Please help, possibly this is a virus or a game or old bios BUt my AMD atlhon XP 1.8ghz (XP2200)processor is now being read by the PC as a 1.45ghz AMD duron(tm) even on staturp and when I right click on My Computer properties I have the pc for almost 2 years not problem just can't understand. ¨ I went into the bios and it says athlon XP chip but the frequencies were 100mhz, so I reset them to their normal values of 133mhz restarted and still being read as Duron(tm) Motherboard- ECS-K7SF5A bios AMI HELP "Qualifying is skill, racing is luck" Aryton Senna

What happened to cause the FSB to reset? Did you change any settings? Remove the battery for some reason? It could be that your battery is weak & isn't holding the settings, but I don't think that explains an XP recognized as a Duron. Also, you say the speed was 1.45GHz...the default multiplier for a 2200+ is 13.5x, so with 100mhz FSB, the speed would be 1.35Ghz, not 1.45...unless that was just a typo? I'd check the CMOS battery & you may wanna look into updating your BIOS: http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7s5a.htm

Hi, Perhaps in the 'advanced' section in bios, somehow the level2 cache has become disabled. I would search there. Tony AMD Athlonxp 3200+ OC Asus A7N8x-deluxe-E ATI AIW 9600pro 2x WD SATA raptors/raid0 Corsair XMS3200 16x Lite-on DVD 48x Lite-on CDRW Aspire Super Alien Case