NapalmCandy Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 OSX does not recognize my CPU Core 2 Duo e6600 at 2,4Ghz, it recognizes like a 1,8Ghz, is it a problem? Or is only information without value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackFire Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Your system shouldn't die but does it know its a Core 2? If so your fine, because speedstep or w/e it's called to run your system with lower power. If it says its a PD your fine, if it says something stupid like Athlon 64 then you might be in trouble, but I wouldn't worry about it. (I do have a E6600 but it detects it as "2.4 GHz Intel® Core2 CPU". Your prob fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NapalmCandy Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Sorry, my english is very bad, and i'm not sure if I understand you. Say you that if i disable the speedstep option in BIOS it's works fine? When i installed OSX it detects it as 2,4Ghz, but not now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackFire Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Your fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NapalmCandy Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 Ok i will try now! Well, now I has desactivated the speedstep, but OSX detects my overclocked CPU @ 3,4Ghz , like a 1,8Ghz. Do you know any program like CPU-z for OSX? Something that say the actual speed of CPU in any moment. I has made benchmarcks and I am not convinced with the results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NapalmCandy Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 I has intalled the 1.4.9 update. Is possible that the problem is with the update? If i reinstall OSX 1.4.8 will work fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurn Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I updated to 10.4.9 and got this problem. This is how I fixed it: Try booting up to the boot loader (F8). Then type in "fsb=(your front side bus speed divided by 4)". This worked for me. An example: My over clocked FSB speed is 1380 MHz. (You find that by going to System Profiler -> Hardware -> Bus Speed. Just make sure that it is in MHz) I divided that by four and got 345. Then I booted up with "fsb=345". If this works, report back and I will explain to you how to make this permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NapalmCandy Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 Yes! this works! now i have real 3.34Ghz (fsb=371) I has passed xbench and has performance like a Quad Mac PRO. 174 points in CPU Test! Now, how can i to make this permanent? Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NapalmCandy Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 Ok!! I has fix it adding line <string>fsb=371</string> in com.apple.boot.plist, is ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurn Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Ok!! I has fix it adding line <string>fsb=371</string> in com.apple.boot.plist, is ready! That is awesome! I am glad it worked out. Your performance is good too. Also, it is good that you were able to figure out how to make it permanent yourself (I was out of town and not able to reply, sorry). It is always better to learn these types of things on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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