how do I do that?
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| Author: | Wermas [ Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:36 pm ] |
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I have a problem with my dxdiag. It says that my processor is AMD Athlon(tm) , MMX, 3DNow, ~1.2GHz when it really is AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.1GHz I was going to send my dxdiag file to a CSR when I stumbled upon this. Do anybody know why my processor is listed wrong? |
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| Author: | Golga Bolg [ Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:38 pm ] |
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Sounds like simple dyslexia. /got nothing |
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| Author: | ExarKun809 [ Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:41 pm ] |
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Someone shafted you when you bought your CPU? |
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| Author: | Wermas [ Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:42 pm ] |
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When I ran a dxdiag test 4 months ago it was listed correctly, but now its not..... |
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| Author: | Blackjim [ Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:16 pm ] |
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it could be that your BIOS settings are wrong...check the FSB and clock multipliers are set correctly.. |
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| Author: | Wermas [ Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:21 pm ] |
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how do I do that?
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| Author: | ExarKun809 [ Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:41 pm ] |
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When you boot up, there's a key you press to enter BIOS. Usually it's f2 or f4, or on mine at least, but I could be wrong. |
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| Author: | Cordalis [ Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:41 pm ] |
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Blackjim wrote: it could be that your BIOS settings are wrong...check the FSB and clock multipliers are set correctly..
hmm, this might be the reason...although the difference in processor speed is pretty wide. To check it though, you just need to enter your bios and see if the speed is not set right. This is usually only a problem with a new computer. On older windows computers you usually get the "hit Del to enter setup" while it is booting...I can't remember how to get to bios on XP, but I think you hold a function key down while the computer is booting...F5,F8, maybe F12. Good luck. |
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| Author: | Blackjim [ Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:40 am ] |
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Yes the difference is big but then again all CPU's are clocked using very high multipliers. so for instance if you are set to 100MHz FSB then a 1.0Ghz cpu would also have a clock multiplier of 10 to get the 1.0 Ghz clock speed. I suspect that you should have a 166mhz or 200 FSB so that would account for a large gap if it has been reset back to 100mhz. Wermas, what type of motherboard are you running if you can tell me that i should be able to figure out what seetings you can run. Its also important to know if oyu have installed any new ram in your machine because this could be overriding your FSB settings. and Off topic ------ WOOOT 500 posts for Meh------------ |
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| Author: | Wermas [ Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:23 am ] |
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My motherboard is K7N2 Delta (And theres a big stamp on the box saying FSB 333) |
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| Author: | Wermas [ Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:36 am ] |
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I entered the bios and goofed around there looking for the word FSB
Anyhow.....this is what I found. System performance Auto Cpu fsb clock 100mhz fsb/dram ratio By spd current dram clock 166 mhz fsb spread spectrum 50% Is this what you talked about blackjim? CPU fsb at 100 mhz? |
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| Author: | Cordalis [ Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:37 pm ] |
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Wermas wrote: Is this what you talked about blackjim? CPU fsb at 100 mhz?
That's what he's talking about... I have an Athlon XP 1800...it was supposed to run at 1.53 Ghz, but it was running saying in Windows that it was 1.1 Ghz or something like that. I changed the FSB mhz from 100 to 133 and bingo!...it was working corectly after that. |
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| Author: | Aranoc Tanuna [ Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:25 pm ] |
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your cpu usually resets from 133 to 100 after a power outage or some other funky shutting down of the computer you might have caused or had been caused. |
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| Author: | Blackjim [ Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:09 am ] |
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You should be able to get to 166 for a 333 board. So try to set it to 133 first and reboot, if your system is stable then go back and try changing it to 166, if that makes your computer lock up - you will need to reset the bios (find the manual - it just means finding a jumper and changing it to the alternate setting for a few seconds andback again.) System performance Auto <= leave alone Cpu fsb clock 100mhz <=Change this to 166 fsb/dram ratio By spd <= leave alone current dram clock 166 mhz <= leave alone fsb spread spectrum 50% (not sure if i have seen this one before, leave it alone for now) |
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| Author: | Blackjim [ Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:09 am ] |
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aieeee double post - i'm spamming now |
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| Author: | Wermas [ Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:06 pm ] |
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Thanks alot for the help guys! Its back to 2.1 Ghz now. I had to set the fsb at 166 and its looking good. Thanks again |
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