My first ever problem with an AMD chip

Djhotchips

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Greetings.. not sure if I'm posting to the right place or whatever, but I'm having trouble with my system after upgrading the cpu from a Duron 1Ghz to an Athlon XP1800+. Basically, neither the bios or WinXP recognise the chip, claiming that it's an "unknown cpu" running at 1150MHz.
Haven't figured out how to fix this problem. The board is a fairly old one (that still supports up to 2400+), being an MSI K7T Turbo2. I really want to fix this and it's bugging the hell out of me. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Regards,
David Harcourt
 

FallOutBoyTonto

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Maybe <A HREF="http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com" target="_new">Windows Update</A> will fix it.

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FallOutBoyTonto

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Sounds like Error# ID-10-t.

LOL! I've had a few of those errors before, boy I can be an ID10t sometimes.

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pIII_Man

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its gotta be that...cause the 1800 has an 11.5x multiplyer so...if it ran at 100mhz fsb you would get 1150mhz...instead of 1530mhz.

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eden

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It's yet another of the same error most do and ask too often here. I just wish people would read the manual or something.
Unless they did set it to 133MHZ and nothing happened.

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Crashman

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Putting BSEL pins on the Athlon would have gone a LONG WAY towards it's adaptation by major OEMs too!

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