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Wrong Processor Speed
Name: zonogon Date: July 26, 2005 at 15:25:03 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP1 CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 2200+
Comment:
From the box the CPU says that it is a 2.0 GHz CPU. I have a DFI - NFII 400-AL Motherboard. When I started everything up I noticed on the startup screen the CPU speed was at 1.67 GHz, it was supposed to be 2.0 Ghz. Long ago when I first got the computer the same thing happend but a friend of mine fixed it. He never told me how to do it. It has happened again. Does anyone know what the problem is?
uh, yea...2200+ runs at 1.8GHz, but how do you make it run at 1.67GHz without changing both the FSB & the multiplier too?
The only other possibility is he has either a 2600+ (Tbred) or 2800+ (Barton)...both run at 2.08GHz & have the 12.5x multiplier. If the FSB is set wrong (133 instead of 166), they would run at 1.67GHz.
My guess is still 2000+ & he's confusing model number & clock speed
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
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Response Number 4
Name: YOYO Date: July 26, 2005 at 16:49:15 Pacific
Reply:
hmmm!!! Jam, if they could just give us the letters and numbers right off of that processor, we could tell'm what they got. lol!
YO
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Response Number 5
Name: YOYO Date: July 26, 2005 at 17:09:37 Pacific
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Jam. Yep! The 2000 XP runs at 1667 Mhz..
That is what they have. I'd bet on it.
Good guess!
YO
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Response Number 6
Name: joethegamer Date: August 7, 2005 at 16:21:53 Pacific
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I have an AMD hard drive. I'm trying to install Battle Field 2 but i don't a fast enough processor speed although I think I'm supposed to. I have Windows XP. Some people say that it tells you the wrong processing speed. Please help
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