MS-KM4M-L with AMD Athlon XP 3000+

[benhli28]

The mainboard in my computer is a MSI KM400 series, KM4M-L board, the processor in it is a new AMD Athlon XP 3000+ CPU.

When I look at the System Properties on my computer it says:

AMD Athlon (tm)
1.73GHz, 1.46 GB of RAM.

I know that System Properties should read:

AMD Athlon(tm) 3000+
3.0GHz, 1.46 GB of RAM

So, how do I go about setting everything right so that my mainboard sees the processors speed right?
Also, thanks for any and all replies.

 

[tman1]

The Athlon XP never made it to 3Ghz. 3000+ does not mean 3Ghz. And it certainly isn't brand new, as it is only a 32bit, single core processor.

 

[caamsa]

You could go into the bios and set the FSB to 200 instead of 166 that should speed it up but the XP 3000+ Barton only runs at 2162 GHz not 3

 

[benhli28]

Well, I know I made the mistake on what it should read, which should be:

AMD Athlon(tm) 3000+
1.73GHz, 1.46GB of RAM

Problem that is going on is I'm not sure how to get my Barton Core processor to run at its right FSB 333 or so.

Any suggestions?