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GN85

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I have a Gigabyte MA970X-UD4P with a Phenom II. What do I need to do to get cool & quiet enabled? I'm trying to look for an amd driver, or cool and quiet driver, but can't seem to find one anywhere. Nothing on the mobo's site either. I'm running windows 7 32 bit.

Do I just have to enable it in the bios? I've done that, and the multi did drop when the CPU was idling I believe, but not since I'm OCing.
 
you've already done it! its simply a BIOS setting.

I do recall AMD had released a "Driver" for some of their CPU's, and it was a huge no no for overclocking.

but otherwise i think thats it. also, monitor your CPU CORE voltage with Everest. see if it drops when idling, and raises when putting it under load.

hope i can help.

Adam :)
 
You need to download PhenomMsrTweaker and set your own custom power states. I have the same board and a 920 running @ 3.5 GHz with 1.42v. I have it set to run at a 5x multi and .9v when under 25% load. Works very well.
 
Cool, thanks for the replies.

Just wondering Chops, if I lower the multi, does the voltage HAVE to lower as well? Of course, that's my goal, but if it's not proportional, do I risk damaging my CPU? For instance, if I have a multi of 8 and a voltage of 1.5, is that dangerous?
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
the lower the multi the lower the voltage you set..
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Obviously. :)

PhenomMsrTweaker doesn't seem to be working btw. It crashes when I press apply in the service settings. So it doesn't change the multi or voltage automatically.
 
GN85 said:
I have a Gigabyte MA970X-UD4P with a Phenom II. What do I need to do to get cool & quiet enabled? I'm trying to look for an amd driver, or cool and quiet driver, but can't seem to find one anywhere. Nothing on the mobo's site either. I'm running windows 7 32 bit.

Do I just have to enable it in the bios? I've done that, and the multi did drop when the CPU was idling I believe, but not since I'm OCing.
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On my board, cnq needs to be enabled in the bios and the multi needs to be set to auto for vista to put the option to power manage the cpu in control panel.

Chops said:
You need to download PhenomMsrTweaker and set your own custom power states. I have the same board and a 920 running @ 3.5 GHz with 1.42v. I have it set to run at a 5x multi and .9v when under 25% load. Works very well.
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So it is possible to oc & run cnq, sweet! I will try this out sometime soon and get back with results.
CnQ drivers = xp only. Vista has the functionality included.
 
I'm overclocked to 3.6ghz from 2.8ghz, utilizing cool-n-quiet. I think it works titties!
 
GN85 said:
Cool, thanks for the replies.

Just wondering Chops, if I lower the multi, does the voltage HAVE to lower as well? Of course, that's my goal, but if it's not proportional, do I risk damaging my CPU? For instance, if I have a multi of 8 and a voltage of 1.5, is that dangerous?
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The idea is that you want the voltage lower to save on power. Lowering the multi lowers the clock speed, in turn requiring less voltage. There's no damage to be done from running 1.5v and an 8x multi; you're just going to have 1.5v temps with a gimped speed.

For reference I believe stock settings for CnQ @ 200mhz FSB are 4x multi @ .0875-9v and 800MHz.

Random aside: PhenomMsrTweaker has funny voltage reporting. Make sure to confirm voltage settings through HWMonitor or CPUz.
 
Chops said:
The idea is that you want the voltage lower to save on power. Lowering the multi lowers the clock speed, in turn requiring less voltage. There's no damage to be done from running 1.5v and an 8x multi; you're just going to have 1.5v temps with a gimped speed.

For reference I believe stock settings for CnQ @ 200mhz FSB are 4x multi @ .0875-9v and 800MHz.

Random aside: PhenomMsrTweaker has funny voltage reporting. Make sure to confirm voltage settings through HWMonitor or CPUz.
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Cool, so I don't have to be worried. Thanks!
 
When I enabled CnQ on my X2 6000+ it raised power consumption by 10 Watts. I haven't tried it on my 720 Tricore though.
 
In XP you need the cool n quiet driver off amd's web site.
Vista has it built in, just configure it inside the power management options.

In both OSes you need multi on auto (well on my giga UD4H) and cool n quiet enabled in the bios.

If anyone knows how to enable CNQ with a multi oc on vista let me know.
 
FYI I was unable to STR with anything over a 3.2 O/C on my 720 BE without a BSOD. I disabled K&Q in my bios and can now STR at a 3.6 O/C. YMMV.
 
I manually entered what I wanted my highest OC to be... which in my case was 18X multi, left ram at 200mhz, upped the voltage to 1.5v, enabled C-N-Q, and wha-laaaa...

Not really rocket science...
 
Smoove910 said:
I manually entered what I wanted my highest OC to be... which in my case was 18X multi, left ram at 200mhz, upped the voltage to 1.5v, enabled C-N-Q, and wha-laaaa...

Not really rocket science...
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Is that a 940? My X3 720 is stable at 1.4v @ 18x.
 
It's a 720.... but keep in mind that with the procs, the cooler you can get it, the higher 'stable' OC you can get with less voltage.

In my instance, I am rolling with a mATX... so cooling is somewhat difficult. Need 1.5vcore to remain 100% stable with the video encoding. Could push further and tinker more, but I'm 'cool' with it now. :p
 
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