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burt0n   06-15-2003 at 11:47:35 AM

Hi,

Just put together a new pc yesterday with the following specs.

A7n8x deluxe
2600+
2x 256 pc2700
etc
etc

The problem is both windows and pcmark 2002 report the processor as either being 1.24ghz or a AMD duron. I've left the bios as standard - am I doing something wrong? I don't want to over clock it but it would be nice to get it reporting correctly. I saw something about altering the FSB but I'm not sure about that...

Many thanks

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TheMASK   06-15-2003 at 12:17:18 PM
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first thots...FSB might be set to 100MHz. try setting it to 133 and 166, manually if needed. <b>THis is definitely not overclocking.</b> try if this helps... if not, u can always come back here.



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burt0n   06-15-2003 at 12:30:39 PM
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Hi,

I set "CPU external frequency" to 166 and windows is reporting it correctly now - that was the right one wasn't it?

Thank you for your help!!!

Ben

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TheMASK   06-15-2003 at 12:36:47 PM
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yup, that was it...
All the mobos are backward compatible. SO i think they are set to accept the default CPU FSB to be 100 for the sake of older CPUs. I am glad ur problem is solved.

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