DMB Fan Posted June 19, 2003 Posted June 19, 2003 Back again about this new PC, I am in tweak mode with it now.Brief specs: A7N8X rev2.0 Athlon 2800+ 333FSB Corsair PC 2700 RAM (512 MB)The board came with the bus frequency set at 100, and when accompanied by a multiplier 12.5, I hope we all know we arrive at a chip frequnecy of 1250 MHz. I changed the bus frequency to 166 and keeping the same multiplier (which was the default), we now have a chip frequency of 2078 MHz or 2.08 GHz. I know the 2800+ chip is supposed to run at 2.25 GHz, which translates into keeping the bus at 166, and changing the multiplier to 13.5. Here's the kicker...when I changed the multiplier to 13.5 and kept everything else the same...it resulted in a chip frequency of 914 MHz. WTF (I have obtained a chip frequencies from the Windows+Break key combo).Any insight I could borrow from someone would be appreciated.
rstryker Posted June 19, 2003 Posted June 19, 2003 on your BIOS Post screen what does it say when you boot up?also maybe download the CPUID program from AMD to see what its running at.
DMB Fan Posted June 19, 2003 Author Posted June 19, 2003 The BIOS screen flows by too fast to read the CPU frequency....I haven't installed CPUID yet to check it. I'll have to check it tonight when I get out of work....Which today is my last day, leaving NYC and moving to warmer weather. wooohoo!
zivan56 Posted June 19, 2003 Posted June 19, 2003 There are some versions of the Athlon XP which run at a significantly lower speed then they are supposed to. Read the top corner of the CPU package and see what the actual speed is supposed to be.
DMB Fan Posted June 19, 2003 Author Posted June 19, 2003 I verified that when it came cause I ordered the chip on line. I also read the info on the chip itself. So, we'll see when I go hom and check it with CPUID.
rstryker Posted June 19, 2003 Posted June 19, 2003 The BIOS screen flows by too fast to read the CPU frequency....you can usually hold this screen so you can read it by pressing the Pause key
Drewdatrip Posted June 19, 2003 Posted June 19, 2003 DMB Fan- The Althon Xp 2800+ has a barton core, which has even lower actul MHZ rating. In your case the actul rating of your CPU is 2.08GHzSo your all set dood..nothing to worry about =Drew
DMB Fan Posted June 19, 2003 Author Posted June 19, 2003 Cool...then I guess i'm not an id***..... w00t
rstryker Posted June 19, 2003 Posted June 19, 2003 Drew is correct.for fsb and multipliers see tabe at AMDwww.amd.com
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