Phenom x4 955 (3.2GHz)+ K9A2GM -> running 800 Mhz showed in CPU-Z

[Solved] Problem: Phenom x4 955 (3.2GHz)+ K9A2GM -> running 800 Mhz showed in CPU-Z

Hello to everybody,

I have a desktop with:
AMD Phenom x4 955 BE
Nvidia 220 gt
Windows 7 Prof. x64
4 GB DDR RAM
Motherboard: K9A2GM V2

When I open CPU-Z it says 800 Mhz when it should be 3200 Mhz, also the performance in games seems not what I expected, a dual core + nvidia 9800 geforce loads league of legends screen faster than mine PC and I don't understand why.

The CPU-Z images:







These are two webs showing the "normal" stats of the cpu:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_phenom_x4_945_and_955be_processor_review|test,8.html
http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-phenom-ii-x4-955-processor-review_980

I tried disabling the Cool'n Quiet feature but it doesn't seem to change anything.

I updated my BIOS and installed the amd driver utility from the motherboard official page:
http://www.msi.com/support/mb/K9A2GM_V2.html#down-driver&Win7 64

But it doesn't seem to change anything.

The motherboard specifications says:
CPU
• AMD® Phenom/Athlon/Sempron CPU.
• Support socket AM3 CPU. (65W only)
(http://www.msi.com/product/mb/K9A2GM_V2.html#hero-specification)


When I looked for the cpu specs:
Thermal Design Power ? 125 Watt
(http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/A... Edition - HDZ955FBK4DGM (HDZ955FBGMBOX).html)

Is this cpu compatible with this motherboard?


Sorry for this noob question, I looked at different forums tryining to understand what was happening for a couple of hours but I couldn't. :bang:

Any help would be very appreciated.

 

..if it issnt cool'n'Quiet its your power managment profile in windows!

 

If the motherboard only supports up to 65W CPU's, then it's not compatible with the 955. You'll need a new board to get the full speed.

Yeah, the 955 isn't even listed in the CPU support list.

 

As above, your board / BIOS does not support the 965

I had a similar issue when I got my 965, it was also running at 800MHz, I managed to force full speed using AMD Overdrive until the board manufacturer released a beta BIOS that supported it

 

Probably not a good idea on such a low end board. The power phase will probably just blow up with even a moderate CPU load.

 

OK I will follow your hint and start looking for a new motherboard,

thank you very much for your answers IcE and Extraordinary