AMD Athlon 3GHz running at 1.211GHz

[steve]

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My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?

Steve

 

[steve]

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Thanks Chris

I'm sure that right - the advert was misleading. What should the
correct setting in BIOS be?

Steve

 

[Chris]

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AMD does NOT make an Athlon processor which runs @ 3Ghz! What you are
talking about is an Athlon 3000+ which runs at 2Ghz.

If the bootup screen is reporting 1.21Ghz, is either because it isn't a
3000+ or, the BIOS setting are wrong or, there is a bug in the BIOS which is
reporting the wrong speed.

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"Steve" <steve.warnes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1124731525.137681.224320@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>
> Steve
>

 

[Chris]

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Actually, I was a bit hasty in saying that it's an Athlon running at 2Ghz.
The 3000+ comes in many different flavours. Unless you know the exact model
of AMD processor you have, it's a guessing game for the BIOS settings.

The best thing to do would be to set the BIOS for auto detect the processor
( provided there are no dipswitches on the MB for FSB ).

Try downloading wcpuid from the following link and post back all the info.
it gives you.
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html

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"Steve" <steve.warnes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Thanks Chris
>
> I'm sure that right - the advert was misleading. What should the
> correct setting in BIOS be?
>
> Steve
>

 

[Guest]

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"Steve" <steve.warnes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1124731525.137681.224320@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>
> Steve
>

As another poster said, there is no 3Ghz Athlon. What does it say in Device
Manger, under Processors?

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[Chris]

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"chris" <chrisNOTSPAM@NOYB.com> wrote in message
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> AMD does NOT make an Athlon processor which runs @ 3Ghz! What you are
> talking about is an Athlon 3000+ which runs at 2Ghz.
>
> If the bootup screen is reporting 1.21Ghz, is either because it isn't a
> 3000+ or, the BIOS setting are wrong or, there is a bug in the BIOS which
> is
> reporting the wrong speed.
>
> --
> "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the
> more ludicrous the analogy!"
> "Steve" <steve.warnes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1124731525.137681.224320@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
>> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
>> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
>

Last time I looked at 2GHz athlons it was the 2400+ T'bred B which ran at
2GHz with a 266MHz bus speed. I dont bother to keep up with all the new
accronyms as there's so many now, some for more than one chip.

I would imagine the problem with the OP's computer is that the bios setting
for the FSB speed is wrong - probably 100MHz instead of 133,166 or more
likely 200. If the PC has defaulted to slowest FSB of 100 then possibly the
CPU's default multiplier is 12 as it's showing processor speed of 1210MHz.
This may help find out what the processor is and what it's true speed should
be. Looking at the Device manager to find CPU type will be no help
whatsoever.

HTH

Chris

 

[Guest]

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"Chris" <karen.christiaan@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
news:ded9tb$5tv$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>
> "chris" <chrisNOTSPAM@NOYB.com> wrote in message
> news:gImdnbJrVveekpfeRVn-hA@magma.ca...
>> AMD does NOT make an Athlon processor which runs @ 3Ghz! What you are
>> talking about is an Athlon 3000+ which runs at 2Ghz.
>>
>> If the bootup screen is reporting 1.21Ghz, is either because it isn't a
>> 3000+ or, the BIOS setting are wrong or, there is a bug in the BIOS which
>> is
>> reporting the wrong speed.
>>
>> --
>> "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the
>> more ludicrous the analogy!"
>> "Steve" <steve.warnes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:1124731525.137681.224320@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
>>> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
>>> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Last time I looked at 2GHz athlons it was the 2400+ T'bred B which ran at
> 2GHz with a 266MHz bus speed. I dont bother to keep up with all the new
> accronyms as there's so many now, some for more than one chip.
>
> I would imagine the problem with the OP's computer is that the bios
> setting for the FSB speed is wrong - probably 100MHz instead of 133,166 or
> more likely 200. If the PC has defaulted to slowest FSB of 100 then
> possibly the CPU's default multiplier is 12 as it's showing processor
> speed of 1210MHz. This may help find out what the processor is and what
> it's true speed should be. Looking at the Device manager to find CPU type
> will be no help whatsoever.
>
> HTH
>
> Chris
>

I asked him to look in Device Manager to find out if was an XP or 64 3000+.

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[Guest]

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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:25:25 -0700, Steve wrote:

> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>
Need to know which AMD cpu (and MB) you actually have. None really run at
3GHz, but have a 3000+ rating, and there's several different models
besides just XP and Athlon 64's.
Socket A (462) K7 cpu's
3000+XP/333 runs at 13*166
3000+XP/400 runs at 10.5*200
Socket 754/939 K8 cpu's
3000+64's run at either 9*200, or 10*200, depending on model.

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[Dave]

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"Steve" <steve.warnes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>
It sounds like a Sempron 3000 Socket A running on a 100MHZ FSB instead of
the default 166MHz speed.

Check the BIOS and set the FSB to 166MHz.

Dave

 

[Dave]

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"Wes Newell" <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:25:25 -0700, Steve wrote:
>
>> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
>> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
>> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>>
> Need to know which AMD cpu (and MB) you actually have. None really run at
> 3GHz, but have a 3000+ rating, and there's several different models
> besides just XP and Athlon 64's.
> Socket A (462) K7 cpu's
> 3000+XP/333 runs at 13*166
> 3000+XP/400 runs at 10.5*200
> Socket 754/939 K8 cpu's
> 3000+64's run at either 9*200, or 10*200, depending on model.
>

Socket A Sempron 3000 runs at 12*166, 512 L2 cache.

Dave

 

[Guest]

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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:12:18 +0000, Dave wrote:

>
> "Wes Newell" <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message
> newsan.2005.08.22.21.39.11.419308@TAKEOUTverizon.net...
>> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:25:25 -0700, Steve wrote:
>>
>>> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
>>> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
>>> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>>>
>> Need to know which AMD cpu (and MB) you actually have. None really run at
>> 3GHz, but have a 3000+ rating, and there's several different models
>> besides just XP and Athlon 64's.
>> Socket A (462) K7 cpu's
>> 3000+XP/333 runs at 13*166
>> 3000+XP/400 runs at 10.5*200
>> Socket 754/939 K8 cpu's
>> 3000+64's run at either 9*200, or 10*200, depending on model.
>>
>
> Socket A Sempron 3000 runs at 12*166, 512 L2 cache.
>
Yeah, I assumed since he said Athlon, it was an Athlon, but I think you're
right and he really has an AMD Sempron 3000+, which for his info would
equate exactly to an Athlon 2700+ Barton core.

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[user]

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"Steve" <steve.warnes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor
> promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at
> 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong?
>
> Steve

Maybe the BIOS settings are wrong. Are the you sure the processor is a "3000+"
one?