i just built a new comp and i tried overclocking for the first time im using CPU-Z and my mulitiplier keeps switching from 9.5 to 6. I have an e7200... why is it doing this and how do i get it to just stay at 9.5?My cpu mulitplier keeps changing from 6 to 9.5?Yep ditto what mysticman44 above me says, I have a 2.8 ghz that drops the multiplier to bring the cpu down to 1 ghz when nothings being done
Jumps right back up as needed thoughMy cpu mulitplier keeps changing from 6 to 9.5?What is going on is that a 9.5 setting is way too high! Your BIOS safeguards are dropping it back to 6, probably because if it doesn't you are likely to burn the mp up. You need to tweek the computer by tiny increments, not just max it out and think you can get away with it. The mix of components will determine the stability of the computer tweak. So you may have to settle for less, like a setting of 6.5, 7.0 or 7.5 rather than 9.5. When the BIOS stops kicking you back to 6, you will have your maximum tweak setting.
But do this one small step at a time. YOu have overtweaked and the computer ain't likin' what ya did to it.My cpu mulitplier keeps changing from 6 to 9.5?Dont know what Jims talking about. The stock multiplier for an E7200 is 9.5. Try going to your motherboards cpu support page and see what bios you need to run that cpu. Thats a recently released cpu. I build and sell computers and sometimes, even thou I buy a brand new board and cpu to go with it, althou the board supports the cpu the board was made before the cpu came out and the bios on the board is outdated and needs to be flashed to run the cpu. Could be youre bumping the FSB up way too high and the boards dialing the multplier down to make up for it. Experienced overclockers are getting 3.8 out of that cpu(9.5X400) but dont expect that if youre an overclocking newbie running a stock fan/heatsink and low end ram. Note that cpu-z will sometimes not show the right stuff until you put a load on the cpu. Make sure you have EIST disabled in the bios if you have that option.My cpu mulitplier keeps changing from 6 to 9.5?Very very simple answer, and has zero to do with overclocking. Intel puts a feature called SpeedStep on their chips to reduce power consumption, it lowers the speed of the chip when it can to save power, usually when the processor is not being taxed heavily. It does so by changind the clock multiplier. This feature can be disabled in the BIOS, find it and disable it, problem solved. And to be clear, I 100% absolutelty guarantee this is what is happening.
