Unlocking a 3 core to 4 core ?

[chaosmountain]

Hey all

I have a AMD ADX440WFK32GI Athlon II X3 440 Triple Core Processor - 3.00GHz, Socket AM3, 1.5MB Cache With a Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H Motherboard.

Now i went into the bios and was able to unlock the 4th core, but in cpu-z it say's the clock speed is 803.6mhz and also in EasyTune 5, but in windows it shows as 3.0ghz and in Everest,







Is there something i am missing or need to do ?

I don't seem to be able to find any specific tut's on how to set it up.

Thanks for any info!!

[chaosmountain]

Okay, i restarted and it showed in CPU-Z at 3.0ghz then it bounced down to 831mhz, then back up to 2.3ghz, back down to 834mhz, and now is hanging down at 831mhz ??

[chaosmountain]

Now i changed some settings in the bios and when i restarted it showed the multiplier as x15 and at 3ghz then all of a sudden it drops back down to x4.0 and 831mhz........

WTH

[gshv]

Does it go back to 3.0 GHz when you run something CPU-intensive in the background? If it does then it's Cool'n'Quiet. 800 MHz is the CnQ's frequency in the minimum performance state.

Gennadiy

[chaosmountain]

Thanks man, i will check it and see what happens.

Now that you say that i remember reading something about Cool'n'Quiet back some time ago.

I know with my motherboard's software disc it had some energy saving programs for AMD but i did not install them because on my desktop i don't care about saving energy, i just want MORE POWER all the time!!
LOL!!

I'll post back with what happens.

[chaosmountain]

Yeah under load it jumped right back up to 3ghz.

I was running a dvd through fairuse wizard encoding an xvid, the mobo temp jumped up to 92c and the cpu jumped up to almost 100c and everything shut down.

I waited a minute and started it back up and everything cooled right down.

I reset it back to it's original settings, 3 cores, and i am going to try it again to see if it overheats like that again.

[chaosmountain]

Set back to the original 3 core settings doing the same thing the CPU is hovering at 73c

I read that 73c is the max for this cpu.

I am using one of these, i have the same thing on my dual core and it keeps it down to 32C under load.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4662522&Sku=U12-40603


Maybe i'll take it off and reset it with new thermal compound and see if that helps, otherwise i will get a bigger heatsink because even under 3 core operation i want it cooler.

Any other ideas, thoughts, ect. ?

Thanks!

[Marcin]

These are very high temp. Check for properly installed heatsink (thermal paste and good connection). If that will be same result than you need better cooler like this one :

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4387079&CatId=493

and you must put small cooler on northbridge (heatsink marked on photo).

[chaosmountain]

Yeah i was actually looking at that cpu cooler then i started looking at these water or liquid cooling systems,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5267687&Sku=C13-2528

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5744117&Sku=C432-1008

I was thinking about getting a northbridge cooler also but all the one's i see seem to be more sized towards the smaller heatsink (the silver one with the 2 grooves cut in it)

I just got a BFG GeForce GTS 250 1GB GDDR3 video card so i will have to see how much room there is after putting it in, the silver heatsink looks like it will be covered up afterwards.

[gh071458]

I have a AMD ADX440WFK32GI Athlon II X3 440 Triple Core Processor - 3.00GHz, Socket AM3, 1.5MB Cache With a Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H Motherboard, every time I try to unlock the 4th core my computer crashes... any help will be welcomed

[D.8080]

[Qwerty]

[D.8080]

[gh071458]

Thanx, for all your replies...