Athlon and right CPU speed?

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Hello,

I have an Athlon 1700+ and ECS K755A motherboard.

When it boots up the black screen and Sisoft Sandra say the chip is an
1100 Mhz cpu. Shouldn't it be 1700 or at least higher than 1100?


SiSoftware Sandra Bios info

General Information
Manufacturer : American Megatrends Inc.
Version : 07.00T
Date : 04/02/01
Plug & Play Version : 1.00
SMBIOS/DMI Version : 2.30
(EE)PROM Size : 256kB (2Mbit)

SiSoftware Sandra CPU

Processor(s)
Model : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
Co-Processor (FPU) : Built-in
Speed : 1.10GHz
Model Number : 1178 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR1588 (estimated)
Type : Standard
Packaging : Socket A PGA
Multiplier : 11x
Generation : 7th (7x86)
Model Information : Duron Athlon 4/MP/XP (Thoroughbred) 1.5-2.5G+
1.5-1.65V


SiSoftware Sandra

Computer System
Manufacturer : ECS
Model : K7S5A


System Mainboard
Manufacturer : ECS
MP Support : No
Model : K7S5A
BIOS ID : 62-0120-001131-00101111-040201-SiS735



Any suggestions as to why this happening? How can I get the speed to
increase properly?

Thanks,

Tmuld.

 

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Tavish Muldoon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an Athlon 1700+ and ECS K755A motherboard.
>
> When it boots up the black screen and Sisoft Sandra say the chip is an
> 1100 Mhz cpu. Shouldn't it be 1700 or at least higher than 1100?
>
>
> SiSoftware Sandra Bios info
>
> General Information
> Manufacturer : American Megatrends Inc.
> Version : 07.00T
> Date : 04/02/01
> Plug & Play Version : 1.00
> SMBIOS/DMI Version : 2.30
> (EE)PROM Size : 256kB (2Mbit)
>
> SiSoftware Sandra CPU
>
> Processor(s)
> Model : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
> Co-Processor (FPU) : Built-in
> Speed : 1.10GHz
> Model Number : 1178 (estimated)
> Performance Rating : PR1588 (estimated)
> Type : Standard
> Packaging : Socket A PGA
> Multiplier : 11x
> Generation : 7th (7x86)
> Model Information : Duron Athlon 4/MP/XP (Thoroughbred) 1.5-2.5G+
> 1.5-1.65V
>
>
> SiSoftware Sandra
>
> Computer System
> Manufacturer : ECS
> Model : K7S5A
>
>
> System Mainboard
> Manufacturer : ECS
> MP Support : No
> Model : K7S5A
> BIOS ID : 62-0120-001131-00101111-040201-SiS735
>
>
>
> Any suggestions as to why this happening? How can I get the speed to
> increase properly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tmuld.

Set the FSB to 133 instead of 100

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Snooky did it again .. set up for 133MHz.
133/100*(1100)=1463 the 1700+ is rated at 1467MHz.
JPS

"sooky grumper" <sookygrumper@fishies_.com> wrote in message
news:40882a1c@quokka.wn.com.au...
> Tavish Muldoon wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have an Athlon 1700+ and ECS K755A motherboard.
> >
> > When it boots up the black screen and Sisoft Sandra say the chip is an
> > 1100 Mhz cpu. Shouldn't it be 1700 or at least higher than 1100?
> >
> >
> > SiSoftware Sandra Bios info
> >
> > General Information
> > Manufacturer : American Megatrends Inc.
> > Version : 07.00T
> > Date : 04/02/01
> > Plug & Play Version : 1.00
> > SMBIOS/DMI Version : 2.30
> > (EE)PROM Size : 256kB (2Mbit)
> >
> > SiSoftware Sandra CPU
> >
> > Processor(s)
> > Model : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
> > Co-Processor (FPU) : Built-in
> > Speed : 1.10GHz
> > Model Number : 1178 (estimated)
> > Performance Rating : PR1588 (estimated)
> > Type : Standard
> > Packaging : Socket A PGA
> > Multiplier : 11x
> > Generation : 7th (7x86)
> > Model Information : Duron Athlon 4/MP/XP (Thoroughbred) 1.5-2.5G+
> > 1.5-1.65V
> >
> >
> > SiSoftware Sandra
> >
> > Computer System
> > Manufacturer : ECS
> > Model : K7S5A
> >
> >
> > System Mainboard
> > Manufacturer : ECS
> > MP Support : No
> > Model : K7S5A
> > BIOS ID : 62-0120-001131-00101111-040201-SiS735
> >
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions as to why this happening? How can I get the speed to
> > increase properly?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tmuld.
>
> Set the FSB to 133 instead of 100
>
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Hello!

