K10stat/AMD Overdrive help

[mb312]

Hello, I'm looking for help getting my K10stat or AMD Overdrive settings to stick. Yes, I have C&Q disabled. No matter what it resets to default upon restart.

In case you're wondering, I can't OC in BIOS because for some reason my CPU voltage only goes to 1.3, and my 9950 BE needs around 1.4 to be stable at 3.0. If there's a fix to that problem I'd love to hear it.

Thanks

 

[saint19]

Hi newcomer and welcome to the Tom's hardware forum.

Update the BIOS of your mobo and try again.

 

[mb312]

Hello - Yes I should have mentioned, that was the first thing I did, to no avail.

 

[saint19]

What mobo do you have?

 

[mb312]

It's an ASUS M3A78 Pro.

 

[saint19]

Uhmm, at this point i'm not sure what could it be.

 

[mb312]

Anyone else? How do I get my k10stat/AMD overdrive settings to stick? Is there another program out there that works better for those of us who can't use the BIOS to OC?

 

[loneninja]

What do you mean by get K10stat settings to stick? Ever since my first time using k10stat, whatever I set up is always there the next time I open the program, only catch is I need to open the program after I start my computer and click apply to actually use the settings.

I do actually overclock in the BIOS, I use K10stat to change my cool n quiet Pstates and underclock, because 90% of the time my computer is on 2.0Ghz is more than plenty to handle anything I do.

You also seem to have a poor Phenom 9950, my 9850 does 3.0 on 1.3V.

 

[mb312]

I have the 140W model 9950 instead of the 125W, could this be the reason for the higher required voltage?

By stick I mean that I expected to not have to open the program every boot and apply my settings, but after reading your comment, loneninja, it looks like this is normal. Not like it's a lot of work, it just seemed like something was wrong, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[mb312]

Best answer selected by mb312.

 

[maxwellmelon]

k10 requires http://aspiregemstone.blogspot.com/2009/06/k10stat-amd-griffin-processor.html to get it to start up at boot. the command line has to be set up just so.