hi i purchased a AMD Athlon 2600+ processor (Barton) and i know its supposed to be clocked at a speed of 1.9ghz after researching it on AMD's website. but when i start up my computer its clocked at only 1.1ghz. my fsb speed on the processor is 333mhz and i have it set in BIOS at 133mhz... maybe that has something to do with it HELP!!!

I think 133mhz = 266 fsb. To get fsb of 333mhz you need to change the setting in the bios ( or jumper on the motherboard depending on which board you've got) to 166. Better still if the bios will let you select "Auto" in the Advance section under CPU host frequency

acually is set it up to 166 mhz but it didnt help.. its stil at 1.1

Are you sure it's set at 166mhz. some motherboards have jumpers or dipswitches on the board which dictate the FSB. Some of these boards come set at 100 as default. Check the manual for your board. My guess is your bboard is set at 100mhz (100 x 11 multiplier = 1.1 ghz)

None of the three variations of the Athlon XP 2600+ defaults @ 1.1Ghz, since you have the barton core your default clock speed should be 1916MHz (166x11.5) If you have your clock is at 100mhz then you will be @ 1150Mhz or 1.1Ghz, your clock HAS to be @ 166 for you to be @ default speed. Have you consulted your motherboard's manual? B4 you criticize a bigger man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you're a mile away, and you have his shoes.

yes i hav looked at my manual and it says that the CPU Clock mut be set to the off position. i did so..its still set at 166 and it still says 1.1ghz.. i probly should have mentioned this ealier my motherboard is gigabyte 7NF-RZ. also there are no jumpers on my motherboard just the switch.

the CPU clock thing i sed was a DIP switch just so u know