My Processor Is Being Reported Wrongly

DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can't Comm.England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">How Do I Correct It?</div> For some odd reason my XP 2800 (2.25ghz) is now being reported
at 1.4ghz <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I've been using this cpu for a good 4 months now and I think it
was the motherboard driver update that must have altered it.
What do I have to alter in the BIOS to change this?
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  • GrillkohleGrillkohle Join Date: 2003-12-23 Member: 24695Members, Constellation
    You have to change the FSB number in the BIOS settings, make sure you set it correctly, or you might inadvertently overclock your processer and fry it.
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  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    I phoned my mate (it's almost Midnight here) and he
    guided me through altering the multiplier setting and speeds
    in the BIOS.
    166 and 13.5 if I remember rightly :-D
    (AMD Athlon XP 2800+)
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  • WindelkronWindelkron Join Date: 2002-04-11 Member: 419Members
    edited August 2004
    yeah, I'm looking in Everest right now and it says by FSB is only 166 mhz. (it's not, it should be 333 mhz). Should I go into BIOS and just... change it?

    eh... the motherboard says "real clock: 166 mhz; effective clock: 333 mhz" ... is this right?
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    When i bought my 2700+ last october it did this. Near the 8x agp slot on my mobo heres a little switch which basically throttles frontside bus. With it in the off position it clocked my cpu down to 1.4ghz as a athlon 1500+. Check for a jumper or a switch on the mobo and refer to your manual before tickering.
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  • ZelZel Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12861Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Windelkron+Aug 20 2004, 05:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Windelkron @ Aug 20 2004, 05:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> eh... the motherboard says "real clock: 166 mhz; effective clock: 333 mhz" ... is this right? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yes. both AMD and intel use marketing-lies to sell their front side bus speed.

    when an amd chip says 333, divide by two to get the real clock speed, 166. amd chips are always doubled.

    intel is quadrupled. an 800 fsb p4 uses 200 fsb real-clock. ever wonder why pc3200 works in both an amd 3200+ (200 real clock) and a p4 3.2 (200 real clock)?

    sorry for not making a lot of sense, it is 2:30 am, but i think i got the point across.
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