CPU Replacement

GeneO said:

carwiz said:

You might want to run HWiNFO64 with Sensor only checked and see if the voltages are up to par. A slowing processor could mean an aging motherboard regulator or a power supply getting weak. Either will cary over to a new processor. The limits are +/- 5% but I would consider 5% the failure mark and replacement time.

If you don't have good stable voltages, your processor frequency won't change, the processor will just crash. Since the OP didn't mention any crashing, his voltages are fine.

What ever gave you that idea? How do you think C1 and C1E are implemented? Never heard of VR capacitors going bad? I take it you never heard of overclocking either. It's a simple test worth checking and can show whether the voltage is fluctuating or sagging out of spec. Doesn't cost a thing but a few minutes and can rule out power problems. Beats guessing at something you can't see.

And I agree, you won't see it in CPU-Z. Half of it doesn't work anyway. That's why I said use HWiNFO64 (for 64-bit OS). It's a MUCH better monitor. It even has a core graph that will show the speed changes with the voltage change for those of you that need pictures.

carwiz said:

GeneO said:

carwiz said:

You might want to run HWiNFO64 with Sensor only checked and see if the voltages are up to par. A slowing processor could mean an aging motherboard regulator or a power supply getting weak. Either will cary over to a new processor. The limits are +/- 5% but I would consider 5% the failure mark and replacement time.

If you don't have good stable voltages, your processor frequency won't change, the processor will just crash. Since the OP didn't mention any crashing, his voltages are fine.

What ever gave you that idea? How do you think C1 and C1E are implemented? Never heard of VR capacitors going bad? I take it you never heard of overclocking either. It's a simple test worth checking and can show whether the voltage is fluctuating or sagging out of spec. Doesn't cost a thing but a few minutes and can rule out power problems. Beats guessing at something you can't see.

And I agree, you won't see it in CPU-Z. Half of it doesn't work anyway. That's why I said use HWiNFO64 (for 64-bit OS). It's a MUCH better monitor. It even has a core graph that will show the speed changes with the voltage change for those of you that need pictures.

What ever gave you the idea voltage changes would change the processor frequency? Changing voltage can affect the stability, not the speed. Yes I have heard of overclocking - my rig is overclocked and I know something about it, a bit more than you it appears. You have to increase the core voltage sometimes to make the overclock stable, not to increase the processor frequency.

profdlp said:

If it were enabled and running Speedstep is going to drop it a whole lot more than .04 GHz. It usually is in the 30-40% range, not the measly 1.67% our man is seeing.

You are right, The next step down for this processor is 2.3 GHz.