AMD ATHLON 1800 + 1.53GHZ?

[EricHansen]

HI,

SPECS: WINDOWS XP PRO
AMD ATHLON 1800+
512MB RAM

WINDOWS XP, SISOFT SANDRA AND AMDS CPU INFO ALL STATE THAT I HAVE AN AMD ATHLON 1800+ RUNNING @ 1.46GHZ?, BUT THEN I SEE THAT SISOFT SANDRAS PROCESSOR COMPARES MY ATHLON 1800+ WITH THEIR 1800+ WHICH COMPARES IT AT 1.56GHZ, MAKING MY 1800+ SEEM ALOT SLOWER THAN IT SHOULD BE...WHY IS MINE @ 1.46GHZ, AND IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG IN CONFIGURATIONS??

ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...

RGDS

ERIC HANSEN

 

[su8z3r0]

if your fsb is @ 100 try setting it up to 133 in bios

 

[o1die]

Make sure your mobo is set to 133 fsb. I would try a program called "cpuid" available as a free download. It's listed in yahoo, and you download the "cpu-z" program.

 

[MeTaLrOcKeR]

1.46GHz...wow...this is VERY interesting indeed........but i believe i have the answer =)

Example...

I have an ASUS A7S333 Motherboard and a AMD Athlon XP 1600+ CPU.

now...when i keep the multiplier at 10.5 (which is defualt) it will ALWAYS say the chip is a Athlon XP 1600+ NO MATTER WHAT FSB speed i set it too......now this means in ur bios...ur FSB speed is set to 127MHz as opposed to 133MHz.....which makes 1.46GHz........ur BIOS CPU ID String will still say XP 1800+ and Windows and all software possible will still say XP 1800+ also...BUT ull notice ur FSB setting will be at 127MHz or 254MHz DDR..... Please...go into ur bios and change ur FSB setting to 133MHz......than ull see....

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[EricHansen]

thanks for replies, heres what I did regarding FSB:

first of, CMOS SETUP UTILITY by AWARD SOFTWARE
MB: MSI 6330 ATX (KT2 TURBO)


In the BIOS I went into the option called: FREQUENCY / VOLTAGE CONTROL

The I saw the following:

CPU VCORE SELECT: DEFAULT
AUTO DETECT DIMM/PCI CLK: ENABLED
SPREAD SPECTRUM MODULATED: ENABLED
CLOCK BY SLIGHT ADJUST: 133
CPU CLOCK RATIO: DEFAULT

As you can see it states 133, but I dont know exactly what this would mean by "clock by slight adjust", is this measured in MHZ as well?, what do I need to alter so I get the full out of my Athlon.

RGDS

Eric

 

[MeTaLrOcKeR]

Hmm...very interesting....

change that section from 133 to something else.....see if theres a default setting or anything really....chnage it..than save changes reboot..see what happens.....

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=13597" target="_new">-MeTaL RoCkEr</A>