• OC'ing, Frequency Multiplier Locked on Athlon 7750 BE
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So, my CPU is an AMD Athlon 7750 Black Edition, supposedly fine enough for overclocking on stock cooling. My problem is, however, that the frequency multiplier is locked, set on 'Auto'. I feel uncomfortable overclocking only by raising the frequency, since most articles about overclocking this cpu talk about raising the multiplier. [IMG]http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8031/shiteproces.jpg[/IMG] Why is my multiplier locked? The CPU is supposedly known for the opposite. How do I solve this?
Maybe it's locked because you have it set on Auto downgrade and what not, some CPU's need it to be disabled so that you could change the multiplier..
[QUOTE=Goleteral;15392682]Maybe it's locked because you have it set on Auto downgrade and what not, some CPU's need it to be disabled so that you could change the multiplier..[/QUOTE] Well I haven't personally set it on Auto, it's on Auto and is locked, grayed out.
Please somebody have another look at this
What motherboard is that?
It'll be a motherboard safety feature. It's most likely locks the multi when a certain other setting is in effect to stop accidental damage. It might not allow it while Cool'N'Quiet is off as CnQ throttles when the CPU overheats.
The motherboard is a MSI K9N SLI v2 Enabling Cool'N'Quiet didn't help with the multiplier. I appreciate having gotten more than one reply.
Trying to bump this ancient thread because the problem has still not been resolved. Am I correct in assuming that OC'ing by only upping the FSB frequency and not touching the multiplier (in my case since it's locked) is bad?
As far as I know it's not bad.
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