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CPU wrong clock speed :(
Name: Explorer Date: October 9, 2002 at 10:15:35 Pacific OS: Win2000 PRO CPU/Ram: Athlon XP1800+, 512DDR pc
Comment:
Hi! I've been having trouble with my cpu lately. When I bought it, it ran for a good 3 months at 1.53GhZ (it's an athlon xp1800+). Then, for no apparent reason, I noticed that at boot-up it showed me that my cpu was 1150mhz. This really had me worried and I even noticed the effects (in games and such). It's as if someone shaved off 400mhz just like that!
I'm not computer illiterate, nor am I a genius but this has me stumped. I downloaded an analyzation program and generated this txt file that shows my details.
Name: Sterling_Aug Date: October 9, 2002 at 10:39:25 Pacific
Reply:
It sounds like the BIOS got changed from 133 MHz FSB back to 100 MHz FSB in the processor setup screen.
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Response Number 4
Name: Explorer Date: October 9, 2002 at 12:24:51 Pacific
Reply:
thank you sterling! That would make sense... just wondering, should I change both the ram and cpu speed to 133 or just one of them?
(the setting goes 100/100, I suppose I should make it 133/133)
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Response Number 5
Name: peter Date: October 9, 2002 at 18:49:04 Pacific
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that really depends on the speed of your ram
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Response Number 6
Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA Date: October 9, 2002 at 20:48:12 Pacific
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Set the thing to 133/133 if you are running pc2100 (ddr266mhz).
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Response Number 7
Name: steven Date: October 11, 2002 at 02:54:26 Pacific
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Hi Explorer, I have the exact same problem after 3 months for no reason i had some sorta bios error. the next time i booted up it read 1150 mhz, havent tried changing the bios settings yet but i will soon as im done on the net, let u know if i can rectify the prob.
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