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I have a piii 600/133 running on a ax6bc pro mobo.
a few weeks ago i installed a new hard drive
the thing is now the cpu is running at 300 mhz instead of 600.
also the bios doesn't let me change the cpu speed.
what have i done wrong? any ideas how can i correct it?

much appreciated

cb

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<crustybunker@home.com> wrote in message
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> I have a piii 600/133 running on a ax6bc pro mobo.
> a few weeks ago i installed a new hard drive
> the thing is now the cpu is running at 300 mhz instead of 600.
> also the bios doesn't let me change the cpu speed.
> what have i done wrong? any ideas how can i correct it?
>
> much appreciated
>
> cb

this board is 100 FSB but dunno about 133 bit work out to do...

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Your board is probably locking the multiplier at 4.5, which is what your CPU
is built to. The board is not capable of running a 133FSB CPU unless it
clocks down to 100MHz, or you overclock it. The board is designed to
overclock to 133FSB, but the problem is that this also increases the AGP Bus
from 66MHz to 83MHz which could cause damaged or a non-POSTing system. Also,
a BIOS upgrade will allow you to control the FSB and multiplier better. You
can try to update the BIOS and then try upping the multiplier and FSB until
you have stability problems. For instance, you may be able to clock the CPU
to something like a 5.5 multiplier and a 108FSB, which would run the CPU at
594 MHz, but the only way to know how far you can go is to try it and see. A
hi quality CPU heatsink and fan will help you get the numbers higher. The
last option is a Powerleap adapter for the CPU, but these are a bit pricey.
The nice thing is that most Pentium boards will run up to a 1.4GHz CPU with
the adapter.

Chris


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>
> <crustybunker@home.com> wrote in message
> news:Atvsc.7899$oM.180576@news.ono.com...
> > I have a piii 600/133 running on a ax6bc pro mobo.
> > a few weeks ago i installed a new hard drive
> > the thing is now the cpu is running at 300 mhz instead of 600.
> > also the bios doesn't let me change the cpu speed.
> > what have i done wrong? any ideas how can i correct it?
> >
> > much appreciated
> >
> > cb
>
> this board is 100 FSB but dunno about 133 bit work out to do...
>
>
>

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 23:23:12 GMT, <crustybunker@home.com> wrote:

>I have a piii 600/133 running on a ax6bc pro mobo.
>a few weeks ago i installed a new hard drive
>the thing is now the cpu is running at 300 mhz instead of 600.
>also the bios doesn't let me change the cpu speed.
>what have i done wrong? any ideas how can i correct it?
>

?

4.5 x 133 = 600 and 4.5 x 100 = 450 MHz, it should run 450 and not
300.

Download cpu-z and see how it runs.

To increase fsb to 133 should be an easy task. Done in bios.

I had the ax6bc and liked it much. But I don't remember the bios in
details.

Set fsb to 133 and beware if pci divider should be set to 1/4 or is
auto. The agp divider cannot be set lower than 2/3. This means that at
fsb133 the agp is overclocked by 33%, but many graphics cards can
handle that easy, and since you have run so before, you might be lucky
to have a good one.

I have used the ax6bc with a celeron tualatin at 13-1400 MHz. The
celeron tualatin has the same 2nd level cache, 256 kbyte, as the
coppermine P3 you have now.

A cheap adapter is the slot-T adapter, that is compatible with ax6bc.
www.upgradeware.com and see dealer information. It can be bought
internationally from per example Germany or Holland.

The powerleap adapter is much more expensive since it has its own
voltage regulator. It recieves 5 volt as a harddisk and makes the
correct voltage (1.5 volt for tualatin). But the voltage regulator of
ax6bc can handle 1.5 volt itself. The powerleap adapter is for older
boards not able to do that.

best regards

John