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Sager 4750 reporting only 801Mhz

post #1 of 23
1/30/05 at 7:23pm
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My Sager 4750 with the Athlon 64 3400+ seems slow and under system properties in control panel it says the processor is operating at only 801Mhz (even during performance-critical operations). When i ran the Cpu-z program, it told me the core speed was 801 mhz and the multiplier was 4.0....... this seems wrong, and the computer certainly seems slow.......... anybody have any suggestions??

thanks
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post #2 of 23
1/30/05 at 10:06pm
The processor is taking advantage of the PowerNow! technology that AMD uses. When not under great stress, the processor will clock down to 800 mhz to save power and stay cooler. It should clock up to 2.2 ghz when it's needed. Try running a very cpu intensive application and check the CPU speed again to see if it has clocked up. You can download Mobilemeter, which will give you live updates to the processor speed and heat of your CPU. search for it on this forum. you should find the link.
And if it never goes above 800, maybe you have a driver problem. In which case, download the most recent driver from AMD's website and report back here with your results
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post #3 of 23
1/31/05 at 10:55am
run mobile meter and you should see it adjust clock speed in real time.
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post #4 of 23
2/2/05 at 2:11pm

Powernow under win2k will have problems

PowerNow under windows 2000 (win2k) causes locking and freezing for me. My solution was to download CrystalCPUID and set the underclock and undervoltage myself. With the right settings the machine is very quite when you want it to be, and can be turned up to full volume when you need the power.
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post #5 of 23
2/2/05 at 5:14pm
Hey Big Trouble,

How do you like your Hypersonic AX7?
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post #6 of 23
2/6/05 at 2:51pm
Ok using MobileMeter my Frquency never gets over 833MHz, even running HL2 or CS:S. I downloaded the latest and greatest drivers from AMD.

How the hell do I get my processor to clock at max speed all the time so hopefully I can at least temporarily stop these damn lockups using wireless???
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post #7 of 23
2/6/05 at 3:32pm
I also ran SpeedSwitch and it too is reporting only 801MHz... what gives here? How do I fix it?
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post #8 of 23
2/6/05 at 3:57pm
I'm assuming here that the bus freq in BIOS is set to an incorrect setting, which is giving the system an incorrect processor freq. Unfortunately BIOS does not give me any options to change my frequencies.
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post #9 of 23
2/6/05 at 4:19pm
control panel-->power option-->power schemes put on always on.
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post #10 of 23
2/6/05 at 4:36pm
Done that already. Every possible fix that has been mentioned in the other threads I have done.

1. Power scheme - > Always On
2. Reinstalled CPU driver
3. CPU-Z displays same freq
4. Mobmeter displays same freq
5. RightMark CPU clock utility I tried, but no changes despite changing multiplier.
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post #11 of 23
2/20/05 at 8:21pm
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Originally Posted by RobotEmpire
Ok using MobileMeter my Frquency never gets over 833MHz, even running HL2 or CS:S. I downloaded the latest and greatest drivers from AMD.

How the hell do I get my processor to clock at max speed all the time so hopefully I can at least temporarily stop these damn lockups using wireless???

If you are running HL2 or CS:S... chances are it is going a bit faster than 833MHz. Maybe the software you are using just doesn't report it right?

For max speed all of the time, go to Power Settings (right click on desktop>properties>screen saver>Power) and change it to Always On.
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post #12 of 23
2/22/05 at 3:32pm
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Originally Posted by 411sponge
Hey Big Trouble,

How do you like your Hypersonic AX7?
It kicks butt. My desktop machine just died the other day and i don't even care (and I have a geforce 6800gt in it). That says alot.
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post #13 of 23
2/23/05 at 12:15am
robotempire did you figure out what was wrong yet?
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post #14 of 23
2/23/05 at 1:54am
Figured it out, if you haven't already. All you need to do is download that Power Now! Dashboard and install it. That along with the updated AMD drivers solved the problem. But it didn't work when I used the Drivers alone.
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post #15 of 23
3/24/05 at 1:28am
i'm having the same trouble... when i play warcraft 3.. it doesn't power up and it causes my program to slow down terribly
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post #16 of 23
8/24/05 at 11:06am
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Originally Posted by Bingerthedog
Figured it out, if you haven't already. All you need to do is download that Power Now! Dashboard and install it. That along with the updated AMD drivers solved the problem. But it didn't work when I used the Drivers alone.

Hi...I've tried it and still doesn't work, i've upgraded to bios v1.05, formated the disk installed windows and the lates driver with power now technology...and syrprise..... it gave 336mhz.....hahaha this really sucks, and i dont see any way to get this right..... help anyone? please? pretty pretty please?
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post #17 of 23
12/11/05 at 8:59am

My solution

Ok,

Firstly, windows XP and 2003 server dont report the correct speeds and so it will almost allways say 800mhz in the system properties.

now that thats said, I had the same problems and I solved them by uninstalling all the AMD drivers and utilities. I then did the hackflag fix which involves adding the following entry into the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CCS\Services\AmdK8\Parameters\HackFlags value=1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q306458/

I then reinstalled the AMD drivers and after that went to device manager and processors and clicked update driver. This then found the driver as AMDK8 and changed the driver file from processr.sys to AMDK8.sys

It seems that AMD have updated the driver to K8 and not told microsoft!!

I then reinstalled the AMDCLOCK and dashboard software

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/..._12474,00.html

now everything appears to work. the amdclock changes dependant on the load and if i change power to alway on it jumps to 1600mhz

hope that help someone
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post #18 of 23
1/6/06 at 2:36am
This solution should really be stickied since so many people experiance this problem!
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post #19 of 23
1/17/06 at 1:53am
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Originally Posted by mir
Ok,

Firstly, windows XP and 2003 server dont report the correct speeds and so it will almost allways say 800mhz in the system properties.

now that thats said, I had the same problems and I solved them by uninstalling all the AMD drivers and utilities. I then did the hackflag fix which involves adding the following entry into the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CCS\Services\AmdK8\Parameters\HackFlags value=1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q306458/

I then reinstalled the AMD drivers and after that went to device manager and processors and clicked update driver. This then found the driver as AMDK8 and changed the driver file from processr.sys to AMDK8.sys

It seems that AMD have updated the driver to K8 and not told microsoft!!

I then reinstalled the AMDCLOCK and dashboard software

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/..._12474,00.html

now everything appears to work. the amdclock changes dependant on the load and if i change power to alway on it jumps to 1600mhz

hope that help someone

He mir it says in the instructions that the registry should be edited AFTER the A7.sys and K7.sys files have been installed. Did you do it before or after, also mate, you you please give us a bit of a run down on how to use the registry editor, I sort of know, but i'd rather be sure. For example I go to find

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CCS\Services\AmdK8\Parameters

but it doesn't exist, now do add the 'Parameters' value? Should it be there? Can I just add the following

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CCS\Services\AmdK8\Parameters\HackFlags value=1

as a line into the registry without fiddling about anymore?
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post #20 of 23
1/20/06 at 4:10am
Plz help, someone...
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