AMD fx6300 running full speed

[MartK]

Hi

My problem is that my fx 6300 is running always at full speed. Any programs that automatically reduce the speed when necessary?

 

[NightAntilli]

Check in your BIOS if cool n quiet is enabled.
Check your performancee/energy saving profile in windows.

 

[MartK]

Hi thanks for the reply.
cool n quiet is enabled. still no luck. windows power plan is set to balanced. do i have to install cool n quiet dirver too? last time when i installed it it didnt work and said "this procsessor is not supported".

 

[MartK]

But when i put windows 7 power plan to power saver it reduces the speed.
but its fishy because its says "power saver". does it mean that when i play games then it still goes to full power when necessary?

 

[NightAntilli]

Power saver might limit the CPU under games.

Check in task manager if anything is using an abnormal amount of CPU. Six cores, so, that means that any process that's using 15-17% of CPU power is keeping your CPU from 'resting'.

 

[MartK]

Power saver might limit the CPU under games.

Check in task manager if anything is using an abnormal amount of CPU. Six cores, so, that means that any process that's using 15-17% of CPU power is keeping your CPU from 'resting'.

overall cpu usage is 25-45% and the most demanding process is avastsvc.exe using 10-15 cpu.

 

[MartK]

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[NightAntilli]

Ok. Avast is causing you problems for some reason.

 

[MartK]

Ok. Avast is causing you problems for some reason.

ok trying to uninstall avast! and install avg.
or can u give me some advice of a good anti virus program?

 

[MartK]

Still no luck. uninstalled avast and now my overall cpu usage is 10-16%. when i set to balanced still not underclocking.

 

[NightAntilli]

Hm very weird. No other programs running in background that are taking many CPU resources?

 

[MartK]

Hm very weird. No other programs running in background that are taking many CPU resources?

no nothing. at least i cant find something. only ccc and in chorme there are spotify where im listening music.

 

[NightAntilli]

Download HWInfo and run it. It'll give you more details on how the CPU is running.

 

[MartK]

Download HWInfo and run it. It'll give you more details on how the CPU is running.

anything specific that i need to look for

 

[NightAntilli]

Voltage changes of the CPU, see if all cores stay at full speed, or only a few and so on.

 

[MartK]

Voltage changes of the CPU, see if all cores stay at full speed, or only a few and so on.

Yes every single core is at full speed. (3800 mhz)
that's the same info that i get from cpu-z
voltage is 1,3 V
(when i set to balanced)

 

[NightAntilli]

Ok.

Go to power options from the control panel.
Then click on change plant settings under the 'balanced' option.
Then click on change advanced power settings.
Scroll down to processor power management.
Click on the + and go to minimum processor state.
Click on the + and see what it's set to. You can change it to as low as 1%

 

[MartK]

Ok.

Go to power options from the control panel.
Then click on change plant settings under the 'balanced' option.
Then click on change advanced power settings.
Scroll down to processor power management.
Click on the + and go to minimum processor state.
Click on the + and see what it's set to. You can change it to as low as 1%

i have tried it before. it wont change. i think i just change to power saver when i watch a film or surf the web but when i play games then set it to balanced or high

 

[NightAntilli]

Which motherboard & BIOS do you have? Might be that an update is required? Just throwing out ideas.

 

[MartK]

Which motherboard & BIOS do you have? Might be that an update is required? Just throwing out ideas.

i have asus m5a78l-m usb3 and bios version is 2001. i dont think that it needs a bios update because it worked fine about month ago.

 

[NightAntilli]

Ok. Anything notable that changed? Any new software you installed? New hardware? Big software Update?

 

[MartK]

Ok. Anything notable that changed? Any new software you installed? New hardware? Big software Update?

i dont know when exactly when it happened but i recently updated amd chipset and video card drivers to omega drivers.

 

[NightAntilli]

Hm. That could have something to do with it. Especially the chipset drivers.

 

[helpstar]

BIOS Version 2001 is the latest.

Are in control panel any question marks or exclamation marks?

Check Windows threads and processes:
use http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html to get a log. Look after things you don´t know or are marked red/yellow

any tuning tools installed? ccleaner, tuneup software or overclocking tools

 

[MartK]

BIOS Version 2001 is the latest.

Are in control panel any question marks or exclamation marks?

Check Windows threads and processes:
use http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html to get a log. Look after things you don´t know or are marked red/yellow

any tuning tools installed? ccleaner, tuneup software or overclocking tools

yes ccleaner is installed. but no oc programs and i havent oc my cpu or gpu. control panel? u mean device manager if so there isn't any question marks or exclamation marks. Trend-Micro-HijackThis nothing marked red/yellow.