It's kind of hard to explain. Okay, *deep breath*
I've then went to the Asus TurboV EVO app and set the CPU ratio to the default 17.5 and hit apply.
I didn't restart my machine, bet then after checking on CPUID the max the frequency fluctuated at was 3.5ghz and AIDA64 saw it as 3500 Mhz next to the cpu type. Then I tried the AIDA64 stress (or stability?) test and the cpu stayed stable at 3.5ghz on 100% load. After 2-3 minutes of testing my pc rebooted.. After I checked the cpu type on AIDA it went back to 3800 Mhz and the fluctuations of 3.8 and 4.1 remained on CPUID when at idle. Now here's the interesting part:
I again started the stress test. Only this time, when at 100% the clockrate almost the entire time stayed at 3.5ghz and at random points for a split second would rise to 3.8ghz, never rised to 4.1, which is what I'm baffled about.. After 9 minutes of testing, my machine did not reboot, everything worked fine. My question would be about the unusual fluctuation, why it never fluctuated up to 4.1ghz when stress-testing and why did my machine reboot on the first stress-test, but not the second one?
Here are my specs if it helps:
Asus M5A97 R2.0 mb
FX-6300 Black Edition (with stock cooler)
Gigabyte GTX660
Corsair XMS3 2x4gb 1333mhz
Corsair CX500W
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm
http://imgur.com/a/6CJIG
here's the information of the SECOND test. the one after the reboot. (ignore the last picture)
Also, the maximum temp the cpu reached while stress testing was: the cores - 40-42 degrees celcius and CPU (the first in the line) - 51-52 degrees celcius. So I'm pretty sure the reboot was not due to large temperatures.
Go into the bios > advanced options > advanced > Cpu configuration.
disable cool n quiet.
Do you have an idea what caused the reboot?
The fluctuations might be for unstable core voltage,if you want everethin on default go to the BIOS and set load defaults... the fluctuations between 3.5 and 3.8 could also be meaning that amdturbocore is enabled, not a bad thing really...
Also, what's the purpose and function of cool n quiet? And I just realized that those fluctuations were due to the turbo function of my fx processor, which raises it to 3.8ghz and max turbo to 4.1ghz. This might be a bit off topic, but how is overclocking different from the turbo function?
ye also go to the ai tweaker and set the cpu core voltage, from offset to manual mode. and leave everything on auto.
Thanks, I've just realized that those fluctuations were indeed because of the amdturbo core which on an fx-6300 goes up to 3.8ghz with turbo and 4.1ghz with max turbo as I stated to the other guy. Now my question still stands as to why it reaches 4.1 ghz on idle, but not on load? Also, what's the difference between OC and the turbo thing?
Okay, so with Cool n' Quiet disabled, the fluctuation stopped. Since I know the source of the fluctuation, I don't really need my cpu staying at max clock speeds right? Should I enable cool n quiet while I'm not overclocking? Now I'm also interested as to why the clock speed doesn't rise to 4.1ghz and stays mostly at 3.8ghz with cool n quiet disabled while it did rise to 4.1 with it enabled?
Set 'cool n quiet' to 'application mode' and you can then pick what you whant the clock speeds to idle at in the in catalist control center if you dont whant it at full chat all the time.
I didn't see a 'application mode' option in the bios when setting the cool n quiet app. I'm also running an nvidia card if you didn't check my specs which I have listed in the op.
You probably set the cool n quiet in the bios at allways disabled, but there is also an option disabled by cpu. try that setting ☺
what will that do and why do I need to do it? I'm trying to mess with my bios as little as possible so I don't screw stuff up. Also, I've recently got an AI suite II warning message pop up about my voltage.. I think it was about the 12V one.
http://imgur.com/8DvBEtw
here's the voltages I'm getting currently. Should I be worried?
Like this
Direct link for image --> http://i.imgur.com/4ndnCYf.jpg
If you are not useing a AMD video card use AMD overdrive you have the same option to change and custom set your cpu idle speeds
Thanks for the help but like I said, now that I know the cause of the fluctuations, I don't need cool n quiet to be disabled (unless there are benefits from it being disabled?) and the jumps don't worry me anymore. What does get me worried is the voltage warning message popup from AI Suite II. I've replied to MysteryAngel (above your posts). I haven't gotten any other warning messages since the first one and I'm not sure if I should be worried
AL suite is a buggy pos it gives me the same stupid warnings and a lot of outhers too just use it for your fan speeds and disable its montoring.
Should I change the setting of my cpu and mobo voltage from offset to manual>auto? What will keeping the voltage arround a more constant number gain?
Dosent matter what you set it to if cool n quiet is enabled your voltage will go up and down with cpu speeds.
ai suite is a piece of crap if you whant to monitor your pc use hwinfo64 or hwmonitor.
I'm using AIDA64 Extreme for monitoring and stress tests. Also, taking into consideration what you said about voltage varying depending on load, are these voltages normal for idle?
http://i.imgur.com/zZ4Qn3J.png (full image)
perfectly normal.
As for asus ai rubbish this is all i will allow it to do lol
