Just did a BIOS update on my MSI K8T NEO FIR. Now XP is reporting a 990
MHz clockspeed. The MSI WMI utility tells me this much...

Name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Max ClockSpeed : 2200 MHz
Current ClockSpeed : 990 MHz
External Clock : 200 MHz
Upgrade Method : undefined
L2 Cache Size : 512 Kb
Display Availability : Running/Full Power
PowerManagement Supported : false
Status : OK

So at least it knows it can be 2.2 GHz. It was working fine before. Is
there a setting in the BIOS that may have changed to slow the
clockspeed? I didn't change anything other than enabling the cool &
quiet feature. That certainly shouldn't slow the clockspeed.

nikoli wrote:
> Just did a BIOS update on my MSI K8T NEO FIR. Now XP is reporting a 990
> MHz clockspeed. The MSI WMI utility tells me this much...
>
> Name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
> Max ClockSpeed : 2200 MHz
> Current ClockSpeed : 990 MHz
> External Clock : 200 MHz
> Upgrade Method : undefined
> L2 Cache Size : 512 Kb
> Display Availability : Running/Full Power
> PowerManagement Supported : false
> Status : OK
>
> So at least it knows it can be 2.2 GHz. It was working fine before. Is
> there a setting in the BIOS that may have changed to slow the
> clockspeed? I didn't change anything other than enabling the cool &
> quiet feature. That certainly shouldn't slow the clockspeed.

You've answered your own question here- Cool'n'Quiet most definately
does slow the clock speed if the system is mainly idle- see www.amd.com

"The Key Benefits of AMD Cool‘n’Quiet™ Technology are:

Consumer:

* Reduces heat output from your PC
* Quiet PCs for a quiet home
* Performance on demand to conserve power"

dion_b wrote:

> nikoli wrote:
>
>> Just did a BIOS update on my MSI K8T NEO FIR. Now XP is reporting a
>> 990 MHz clockspeed. The MSI WMI utility tells me this much...
>>
>> Name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
>> Max ClockSpeed : 2200 MHz
>> Current ClockSpeed : 990 MHz
>> External Clock : 200 MHz
>> Upgrade Method : undefined
>> L2 Cache Size : 512 Kb
>> Display Availability : Running/Full Power
>> PowerManagement Supported : false
>> Status : OK
>>
>> So at least it knows it can be 2.2 GHz. It was working fine before. Is
>> there a setting in the BIOS that may have changed to slow the
>> clockspeed? I didn't change anything other than enabling the cool &
>> quiet feature. That certainly shouldn't slow the clockspeed.
>
>
> You've answered your own question here- Cool'n'Quiet most definately
> does slow the clock speed if the system is mainly idle- see www.amd.com
>
> "The Key Benefits of AMD Cool‘n’Quiet™ Technology are:
>
> Consumer:
>
> * Reduces heat output from your PC
> * Quiet PCs for a quiet home
> * Performance on demand to conserve power"

slaps forehead