CPU is underclocking for no reason.

[=sw=warlord]

Lately i've noticed my pc has been slowing down where it should not.
i used to beable to run crysis on medim with a single 7800gt at a reasonale resolution.
My CPU is a intel E6750 which is supposedly stock @ 2.66Ghz...now for some reason it has been downclocked to 2.1ghz and is even registering in the bios as 2.1ghz.
when i go into Ntune to see what is up the overclocking part of the app says i can only clock it upto the stock speed.
Any ideas on what is going on?
i have C1E disabled as well as speedstep and therm throttling.

[InnerGoat]

Load the BIOS default settings? You could also manually set the clocks in BIOS too.

[=sw=warlord]

Load the BIOS default settings? You could also manually set the clocks in BIOS too.
i have tried resetting the bios but for some reason its not helped and when i try manualy setting the speed in the bios, it dosnt have the option for cpu speed only the FSB.

[InnerGoat]

FSB x multiplier would give you the clock speed... for you it's 266mhz x 10 I think.

[Dr Nick]

What is the temperature. If a processor gets too hot, it'll automatically slow down to keep from overheating and causing damage.

[Phopojijo]

If you set your power settings low -- it'll underclock your processor.

Go into your BIOS and turn off SpeedStep if you wish to have full throttle 100% of the time.

[=sw=warlord]

What is the temperature. If a processor gets too hot, it'll automatically slow down to keep from overheating and causing damage.

45*C the bios are now showing as 2.66ghz but Ntune still insists it is 2.1ghz. any ideas? the setting are full throttle not power saving things either.

[legionaire45]

You probably EIST, C1E and/or Thermal Control or something to that effect on (those are how they appear on my board, EIST is the same thing as SpeedStep so it may be called that). Turn all those options off and it should stay at whatever you set it to. Your motherboard's manual should have descriptions of what the power savings stuff is so you can turn it off.

[=sw=warlord]

I may have found a possible cause of the issue, for a while ive noticed malwarebytes scanner crashes about half way through a daily scan today, ive had a warning come up...
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9678/screenhunter01apr170157.jpg
Which then proceeded to show a fake scanner which i promptly closed.
Anyone heard of this virus before?
i can't run malware bytes and AVG is completely dead in the water.
i am well aware the threat is what is causing the warning error just to clarify.

[legionaire45]

See if system restore works.

If that fails, back up what data you can and nuke the OS.

Will probably take more effort to remove the virus than it would to reinstall windows really fast and throw your files back on.

[JunkfoodMan]

I've had to get rid of fake scanners like this. One of them was something like "XP Antivirus 2009" or something. Rename the Malwarebytes executable file to something like "cheese.exe" and then scan with it.

[=sw=warlord]

Just run Hijackthis to see if i could find anything and heres the results.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 15:34:47, on 18/04/2009
Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.00.1905 SP1)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18226)

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\SOUNDMAN.EXE
C:\Program Files\Eraser\Eraser.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe
C:\Program Files\RocketDock\RocketDock.exe
C:\Program Files\NVTray\NVTray.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\unsecapp.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install\N DP35SP1-KB958484-x86.exe
c:\d3d53d3a0d72b3368e427cd7\HotFixInstaller.exe
c:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe
C:\Windows\system32\conime.exe
C:\Windows\system32\conime.exe
C:\Windows\system32\conime.exe
C:\Windows\system32\conime.exe
C:\Windows\system32\conime.exe

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {E15A8DC0-8516-42A1-81EA-DC94EC1ACF10} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Eraser] C:\Program Files\Eraser\Eraser.exe -hide
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Steam] "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [RocketDock] "C:\Program Files\RocketDock\RocketDock.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NVIDIA nTune] "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune\nTuneCmd.exe" clear
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NVTray] C:\Program Files\NVTray\NVTray.exe
O6 - HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions present
O6 - HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nlaapi.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\napinsp.dll
O11 - Options group: [INTERNATIONAL] International*
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\Windows\
O23 - Service: @%windir%\system32\inetsrv\iisres.dll,-30011 (AppHostSvc) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Autodesk Licensing Service - Autodesk - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Service\AdskScSrv.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\ehome\ehstart.dll,-101 (ehstart) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: nTune Service (nTuneService) - NVIDIA - C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune\nTuneService.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\qwave.dll,-1 (QWAVE) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\seclogon.dll,-7001 (seclogon) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Steam Client Service - Valve Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steam\SteamService.exe
O23 - Service: @%windir%\system32\inetsrv\iisres.dll,-30001 (WAS) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)The main thing im concerned about is this.
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\ehome\ehstart.dll,-101 (ehstart) - Unknown owner
I cannot find a single peice of info on this as yet.
it appears to be a service of somekind, but does not show in services.msc which makes me think it has something to hide.

[Syuusuke]

http://hjt.networktechs.com/

Paste into space below (thanks Kalub™)

And you've got a couple of bad ones it seems =/