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RandomSpamIsGood · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Posts: 28

I have an E7200 and a Intel G31 Micro ATX Motherboard. For some reason, when I overclock it to 3.2, it goes back to its stock speed at 2.53 after a period of time. This is not the first time its happened. For instance I overclock it to 3.2 and it stays 3.2 for about 1 week - 2 months. Then I notice a noticable slowdown. I check the clock speed and its back at 2.53.

I've ran Prime95 for 24 hours with no errors. SpeedStep is also disabled.

My voltage is 1.20. Should I crank up the voltage and run Prime95 again?
What should I do. Thanks.

Note: I do realize that I have a crap motherboard. I built it under an extreme budget so yeah... Please don't tell me to get a better motherboard,processor,etc.

Karakawe · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject:

At first I thought it was a power-saving thing like on Asus P5Q and later mobos. That reduced the multiplier when idling. However, I don't think that'd be the issue here. It's strange that the clock would be reset (does it change back in BIOS as well?), but it wouldn't be a voltage thing. If it was due to voltage, your system would be more likely to hang when doing small FFTs in Prime95.
When is the clock reset? During computer use, or randomly when restarting?

RandomSpamIsGood · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Posts: 28

It does show up as back to factory clock on BIOS. I don't know when it resets, but when when I feel a noticable lag or anything like that after opening some of my programs, that's when I'll tell it reset. Honestly, I think it resets during start up.

Karakawe · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure about the features of the Intel boards. If it resets at startup, the voltage may not be high enough and the motherboard restores default settings. Try upping the voltage a bit (if you know what you're doing).

Cheetah · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:

Check the BIOS for anything that might be disabling your overclock. My board for example will reset to stock speeds if the overclock fails, check to make sure yours isn't falsely correcting your overclock.

Make sure Speedstep and C1E are disabled.

Check the CMOS battery with a voltmeter (it will be a CR2032 battery, looks like a quarter almost), make sure it's at least 3v.

Humper · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:

You probebly got some bug in your bios.
You should return your card.

Many asus cards got epu which automaticly underclock (by setting multiplyer low), tho as fast as you start using the computer gain it will put it at you putted it.

Otherwise some motherboards got auto thing that makes the bios reset if the computer crash.

Regards Humper

NeverForgotten · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject:

Karakawe · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject:

kls85 · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject:

Humper · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject:

EPU has nothing to do with drivers, its not an windows software.

Also this has probebly nothing to do with his CPU.

Check your motherboard settings abit.

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject:

Make sure your battery is holding charge. If speedstep, and the other power saving things are off, then you should be golden.

Some boards will also reset your settings if you fail to POST.

kls85 · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

Karakawe · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:

I think ASUS boards are too geared towards power-use reduction. I'm more into performance.

Humper · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

kls85 · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: