I recently bought a used eMachine AMD 1800+. I ran
SANDRA utilities for benchmark checks and found two
anomalies. One shows the FSB as 2x134 MHz (268 MHz
data rate). Could be read error? The other shows the cpu
as (Thouroughbred) AMD1.5G+. My cpu clock speed
shows 800 MHz. What is this all about? How do I get my
clock speed where it should be? Can't do a thing in bios
for this problem. (Phoenix 6.00 PG). MOBO is (ECS). Thanx
for your time.

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Do you know the actual model/revision of Motherboard or even the eMachines model number ??

ECS sell a lot of strange mobos....

Thanx. The eMachine model is #L7VMM. The MOBO is
#KM266-8233. Can't seem to find anything for it.

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The FSB sounds normal. The boards real FSB should be 133MHz and it's counted double on DDR Ram systems because DDR Ram can read/write twice at every MHz. This gets you to the 266MHz given for the CPU!
So with 2x134MHz you systems runs with a slightly raised FSB which is still in normal range.
The Athlon XP 1800+ Thoroughbred runs with a real clock of 1533MHz which is 11,5x133MHz.

Check if your multiplier is set right. If not try to correct it manually and if that's not possible you may need to upgrade to a newer bios version!

L7VMM is an ECS Mobo model, you need to know the revision number, it is written on the actual mobo next to L7VMM and go here to download a manual:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Downloads/Category_Download.aspx?Categoryid=1&MenuID=35&LanID=8

Thanx for link. Looks like i need to update bios.

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SANDRA is not infallaible. Try CPUZ...download, unzip, & click CPUZ.exe:

http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php#download

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

OK. I tried CPUZ. Now it seems my processor is an AMD
Athlon XP-M. Doesn't that belong in a notebook? Thanx for
the tip.BTW. Can I post the results here?

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OK. Looks like this processor is prime for overclocking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon#Thoroughbred_.28T-
Bred.29

I'm gonna tackle it. Let ya know how it works out. Thanks for
the help.

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OK. Here is the info on my current project. I updated my
BIOS wich gave me more options. I now have control over
the frontside bus. Still I only get about 933 MGz and I'm
probably taxing my drives. Any suggestions. I can't use
the clockspeed options with Crystal CPU all that does is
shut me down. Should I drop my bus to 100 MGz and try
it from there? Be Kind I'm not a total DA.

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CrystalCPUID 4.5.6.270 (C) 2002-2005 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World [http://crystalmark.info/]
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OS : Windows 2000 Professional SP4 [ 5.0 Build
2195 ]
Date : 2005/10/07 12:27:53

CPU Name : AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M (Thoroughbred)
Vendor String : AuthenticAMD
Name String : Mobile AMD Athl
Architecture : x86
Process Rule : 0.13 um
Platform : Socket A
CPU Type : Original OEM processor [0]
Number (Total) : 1
Physical Core : 1
Family : 6
Ext. Family : 7
Model : 8
Ext. Model : 8
Stepping : 0
Ext. Stepping : 0
Feature : MMX SSE MMX+ 3DNow! 3DNow!+
PowerManagement : PowerNow!/Cool'n'Quiet

Current Original
Clock : 803.44 MHz 1333.33 MHz
System Clock : 133.91 MHz 133.33 MHz
System Bus : 267.81 MHz 266.67 MHz
Multiplier : 6.00 10.00
Data Rate : DDR
Over Clock : -39.74 %

L1 I-Cache : 64 KB
L1 D-Cache : 64 KB
L2 Cache : 256 KB [Full:803.44 MHz]
Memory : 256 MB

CPUID : EAX EBX ECX EDX

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00000000 : 00000001 68747541 444D4163
69746E65
00000001 : 00000680 00000000 00000000
0383FBFF
80000000 : 80000008 68747541 444D4163
69746E65
80000001 : 00000780 00000000 00000000
C1CBFBFF
80000002 : 69626F4D 4120656C 4120444D
006C6874
80000003 : 00000000 20342029 636F7270
6F737365
80000004 : 00000072 00000000 00000000
00000000
80000005 : 0408FF08 FF20FF10 40020140
40020140
80000006 : 00000000 41004100 01008140
00000000
80000007 : 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000007
80000008 : 00002022 00000000 00000000
00000000

MSR : EAX1 EDX1 EAX2 EDX2
: 06031008 00000000 000E0606 000B0B0B
QPF : 3.579545 MHz

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Chipset Information
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Chipset : VIA ProSavageDDR KM266/KL266
North Bridge : [1106:3116.00] VIA VT8375
South Bridge : [1106:3147.00] VIA VT8233A
Video Chip : [10DE:0322.A1] NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
(NV34)

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BIOS Information by WMI (Windows Management
Interface)
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BIOS Vendor : Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Caption : Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version : Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Date : 09/22/2003
SM BIOS Caption : 6.00 PG
SM BIOS Version : 2.2
Mother Vendor :
Mother Product : KM266-8233
Mother Version :
System Vendor : eMachines, Inc.
System Model : L7VMM

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System Information by DMI (Desktop Management
Interface)
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SM BIOS Version : 2.2
BIOS Vendor : Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Version : 6.00 PG
BIOS Date : 09/22/2003
BIOS ROM Size : 256 KB
Mother Vendor :
Mother Product : KM266-8233
Mother Version :
CPU Socket : Socket A
CPU Vendor : AMD
CPU Version : Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 4
Current Clock : 800 MHz
External Clock : 133 MHz
Max Clock : 2100 MHz

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