Well, since your post was addressed to me (Cal

and suggested
that I "just looked the mobo manual" (nice English?), I responded.
If you don't have anything useful to say why waste time by a silly,
pretentious and useless post?
"Carlos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7BE4FBA4-40C1-4C3E-9D40-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Cal:
> I think it is high time for the OP to read our posts and come back to us
> with additonal data/answers.
> Carlos
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> NO -- there is NO Cool'nQuiet control option in my BIOS
>> I do not have the same mb as you
>> Must be enabled by default
>> NO FSB frequency or clock multiplier options either
>> NO problems however, Vista flying along
>>
>> "Carlos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:1893F9FD-E1A8-459E-A4B0-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Cal:
>> > Mi BIOS (ASUS A8N-SLI) has "AMD K8 Cool 'N Quiet control" option.
>> > Just looked the mobo manual.
>> > Carlos
>> >
>> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hmmmm,
>> >> I do not have a BIOS setting, and I do not have Cool'nQuiet software,
>> >> but, the Sidebar gadget does go up to the full speed when I use
>> processor
>> >> intensive applications.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Carlos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:8856AD6A-458B-4216-9A32-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Cal:
>> >> > I think the throttle thing has to be enabled in BIOS, or have to have
>> >> > installed an AMD utility (CPU cool?) in order to allow the lowering
>> of
>> >> the
>> >> > frequency.
>> >> > Otherwise it is not enabled by default.
>> >> > Carlos
>> >> >
>> >> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Don't AMD processors automatically throttle down when they are not
>> >> being
>> >> >> fully used?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Using a Sidebar gadget, when the system was idle, it did not report
>> the
>> >> >> full frequency of my AMD processor.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Carlos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:8DF27DF5-57F8-4CE7-B16C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >> > ZebraB:
>> >> >> > 1.- How do you know that your 3400+ is running at 800 Mhz?
>> >> >> > 2.- What does your BIOS say upon boot? It might not be Vista the
>> one
>> >> to
>> >> >> look
>> >> >> > but your BIOS settings might be wrong.
>> >> >> > 3.- Download and install CPU-Z (http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php) and
>> >> check
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> > info it provides about your processor.
>> >> >> > Carlos
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "ZebraB" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> I can't get Vista to recognize my 3400+ to have a frequency of
>> 2200
>> >> Mhz
>> >> >> or at
>> >> >> >> least to run it at 2200 Mhz.
>> >> >> >> I tried everything around those energy plans, no change! PLS
>> someone
>> >> >> help me!
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I have a Vista System in a different language, so please post
>> every
>> >> >> answer
>> >> >> >> step by step or I might not be able to follow!
>> >> >>
>> >>
>>