Thanks for the help!

I went to the bios - Amibios Setup 2000


The CPU PnP Setup section

There you can modify the CPU settings - to 100/100 mhz 133/133 mhz and
166/166 mhz or a combination

What do I set it too 133/133mhz?

Thanks!

Tmuld



"jpsga" <jpsga@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<F2%hc.5199$YP5.515674@attbi_s02>...
> Snooky did it again .. set up for 133MHz.
> 133/100*(1100)=1463 the 1700+ is rated at 1467MHz.
> JPS
>

 

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Tavish Muldoon <tmuldoon@spliced.com> wrote:
| Hello!
|
| Thanks for the help!
|
| I went to the bios - Amibios Setup 2000
|
| The CPU PnP Setup section
|
| There you can modify the CPU settings - to 100/100 mhz 133/133 mhz and
| 166/166 mhz or a combination
|
| What do I set it too 133/133mhz?

I guess that the first figure you're quoting is the CPU FSB clock, and the
second is the memory clock.
Set it to 133/133 and you'll have standard XP1700 performance as per AMD's
specs.
Give it a try at 166/133 and you'll overclock the CPU and get a bit more
performance - if it won't take it then come back down to 133/133.
If you go to 166/166 then you'll be pushing the memory faster as well -
memory doesn't usually overclock as easily as CPUs do.
Kevin.

 

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Tavish Muldoon wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> I went to the bios - Amibios Setup 2000
>
>
> The CPU PnP Setup section
>
> There you can modify the CPU settings - to 100/100 mhz 133/133 mhz and
> 166/166 mhz or a combination
>
> What do I set it too 133/133mhz?

What memory do you have in that board? IIRC that board takes both SDRAM
and DDR. If you're using PC133 SDRAM, or DDR266 or above, then 133/133
should be fine.

>
> Thanks!
>
> Tmuld
>
>
>
> "jpsga" <jpsga@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<F2%hc.5199$YP5.515674@attbi_s02>...
>
>>Snooky did it again .. set up for 133MHz.
>>133/100*(1100)=1463 the 1700+ is rated at 1467MHz.
>>JPS
>>


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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:41:09 -0700, Tavish Muldoon wrote:

> I set it to 166/133 saved the setting and restarted....
>
> Now I get now screen at all - no post sounds and cannot boot up.
>
> I tried rebooting about 10 x - powering off then powering on - nothing
> shows up on my screen
>
> Did I just screw up by cpu and mobo?
>
I doubt it. But why 166/133? The 1700+ should be 133/133 default.

> Any idea how to get this back to normal...or is it toast?
>
Clear cmos and reboot.

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Thanks to everybody's help...I am back up...but for how long...?

My jackassery caused this problem and I will be more careful. Yup, I
looked at the mobo manual. Did the jumper thing...hope it stays
well..

But I want to update my BIOS...what do you think?

Thanks all!

Tmuld.

 

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Tavish Muldoon wrote:
> Thanks to everybody's help...I am back up...but for how long...?
>
> My jackassery caused this problem and I will be more careful. Yup, I
> looked at the mobo manual. Did the jumper thing...hope it stays
> well..
>
> But I want to update my BIOS...what do you think?

If you don't need a feature from the updated BIOS, don't do it. There's
always a risk of hosing your motherboard during the BIOS update.

>
> Thanks all!
>
> Tmuld.


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