Motherboard problem

Is the 1.6GHz with the BIOS settings on "auto"? How do you know it's at 1.6GHz? Have you tried running CPU-Z -- if so, please post screen captures of its screens.

I can not post CPU_Z results because I can not find a way to insert the image onto the page. Copy and paste does not work and there is no option to insert the image onto the page. CPU_Z reports my memory as corsair xms pc 3200 and cpu as prescott core intel 3.2 ghz running at 1.6 ghz. it also shows my north bridge as i865p/pe/g/848p and south bridge as ich5. my motherboard bios has almost all performance settings set for user defined but it will not post at higher than 100mhz memory clock and 1.6 ghz cpu effective clock. All attempts to raise bus speeds end in a hard crash which is only fixed by resetting the bios and setting things back to the lowest settings which then results in the same problem I now post about. Maybe mondoman could suggest a way i can get the CPU_Z images onto my post for further review.

I have the screen shots but i do not know how to post them to this site. Could you send me your email address to jimmyz41@gmail.com so I can send you the shots over my email client?

I think your mobo has no overclocking . I also think u should try another type of rams instead of corsair . U should use at least 3.0 gigabyte of rams .
Please refer also to your mobo manual to set your bios to the correct configuaration tion

I have posted the screenshots you requested. Thank you for your help with this problem.

my motherboard will not allow me to raise the base clock above 100mhz. if i raise it even 1mhz the board will not post at all and i have to reset the bios and reset it to 100mhz inorder to get the computer to work at all. i can take pictures of my bios screens if you can tell me which screens you want to see and which options you want expanded. i personally think this motherboard is junk. the fic website says all motherboards in this series are prescott ready. the thing i hate the most about it is there is not way to tell what motherboard you have in the series by looking at the silk screen on the board so it is nearly impossible to know what bios file to download for an upgrade. i looked at every motherboard in their 865 chipset lineup and all of them have the same silk screen model number on them. i am not sure if just picking one out of the air might really screw this board up so i am leary of installing a new bios and i can not get anyone from fic to return my calls or emails for help.