Cxrazy Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I have my amd 64 3700+ OC'd to 2.55 Ghz from 2.2 stock... In OSX in the 'about this mac' tab, it says that my CPU is at 2.2Ghz... Does OSX not read my OC or what...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cxrazy Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 nobody knows...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagal Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I came across a thread here on how to get About this Mac to read everything properly. I am so pissed because I lost the link and can't find it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Do not care about what Mac OS X86 says, it reports dumb things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cxrazy Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Perhaps it is so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Yeah, I second what Macgirl says. My Mac says my cpu is doing 4Ghz, when it's a Pentium 4 3 ghz, not overclocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcslayer Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 That info may come from the DMI table which report the maximum frequency the PLL could gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobyte Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 hi, i try oc p5w/e660 @ 333x9=2997 but when i put 333 fsb, the memory stay @ 666 2x1 gb dual channel kingston pc2-5300 5-5-5-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snerler Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 For me it does read the speed. I put my 2.2 Ghz CPU to 2.3 and "about this mac" displays it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquanutz Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Upgrade your kernel to the latest (and I think last) semthex kernel. That may fix it. I recommend using this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=33039 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 i try oc p5w/e660 @ 333x9=2997 but when i put 333 fsb, the memory stay @ 666 That's pretty normal... 333FSB->666Mhz for the ram, 266FSB->533Mhz for the ram, 400FSB->800Mhz for the ram... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMX-Knuckles Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 The "About this Mac" deal is on crack on all but the newest kernels. *Generally* it'll report what the CPU microcode says (which is why it'll ignore Overclocking/Speedstep underclocking) but sometimes it'll just give stupid information such as 0Mhz RAM or 4Ghz Core 2 Duos. If you're overclocking in the BIOS then whatever you set is what the proc will be running at. Just as in Windows, the system profiler will report what the CPU's microcode says it is, not always what the CPU is actually clocked at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 in windows sometimes it will read a overclock though it will say somethin like: 2.2ghz Pentium 4, 2.4ghz adding to the stupid things list a 3ghz core solo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Mine reads "3.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo" as it should. It's an overclocked 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobyte Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 That's pretty normal... 333FSB->666Mhz for the ram, 266FSB->533Mhz for the ram, 400FSB->800Mhz for the ram... ah ok, thank you tbdl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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