what brand or efficiency level the PSU is. That DDR2 memory should actually be running at 375MHz actual/750Mhz Effective on that CPU.

Don't have anything else running in the background that would take one core and eat resources do you?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817182021

For example that is the power supply I'm currently using. My system board recommends at least a 450w PSU. I can get away with it though temporarily because my full load system draw is only around 250w. If I were to upgrade from my X2 4200+ EE 65W Windsor to a 6000+ I wouldn't be able to run with the current PSU I have. Which is why I'm upgrading to a bigger PSU.

If you're PSU is old enough it may not have enough amps on the 12v rail or rails. Don't forget that any other Optical drives or add in cards will effect power draw. For example if I had your processor, my total wattage pull during 85% load would be over 300w. On a 400w power supply with unknown efficiency level, could be cutting it close to overloading. Unless you have a newer 80+% certified PSU, youre likely to be only seeing about 70-75% efficiency out of the PSU. 75% of 400 is 300w. 70% is a bit less.

Doh, my bad, thefum is right on the efficiency. But yeah, was gonna say, people don't realize how much rides on the 12v rails. Any optical drives, any case fans that use 4pin molex. Almost any HDD's, and your GPU, especially if it has an external connector for power. I know my hd2600XT doesn't, but if I'm correct the 8600gt does. But, the mainboard I'm using has a 4pin molex connector for the Video cards just for added stability.

Bump, still haven't got the problem fixed need help, please!

how do i do that ?

i have the same problem
with same mother board and cpu
ram is 577mhz ddr2
nvidia 8800gts 512 mb
psu 600watt coller master

the problem is not power supply
did any one find the solution

ok, im having the exact same problem...

Windows XP x64 Pro: SP2 + all the drivers fully updated
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
4GigsRam
NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a

its not a power suppliy problem im sure... and ive tried all of the troubleshooting
on this page and so far... no good.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=983781

Im sure it might help somebody but for myself... no luck!!! Spore plays GREAT for like 20-30 seconds then a HUGE LAG for like 5 seconds.
Same with SF
Same with Fallout
Same with WoW
Same with Roma

I got the AMD Optimizer, but I cannot install the hotfix from the windows site...


Here is the official Microsoft link to v.4 of the Hotfix.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...8-34FB8A0FCE3B

Other versions (v.3) can be found at one of these mirrors:
http://exphose.com/upfiles/1/Windows...v3-x86-ENU.exe
http://www.evilkitty.org/misc/Window...v3-x86-ENU.exe

When I install the hotfix it extracts fine then I get an error saying "KB896256 Setup Error"... very frusterating... I even changed the boot.ini and all that jazz down to a "T"

On my old laptop 3GHZ 1GIG running VISTA PREM I could at least play Wow semi decently with a vista RAM hog. but the 5 second lag makes gaming close to unbearable in a gunfight or grinding away.

help anyone please! Ive been searching for a solution for a week now no almost all my down time and im about to lose it

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