Problem, plz help

[dreamevil]

hi, a friend "overclocked" my cpu the q9550..now in CPU-z that the core speed is 2000.0 MHZ and multiplier X6.0...and sometimes it says 8.5 multi....what has happend..i am not good with this stuff.

 

[richardscott]

its call speedstep run prime 95 in backround to show the true cpu speed

 

[dreamevil]

can i turn of speedstep? i was looking around bios i saw the C1E state, it it enouth with only that ,or is there more i need to disable?

 

[SpidersWeb]

There is no reason to disable speedstep unless it's causing instability.
It only slows down when you're not using it.

Once it's under load e.g. a game or Prime95 etc, it jumps to it's top speed.
Don't disable power saving features if you're system is stable. It will not give you a performance increase because they are only ever active when you're barely using your system.

As above, if you want to see the full speed values, download and run the Prime 95 torture test in the background while looking at CPU-Z. Your CPU will automatically jump to full speed as soon as it's asked to do something.