AMD 955 cpu, is only at 1.7 GHZ , please help

[gamer916]

Ok I'm new (-: I just fired up my new PC last night everything is running great but my CPU is only running at 1. something GHz not 3.2 like it should is there something I need to do ?

Can someone give me some advise on how to crank this thing up? (-:


Thanks.

 

[million3g]

bios update

 

[AKM880]

Welcome to Toms Hardware Forum!

Is Cool&Qiuet enabled? Download CPU-Z, and disable C&Q in your BIOS or in Windows/OS. After that monitor your clocks with CPU-Z. Try something like Prime95 to stress test your CPU whiles CPU-Z is running. Check if the clocks rise at all. What are the rest of your system configuration?