The power plan was the first thing I checked..it's set to high performance...
CPUz shows 4.2 ghz...
I went into the bios and the min max CPU shows 800mhz for both where you can see the profile of the CPU. It looks like it down clocks the CPU but uses boost to get it to the 4.2 ghz... I also compared the parameters it changes from default and there were only a couple of bios parameters it changed...which should not affect the min and for sure should not set the max CPU to 800 MHz...I'm suspecting that the ai suite is not just change the bios but does something outside the bios...
I love fan expert...how can I just reset the hing to defaults...I see it's not just bios but some other hardware management function..
Myk SilentShadow wrote:
800 MHz is the idle speed, in Windows your power plan i'm willing to bet is set at balanced and will only clock higher to 4.2 under load. This is normal as is Windows reporting 800MHz...just ignore it from Windows and only verify with CPU-Z when your CPU is under load.