Processor Speed Changing error

n0tch · 2004-12-11, 03:57 PM

I am sooo pi$$ed off right now. Many people have had this problem, of which some have fixed without revealing how.

I am running a Mobile Barton 2500+ at a core speed of 2400Mhz on a DFI Infinity Ultra MB. Although DFI claim their new BIOS identifies the Mobile chip it still IDs as Unknown. this may be down to the OCing.

I have checked my power settings in the control panel and they are all set to "Always On".

Please, does anyone have the same problem as me, and knows how to fix it??? Otherwise I have wasted both capital and ongoing costs on a game I can't play until I change CPU and MB.

Help me please.

n0tch

Rbstr · 2004-12-11, 04:40 PM

it ID's as unknown? i realy don't know what that mean/does. Is it in the bios or under the System tab?

The only thing i can think of is chipset drivers if it's in windows.

n0tch · 2004-12-11, 04:45 PM

It is in both. "Unknown CPU type" when the BIOS identifies the chip, and then in Device manager under processors, it is "Unknown CPU Typ". If I set the chip back down to 133FSB and 11x then it IDs as a 1600+ XP but the game still doesn't run.

Thanks for the reply.

n0tch

n0tch · 2004-12-12, 07:40 AM

Fixed it. Totally my stoopid fault. I had 2 "Always On" profiles, and although all devices were det to "Never", It still wasn't exactly the same as the system "Always On".

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\3
is the policy that needs to be selected.

Thanks for your help anyway