Why does my p4 3.8ghz have a core speed of 2852.6Mhz?

[parlee]

well u see when ur voltage is reading 3.9 its probably an error/mobo/ or psu, and since he didnt tell us what the bios said the voltage was im going to assume it was psu or mobo related, and since his psu is probably half way decent and usually psu's dont overvolt that much, im going to say its a faulty transister on the mobo or somthing... the fact that its throtting (since he never said when its at 2.8 im assuming idle) im guessing that the voltage is pretty close to being correct... its not an aweful idea to tell him to run out to compusa and try a different mobo, if the voltage reads the same it could be the psu or just a misread.... but if it reads normal then it was a bad board... u cant really find the problem unless u experiment. but sure mess with the bios before u go buy a different board but the voltage should have been set to 1.4 or whatever intels vcore is or at least the "auto" setting, no way in hell a mobo running correctly would give over double the voltage to the vcore which is why i think its a mobo problem and not a psu... i doubt changing any of the things would do much... update to latest drivers before anything though...

 

[endyen]

There is rumour of a problem with the holdown on the heatsink for Intel fans. If you can open the case, without voiding your warranty, I would suggest that you make sure the holddowns are fully engaged.