K7VTA3 reports an Athlon XP 2400+ as an 1800+

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Guys - I also went with the Fry's special, though with the AthlonXP 2400+
with the K7VTA3, ver 6.0c. ($69). Everything is running fine - seems
stable and fast and I didn't even need to reinstall WinXP - it just booted
and figured out there was a new MB, faster processor, different audio,
onboard LAN and onboard USB2.0.

However, I have one problem. When the system POSTs, it reports the
processor as an Athlon XP 1800+ , NOT an Athlon XP2400+. I checked the
writing on the chip itself, and it says 2400+.

Any explanation ? Is the motherboard not recognizing it properly, or did I
get wrong a bad chip ? If I use a test like Prime95 (or even look at it
in WinXP Device Manager), it also reports it as an 1800+, not the 2400+.
If the system just reports it as an 1800+, is that the speed it is actually
running (rather than say a cosmetic bug of just reporting wrong.)

I looked to see if a BIOS update was available, but the BIOS it came with is
dated 9/22/03 and the only one on the ECS usa web site is ver 1, dated july
2003.
I don't see anything in CMOS setting that looks like I need to change to
make it recognize properly.

Thanks for anyhelp.

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Sounds to me like the FSB is set to 100.

"red" <redgtxdi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bpd470h98kjqjp48juev3f83q1mhqlopie@4ax.com...
> OK, you might kick yourself if you didn't check this, but did you
> change the jumper for FSB on the mobo from 100 to 133??
>
> If you didn't, that's your problem. Nice thing about this board over
> the K7S5A is that the K7S5A would occasionally like to mysteriously
> "soft-set" itself back to 100/100 (cpu/memory) speeds. Now, with the
> K7VTA3 your FSB is jumpered so **YOU** decide what speed it runs at.
> Heck, you might even want to see if you can get your CPU to run at
> 166. If you do, it'll probably register up near 3000!!! Good luck!
>
> On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 04:43:36 GMT, "Tom Betters"
> <soccer1959@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >Guys - I also went with the Fry's special, though with the AthlonXP 2400+
> >with the K7VTA3, ver 6.0c. ($69). Everything is running fine - seems
> >stable and fast and I didn't even need to reinstall WinXP - it just
booted
> >and figured out there was a new MB, faster processor, different audio,
> >onboard LAN and onboard USB2.0.
> >
> >However, I have one problem. When the system POSTs, it reports the
> >processor as an Athlon XP 1800+ , NOT an Athlon XP2400+. I checked the
> >writing on the chip itself, and it says 2400+.
> >
> >Any explanation ? Is the motherboard not recognizing it properly, or
did I
> >get wrong a bad chip ? If I use a test like Prime95 (or even look at
it
> >in WinXP Device Manager), it also reports it as an 1800+, not the 2400+.
> >If the system just reports it as an 1800+, is that the speed it is
actually
> >running (rather than say a cosmetic bug of just reporting wrong.)
> >
> >I looked to see if a BIOS update was available, but the BIOS it came with
is
> >dated 9/22/03 and the only one on the ECS usa web site is ver 1, dated
july
> >2003.
> >I don't see anything in CMOS setting that looks like I need to change to
> >make it recognize properly.
> >
> >Thanks for anyhelp.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 04:43:36 GMT, "Tom Betters"
<soccer1959@comcast.net> wrote:

>Guys - I also went with the Fry's special, though with the AthlonXP 2400+
>with the K7VTA3, ver 6.0c. ($69). Everything is running fine - seems
>stable and fast and I didn't even need to reinstall WinXP - it just booted
>and figured out there was a new MB, faster processor, different audio,
>onboard LAN and onboard USB2.0.
>
>However, I have one problem. When the system POSTs, it reports the
>processor as an Athlon XP 1800+ , NOT an Athlon XP2400+. I checked the
>writing on the chip itself, and it says 2400+.
>
>Any explanation ? Is the motherboard not recognizing it properly, or did I
>get wrong a bad chip ? If I use a test like Prime95 (or even look at it
>in WinXP Device Manager), it also reports it as an 1800+, not the 2400+.
>If the system just reports it as an 1800+, is that the speed it is actually
>running (rather than say a cosmetic bug of just reporting wrong.)
>
>I looked to see if a BIOS update was available, but the BIOS it came with is
>dated 9/22/03 and the only one on the ECS usa web site is ver 1, dated july
>2003.
>I don't see anything in CMOS setting that looks like I need to change to
>make it recognize properly.
>
>Thanks for anyhelp.

It's a 133(266)MHz FSB processor.
Set the FSB to 133(266)Mhz.