[RESOLVED] Me clocks my CPU

[ringo2143z]

Has anyone ever noticed Win Me clocking their processor? I replaced '98 the other day and for some reason Me is clocking my PII-400. I've checked the temps and bios - bios says 400MHz, and it is above normal temperatures. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Sowulo]

Originally posted by ringo2143z:
Has anyone ever noticed Win Me clocking their processor? I replaced '98 the other day and for some reason Me is clocking my PII-400. I've checked the temps and bios - bios says 400MHz, and it is above normal temperatures. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I have no idea what you mean. How is WinMe 'clocking' your processor?

[SuBz]

Uhh, If you mean overclocking your processor than maybe it is because you run a 3d game or something very cpu intensive. I dont know if it is even possible for ME to set the clocks on your processor, so maybe your just paranoid.

Install a better cooling system if what you got doesn't keep it at "normal" temps.

[ringo2143z]

I've checked the temps when it's idling and they're above normal for the 400MHz clock. DirectX and other CPU speed testers say that it's running at 412MHz, not much, but enough to cause nasty heat.

[jbar1]

Check and see what you have running in the back ground as far as heat is concerned. The OS can't over clock the system. If it is misreporting the speed then there is a good chanch it is misreporting the temp. Clock controled by Bios or pinned as you didnt give enough info. Both 98 and ME often give incorrect readings.

[ringo2143z]

The clock speed is bios controlled. Before with '98, the PC idled at 32C, now it's somewhere around 36C, suggesting a bit of overclocking. Don't get me wrong, I've dabbled with the CPU speed before, it's just I have to run it at 400MHz nowadays to get other things to run (like my CD-RW). I've checked the speed with CPUID, DirectX 8 and SiSoft Sandra 2001, and they all report 412MHz. Temps are monitored with a HW monitor which came with the M-board, which hasn't been wrong so far.

[Sowulo]

Originally posted by ringo2143z:
The clock speed is bios controlled. Before with '98, the PC idled at 32C, now it's somewhere around 36C, suggesting a bit of overclocking. Don't get me wrong, I've dabbled with the CPU speed before, it's just I have to run it at 400MHz nowadays to get other things to run (like my CD-RW). I've checked the speed with CPUID, DirectX 8 and SiSoft Sandra 2001, and they all report 412MHz. Temps are monitored with a HW monitor which came with the M-board, which hasn't been wrong so far.

True an overclocked CPU will run hotter than it did when set at its default speed but that doesn't mean any CPU running hotter is overclocked. You changed your OS and the CPU is working harder than it did before, therefore--hotter. More speed will equal hotter temperatures but hotter temperatures do not define higher speed.

[ringo2143z]

I acquired a copy of SoftFSB to play with, and when it loads and detects the FSB of 103MHz which would give the 412MHz. Further fiddling allows a change back to 400 or up to 448, which detect properly in all my speed utils. Ideas & suggestions?

[LagMonster]

I don't mean to sound mean, but buy more fans if your concerned about it. I wouldn't really worry about it myself until you notice a performance hit from the heat. If you really concerned about heat underclock your cpu.

[ringo2143z]

fans are a good suggestion, but I have filled my case with 10 already. i guess the heat isn't as serious as other people experience, but I'm not happy about it since I like to overclock sometimes.

[tablesalt]

412MHz won't kill it. One thing to look at is some mainboards have a setting in the BIOS to boost performance by upping the FSB a few MHz, I had an Abit BX6 rev 2 that did this by adding 3MHz so in turn my P3 500 was running at 515MHz, not a huge difference and the heat was negligable. Even now my Athlon 900 is being as reported as running at 908MHz, I'm perfectly happy to leave it alone.

[ringo2143z]

fair enough. i'll leave it for the time being until it causes a problem. cheers

[JeanneD]

10 fans? I hope you have a great power supply

[ringo2143z]

They all spin alright, so that's ok. Most of them are in parallel and I've checked things out with my electronic engineer of a brother, so no probs there.

[PaulDavidCox]

Hey Ringo,a little poem for your sheep mate.
Mary had a little lamb who's fleece was thick and whispy,
It diagnosed with foot and mouth so now it's black and crispy!!
Seriously mate what the hell do you need with 10 fans running a PII 400?