Cpu way too high clock need HELP

[TakeToTheShadows]

I have an amd fx 4170 and it's been running really badly with full fan for a while now and i just looked at the bios and it's clocked at 4.6 GHz even though I never overclocked it The max clock for this Cpu is 4.2 I think so it's way over and it's using a stock cooler so this is not good! Please explain how I reduce the clock speed in the bios or through software any help would be great!

[AlwaysFSX]

Take out the CMOS battery, put battery back in.

[colec18]

In the BIOS try and find the clock speed multiplier and turn it down, usually its in by 100MHz intervals.

[nsyedhasan]

In the BIOS try and find the clock speed multiplier and turn it down, usually its in by 100MHz intervals.

It is an AMD CPU, their base clock multiplier is set to 200Mhz. :^)

[WinNut]

Reset the CMOS.

[nj4ck]

there's no such thing as a too high clock speed

 

but yeah, if its running hot you'll need to take care of that. CMOS reset should do the trick, otherwise adjust manually.

[colec18]

It is an AMD CPU, their base clock multiplier is set to 200Mhz. :^)

Oh, oops I've always used Intel so I'm used to 100Mhz. But the same process should apply just bring the multiplier down 2 or 3 notches down to 4.2 or 4 Ghz.

[aidenrelkoff]

It is an AMD CPU, their base clock multiplier is set to 200Mhz. :^)

nope. its not. i have one. i have the FX-4130. so thats only 2 steps below his. they are 100MHz intervals 

[TakeToTheShadows]

there's no such thing as a too high clock speed

 

but yeah, if its running hot you'll need to take care of that. CMOS reset should do the trick, otherwise adjust manually.

 

 

Reset the CMOS.

 

 

Take out the CMOS battery, put battery back in.

 

 

Oh, oops I've always used Intel so I'm used to 100Mhz. But the same process should apply just bring the multiplier down 2 or 3 notches down to 4.2 or 4 Ghz.

Thanks a lot that worked