Well I finally got my Windows 7 Ultimate N x64 copy up and running on my pc. Went to the control panel to check things out Clicked on the system tab and noticed my once 3.5ghz cpu at 1.00ghz WTF? Disabled Cool n Quiet and it still stays at 1.00ghz. Some help here please. Yes I have searched google: Disabling Cool n' Quiet did not fix my problem Btw: Windows 7 kicks ass until you realize your hard work at overclocking is flushed down the toilet.
I don't see how it can under clock your CPU. This is set in BIOS. Have you checked the actual clock speed with CPU-Z or something, or just the system properties in Win 7? According to Windows 7, my system is not over clocked at all... in fact, like yours, it's slightly under clocked yet it obviously is. So if other stuff is reporting it as correct, and benchmark times suggest it's still over clocked... basically ignore Win 7.
I've seen some issues with CnQ on Windows XP at a friend's place, where first Windows (or more appropriately the driver) couldn't enable QnQ for the CPU (so it always ran at full speed) and later couldn't disable CnQ (so it kept running at 1GHz). Neither situation was really great, but it went away (seemingly) by itself. At least I never figured out what triggered the behaviour.
Start > type: power. Select: Power Options, in the results. Set your system to High Performance. Cool'n Quiet does not work anymore win7, Windows takes over, if your motherboard supports it. Balance will clock the CPU based on your needs. If you need more power, it will clock faster. This makes the computer quieter, waist less power. Settings your power profile to high performance, will set the CPU to max speed all the time.
What he said Although i can't see the disadvantage to it being underclocked when idle, appart from loosing a bit of epeen. It uses less power, outputs less heat and results in a quieter computer. It still pops back up to you're overclocked speed when it needs the power. For high overclocks it can cause stability problems, but most of the time its fine.
It does to me actually... CPUZ doesn't show the dropped multiplier from EIST when it's opened. Fortunately Everest does, and I've made a couple nifty screens for my G15 that allow me to check it on-the-fly. On the original topic, I'm in the same spot as Pookeyhead.
I like your icon layout... What if you want to keep all your games, and you have a new game to add... what happens now?
An icon gets destroyed. Things like the Xfire and Steam icons could disappear without any ill effect. They both start up with windows.
