diff --git a/Hardware/CPU/AMD10CPU.cs b/Hardware/CPU/AMD10CPU.cs
index 689f5f5..875bf8f 100644
--- a/Hardware/CPU/AMD10CPU.cs
+++ b/Hardware/CPU/AMD10CPU.cs
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ namespace OpenHardwareMonitor.Hardware.CPU {
 
     private double timeStampCounterMultiplier;
 
-    private StringBuilder debug = new StringBuilder();
-
     public AMD10CPU(int processorIndex, CPUID[][] cpuid, ISettings settings)
       : base(processorIndex, cpuid, settings) 
     {            
@@ -180,9 +178,6 @@ namespace OpenHardwareMonitor.Hardware.CPU {
         CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
       r.AppendLine();
 
-      r.Append(debug);
-      r.AppendLine();
-
       return r.ToString();
     }
 
diff --git a/Hardware/CPU/GenericCPU.cs b/Hardware/CPU/GenericCPU.cs
index 87ef70a..fcf27db 100644
--- a/Hardware/CPU/GenericCPU.cs
+++ b/Hardware/CPU/GenericCPU.cs
@@ -119,14 +119,24 @@ namespace OpenHardwareMonitor.Hardware.CPU {
           ActivateSensor(totalLoad);
       }
 
-      if (hasTimeStampCounter)
-        estimatedTimeStampCounterFrequency = EstimateTimeStampCounterFrequency();
-      else
-        estimatedTimeStampCounterFrequency = 0;
-      timeStampCounterFrequency = estimatedTimeStampCounterFrequency;
+      if (hasTimeStampCounter) {
+        estimatedTimeStampCounterFrequency = 
+          EstimateTimeStampCounterFrequency();
+        
+        // set initial values 
+        uint lsb, msb;
+        WinRing0.RdtscTx(out lsb, out msb, (UIntPtr)1);
+        lastTime = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+        lastTimeStampCount = ((ulong)msb << 32) | lsb;
 
-      lastTimeStampCount = 0;
-      lastTime = 0;
+      } else {
+        estimatedTimeStampCounterFrequency = 0;
+
+        lastTime = 0;
+        lastTimeStampCount = 0;
+      }
+
+      timeStampCounterFrequency = estimatedTimeStampCounterFrequency;                  
     }
 
     private static double EstimateTimeStampCounterFrequency() {
diff --git a/Properties/AssemblyVersion.cs b/Properties/AssemblyVersion.cs
index ecfbc5c..f8e8e27 100644
--- a/Properties/AssemblyVersion.cs
+++ b/Properties/AssemblyVersion.cs
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
 
 using System.Reflection;
 
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.1.37.23")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("0.1.37.23 Alpha")]
\ No newline at end of file
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.1.37.24")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("0.1.37.24 Alpha")]
\ No newline at end of file