MSI 945gm3 (ms-7267 v3.0) problem

[HookeyStreet]

My father in law is having some trouble with his Philips iQon system. It has the 'msi 945gm3 (ms-7267 v3.0)' motherboard installed but the BIOS barely has any options (I think Philips have doen his on purpose to stop people tweaking the system)

What he needs is an option to 'lock' the multiplyer because when I turn ALL of the powersaving options off (ie SpeedStep etc), the system still doesnt run at the stock speed (1.86GHz if I remember rightly...its using the Core2Duo E4300)

At idle, the CPU multiplyer jumps automatically from 6x to 9x, causing the speed to sit at 800MHz & 1200MHz (LOL) But he wants it to run at 1.86GHz all day long.

Ive even tried to disable powersaving in Windows Vista, but the system just will not run at its full speed.....TBH, its pissing me off now because it has me puzzled :confused:

PS: it has the latest BIOS :(

[Ben Clarke]

Phone Phillips and tell them it's faulty. Get your monry back, buy a new system :) Simple. And they'll probably let you keep the system, so you'll get one free.

[HookeyStreet]

Phone Phillips and tell them it's faulty. Get your monry back, buy a new system :) Simple. And they'll probably let you keep the system, so you'll get one free.

The PC came from a catalogue and I highly doubt Philips would just say "keep it for free!"

I think it would be a good idea for him to phone Philips, but tbh, I doubt they will be able to help...

He needs an hacked BIOS of some sort ;)

[Ben Clarke]

In that case, contact AthlonX2. He was the one who gave me my custom BIOS.

Then again, that screwed my system up so... your choice.

[HookeyStreet]

In that case, contact AthlonX2. He was the one who gave me my custom BIOS.

Then again, that screwed my system up so... your choice.

LOL, I think I will pass on that one....I dont to totally kill it for him :roll:

[Ben Clarke]

OK, see if there's a KB article on Phillips site or Intel... there may be something there.