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CPU is not running at capacity

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Name: Jovanni B.
Date: November 24, 2002 at 21:35:19 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Pro
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 2100 XP/ OCZ p
Comment:

Here are my system specs:
MSI KT3-Ultra ARU
AMD Athlon 2100 XP
OCZ pc2400 512
MSI Geforce4 MX460
Maxtor 40g Liquid bearing HD

Here is my problem, since the first time I turned on my PC the bios stated that my proccesor was an XP 1500, I know this to be false because I inspected the chip. It is running at a paltry 1.3ghz. Annoyed with the problem I flashed the bios to latest and same, I then went into the bios and manually set the FSB and multi to 133 and 13x for the 1.7ghz that an XP 2100 is suppose to run at. But when I do this, the computer will freeze the second it tries to load windows. The temperatures are fine, 46 Celcius when running under that setting. The only way my system has run is when it's at the motherboard default settings where the FSB is at 100. Any help would be appreciated and I can answer any questions. I am out of ideas as to what this could be. Thanks.



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Response Number 1
Name: 666
Date: November 25, 2002 at 06:06:05 Pacific
Reply:

what do you have for power supply?


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Response Number 2
Name: Badboy
Date: November 25, 2002 at 06:16:24 Pacific
Reply:

Does that MOBO have a jumper for FSB 100/133?

I got that identical behavior with another MOBO when the jumper was set at 100.


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Response Number 3
Name: Brian Rignall
Date: November 25, 2002 at 06:25:19 Pacific
Reply:

This board doesn't have Jumpers for CLock Speed etc.

Check the users manual for BIOS settings and the CPU Clock: if you don't have a manual get one from here:

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/manual/mnu/spt_mnu_detail.php?UID=341%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&NAME=MS-6380E


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Response Number 4
Name: Badboy
Date: November 25, 2002 at 15:36:30 Pacific
Reply:

Then, as 66 asked, what is your PSU?


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Response Number 5
Name: Richard Trahar
Date: November 25, 2002 at 18:05:51 Pacific
Reply:

I had the same problem with that mobo and cpu, so i put it down in the bios to 132fsb and works absolutely perfectly, if I put it back to 133fsb it crashed my machine after a while


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Response Number 6
Name: Jovanni B.
Date: November 25, 2002 at 18:46:46 Pacific
Reply:

I checked my PSU, and it's a Codegen 350W. Shouldn't be a problem. I am going to try setting the FSB to 132 just as Richard did.


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Response Number 7
Name: Jovanni B
Date: November 26, 2002 at 12:08:57 Pacific
Reply:

I tried setting the FSB to 132 and it didn't work so I probed further and set it down to 131 and each time I brought it down by 1 it got alittle further into Windows. Anyone have an idea on what the problem is?


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Response Number 8
Name: Badboy
Date: November 27, 2002 at 10:42:40 Pacific
Reply:

Could be a defective PSU.


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Response Number 9
Name: Jovanni B
Date: November 27, 2002 at 12:11:52 Pacific
Reply:

The PSU came with the case, like I said a Codegen 350w. I am going to try and find another stick of DDR RAM, hopefully something along the lines of pc3000 and test that, if that doesn't work I'am pretty sure it's either PSU or perhaps some component like my gfx card is acting up. Heard somewhere that the MSI, AMD 2100, Geforce4 trio don't like to cooperate. Any other suggestions?


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Response Number 10
Name: solarcide
Date: December 2, 2002 at 12:28:47 Pacific
Reply:

I have this same problem.

Abit AT7
Athlon XP 1800+
768 MB Crucial DDR 266
GeForce 3 Ti500

Once I installed the XP chip and go into BIOS and save settings video disappears - thus I am forced to run at default Athlon speed of 1.15 Ghz. Have to use cmos reset jumper to re-engage video/POST.
Also I tried an Athlon Thuderbird 1.33Ghz and couldn't go above 1.2Ghz without system lockup.
Any ideas?


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