Processor underclocked

Probably speedstep or equivalent.

ok well i used cpu-z and its pretty much saying the same thing under core speed its about 1.7mhz

My friends HP had a similar issue. There was an option in the power option category in the control panel that allowed underclocking the cpu to save power, try checking there.Think it was called green mode or something to that nature, don't remember exactly.

ok here are pictures from cpu-z i took 3 one for the cpu, memory, and mainboard, and nope never got any messages about my battery or anything

cpu
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/ [...] en/cpu.jpg

mainboard
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/ [...] nboard.jpg

memory
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/ [...] memory.jpg

not sure if you guys can see them might have to save then look
oh and i actually upgraded to a 2.4ghz p4 i had originally a 1.6ghz p4

thanks but nope nothing changed

DOOD U GOT A DELL!
:?
sry

ASAIK, P4's didnt have speedstep or equiv, and i have NO exp with propriatry systems like dell/HP.

As poster said... mobo MAY only support 100fsb.
U can always call dell and 'COMPLAIN LOUDLY!'

Google ur mobo if u can. Crack the case open and pull a model # off if u need to.

yea im pretty sure my mobo only supports up to 400mhz possibly and the card is most like 533mhz the only thing is when i go into bios it seems that i cant change any settings like that, as a matter of fact i dont see the word fsb anywhere, could be that my bios needs to be updated cuz its only at AO2

most dells are able to do it i believe so its either my bios is old or something else?

If you can't change the FSB, then you could get a new mobo cheap that will run 533. I believe the new Dell power supplies are wired as per industry standard, but you should still verify that. Make sure the mobo that you get matches the existing one ATX or BTX.

yea i have a new mobo in mind because this 2.4ghz p4 actually came out of another computer but the weird that was when i used cpu-z to find out the name and model of the motherboard it was blank, so im not sure if its ATX or BTX

yea i think im just gonna install the new mobo that the 2.4 p4 came out of, im just trying to find out what the mobo is called, just for other backrounds checks like agp slots and what not because i dont think the computer is a dell that the 2.4 came out of its just a mobo in a bought case

aight well i put it back in the mobo it came with and now its saying the processor speed is 1.9 but before i took it out of the mobo it was 2.4, so its no longer in a dell mobo but i cant figure out what this mobo is called, but anyways what do you guys think i should do now

1. the bios on the original dell mb probably needs to be updated. it might unlock the 533 fsb you need. I don't know what's wrong with the other mb, check the bios and make sure it's set to 533 too.

2. BTX? come on. BTX wasn't around when that computer was made. it's about 4 years old. same goes with eist, it likely wasn't even introduced in laptops yet, the centrinos are about 4 years old now if memory serves, let alone desktops. come on guys, think here.

where in the bios would be the option to make the fsb 533 the only option i can find is cpu host sdram pci clock, and the bios is called phoenix award or something along those words

well i tried running everest program and im going to note a few things it says about my cpu fsb, it says that its running at 107.98mhz(original 133mhz) not sure what that means, and the cpu multiplier is at 18.0x and it says my
Motherboard Name is ECS L4S5MG/651+(3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN) not sure if this will help anyone help me aha

and my Motherboard ID is 08/21/2002-SiS-651-6A6IXE19C-00
also my bios type is a phoenix award v6.00pg