4.3Ghz showing as 10mhz in WinXP

[Griffin]

After having probs with my mach1, I switched to a Vapochill LS and also a 3.4 Prescott.

However, when I clock to 4.3ghz, the processor shows as 10mhz !!! I have heard about this bug (ie its the highest 32bit number, so winXP just recounts from 0) but the question I have is:

Does anybody have a working solution to this problem?

A lot of software I tested for benchmark purposes will not run at this speed (ie Sandra, PC Mark 2004 etc) only because they detect the CPU incorrectly.

If there is no solution, then what is the point of clocking past 4.3Ghz??? It's a shame coz, this will run stable at 4.5+

After doing some more searching, I cam across this...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14149

What are you other 4.3+ guys doing to get around this prob? I cannot find much, if anything, on Google.

 

[Thickbrit]

I have this on my prommies too,anything beyond 4.3,all software monitoring detects 10mhz,i just thought my o/s was unstable.Does anyone know of a fix ?

 

[Griffin]

SP2 fixes it !!!

This was a last resort, but the plunge had to be taken at some point I suppose.

A bit of hammer to crack a walnut, but there you go!

 

[gorby]

Even though it reports it incorrectly doesn’t mean there is no point in doing it. It still runs at 4.3 ghz.....

 

[Warlord Shigs]

Even though it reports it incorrectly doesn’t mean there is no point in doing it. It still runs at 4.3 ghz.....[/QUOTE/]

agreed

 

[Barkerd]

Sandra Pro SP2

Sandra Pro SP2 does seem to sort out the benchmarking side of things. I have the 3.4E D0 stepping with a Mach II GT and this will bench ok both at 4.4 and 4.5 in Sandra. The Mach II display seems to read 10Mhz no matter what I do so I am interested in a solution too!! If Sandra can sort the problem in software then surely whatever software is controlling the Mach II display can too!!

 

[Griffin]

<SPAN style="COLOR: black">Quote "If there is no solution, then what is the point of clocking past 4.3Ghz???"