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CPU Problem
Ok got a call from my brother tonight wondering how to set his keyboard
settings for UK. Sorted that. Whilst I was in device manager I noticed under the general tab that my CPU is showing as a Athlon Xp 1700 (1.47 Ghz) but I know for a fact I have an Athlon Xp 2400 (2 Ghz). Thing is I didn't change it, so what has? I can't seem to change it back in the BIOS which is the F4 version. Anyone shed any light on this problem? TIA Redman |
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Nope it's running at 133, it was the first thing I checked. I forgot to
mention I'm running the GA-7VAXP Ultra board if that's any help. Redman "GTS" wrote in message ... Sounds like your CPU is running at 100Mhz instead of 133 Usually this is set by jumper on the mobo when you first install the CPU But some mobo's set the CPU frequency in the BIOS instead...Don't know how it could change itself though, unless you loaded defaults or removed the battery at some stage (they always default to 100). "Redman" wrote in message ... Ok got a call from my brother tonight wondering how to set his keyboard settings for UK. Sorted that. Whilst I was in device manager I noticed under the general tab that my CPU is showing as a Athlon Xp 1700 (1.47 Ghz) but I know for a fact I have an Athlon Xp 2400 (2 Ghz). Thing is I didn't change it, so what has? I can't seem to change it back in the BIOS which is the F4 version. Anyone shed any light on this problem? TIA Redman |
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Sounds like your CPU is running at 100Mhz instead of 133
Usually this is set by jumper on the mobo when you first install the CPU But some mobo's set the CPU frequency in the BIOS instead...Don't know how it could change itself though, unless you loaded defaults or removed the battery at some stage (they always default to 100). "Redman" wrote in message ... Ok got a call from my brother tonight wondering how to set his keyboard settings for UK. Sorted that. Whilst I was in device manager I noticed under the general tab that my CPU is showing as a Athlon Xp 1700 (1.47 Ghz) but I know for a fact I have an Athlon Xp 2400 (2 Ghz). Thing is I didn't change it, so what has? I can't seem to change it back in the BIOS which is the F4 version. Anyone shed any light on this problem? TIA Redman |
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Have you tried the latest BIOS version? You say that you have Version F4,
the latest version is F14. You don't mention if you are running a Barton core or a Thoroughbred core CPU. Barton support was added in BIOS Version F11. "Redman" wrote in message ... Nope it's running at 133, it was the first thing I checked. I forgot to mention I'm running the GA-7VAXP Ultra board if that's any help. Redman "GTS" wrote in message ... Sounds like your CPU is running at 100Mhz instead of 133 Usually this is set by jumper on the mobo when you first install the CPU But some mobo's set the CPU frequency in the BIOS instead...Don't know how it could change itself though, unless you loaded defaults or removed the battery at some stage (they always default to 100). "Redman" wrote in message ... Ok got a call from my brother tonight wondering how to set his keyboard settings for UK. Sorted that. Whilst I was in device manager I noticed under the general tab that my CPU is showing as a Athlon Xp 1700 (1.47 Ghz) but I know for a fact I have an Athlon Xp 2400 (2 Ghz). Thing is I didn't change it, so what has? I can't seem to change it back in the BIOS which is the F4 version. Anyone shed any light on this problem? TIA Redman |
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Ok I've managed to fix the problem. On the motherboard there is a block with
6 dip switches that were all set to Auto. I just moved them to make a 15x multiplier with a 133 FSB and got my 2Ghz back. Still don't know why it suddenly went to a 1.47Ghz as I've had it all on Auto since I got the board about 18 months or so ago. The latest BIOS for my board is F6 which I have also just updated. Redman "Homer J. Simpson" wrote in message news:4G9Uc.121034$M95.112713@pd7tw1no... Have you tried the latest BIOS version? You say that you have Version F4, the latest version is F14. You don't mention if you are running a Barton core or a Thoroughbred core CPU. Barton support was added in BIOS Version F11. "Redman" wrote in message ... Nope it's running at 133, it was the first thing I checked. I forgot to mention I'm running the GA-7VAXP Ultra board if that's any help. Redman "GTS" wrote in message ... Sounds like your CPU is running at 100Mhz instead of 133 Usually this is set by jumper on the mobo when you first install the CPU But some mobo's set the CPU frequency in the BIOS instead...Don't know how it could change itself though, unless you loaded defaults or removed the battery at some stage (they always default to 100). "Redman" wrote in message ... Ok got a call from my brother tonight wondering how to set his keyboard settings for UK. Sorted that. Whilst I was in device manager I noticed under the general tab that my CPU is showing as a Athlon Xp 1700 (1.47 Ghz) but I know for a fact I have an Athlon Xp 2400 (2 Ghz). Thing is I didn't change it, so what has? I can't seem to change it back in the BIOS which is the F4 version. Anyone shed any light on this problem? TIA Redman |
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