Stuck at 800mhz ... Is this normal?

[Nate152]

if you have the windows power plan set to high performance {which you do) it should stay locked at your overclock, which cpu-z is showing that it is.

[stanglx]

Wanted to give another update... I reverted to optimize defaults and noted down all the changes ai suite made using what was stated upon saving and exiting. I then rebooted to make sure everything was default. I then manually made the same parameters.... Guess what...? The overclock stayed at 4.2 ghz but the minimum is now 3.5ghz.... There has to be other changes ai suite is making to the bios that's it's not reporting or recording...I'm running a stability test now.

[Nate152]

My suggestion would be to uninstall ai suite III

[stanglx]

I like the fan expert....I will just not be compelled to overclock the lazy man way...lol

I feel like an old man in overclocking....I'm an old pro with sandy bridge but these new processors have far more settings to learn!!!!

[Nate152]

While there are a lot of settings to play with you don't need to fool with them, these boards seem to run best with most settings left on auto. To overclock your cpu manually is easy. If you would like I can help you with this.

[stanglx]

Thanks...the stability test is running now..if it fails I will take you up on your offer..

[Nate152]

OK, depending on your cpu cooler, you can get more than 4.2 GHz.

[tviking]

Asus ROG Hero w/4770k CPU 16gb of ram.

Everything was fine until I overclocked using the ai suite iii to 4.2ghz..the only issue I see is that everywhere in the OS it's stating that the clock is 800mhz... If I launch CPU z it says 4.2ghz. Everywhere else even in the bios it says 800 MHz...

I though that loading up prime95 that it would go up but it doesn't... Again CPU z shows the correct ghz and so does ai suite..it also shows 4.2 ghz.

If I reset the bios to defaults everything goes back to normal..

Is this normal to see 800mhz after using the ai suite??

What always helps me is to UNPLUG THE CHARGER, wait for a minute or so and then PLUG IT IN again... Performance mode is changed to "Silent", and then back to "Balanced". And CPU starts to work on a normal frequency.