Cool n Quiet not working on my system

ChiBOY83 · Post by **ChiBOY83** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:19 pm

Here is the deal, don't have my system oc'd. Setup is Abit An8 sli, amd 3000+..yet it doesn't seem to be doing it...what am i doing wrong

(and yes, i enabled it in the bios..but i ahve CPU-Z running right now, and it has never shown my clock to go below 1800)

...what am i doing wrong here????

im running XP pro SP2....

Varun · Post by **Varun** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:23 pm

Try downloading the driver from the amd website.

dragmor · Post by **dragmor** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:34 pm

1. Driver for AMD
2. Windows Power Managment = Minimal

ChiBOY83 · Post by **ChiBOY83** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:45 pm

i figured i didn't need the cool n quiet drivers..

becase the only ones listed are for linux, and 'Windows ME and Windows 2000, Version 1.0.8.1"

im running XP pro SP2....

Slaugh · Post by **Slaugh** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:08 pm

Four things are required for Cool'n'Quiet...

You need to download and install the AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (exe) 1.2.2.2
You need to enable Cool'n'Quiet in your BIOS
You need to enable ACPI 2.0 support in your BIOS (if this option is available). Some motherboards have built-in support for APCI 2.0 and offer no option to control it in their BIOS.
You need to set the power management to "Minimum power management" in Windows.

After that, Cool'n'Quiet should work properly. A tool like CPU-Z is helpful to monitor your CPU speed and voltage, and see if Cool'n'Quiet is really working.

ChiBOY83 · Post by **ChiBOY83** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:50 pm

Slaugh wrote: [*]You need to set the power management to "Minimum power management" in Windows.[/list]

ooppss.......hahaha, i thought i did that right after i installed the OS..

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NapalmDeath · Post by **NapalmDeath** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:32 am

AMD has a dashboard demo, may show C&Q working

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Tec ... 40,00.html

pullssar2005 · Post by **pullssar2005** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:30 am

Why don't you use the Crystal CPUID aplication, it has a review somewhere on silentpcreview.com? With it you can control Vcore, multiplier, and the time before and after the new frequency to be modified. IT's quite good, but i noticed problems with Prime95 wich reports errors when Crystal CPUID has enabled Multiplier Management.

davexl · Post by **davexl** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:05 am

pullssar2005 wrote:Why don't you use the Crystal CPUID aplication, it has a review somewhere on silentpcreview.com? With it you can control Vcore, multiplier, and the time before and after the new frequency to be modified. IT's quite good, but i noticed problems with Prime95 wich reports errors when Crystal CPUID has enabled Multiplier Management.

That sounds to me like you have set up the Multipliers wrong - volts being set too low and you are experiencing instability...

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