2500+ shows up a 1 Ghz : EDIT : Now onto the Hardrive...

[speg]

Hey guys, my AMD 2500+ is showing up in Windows as a 1 Ghz. Im on an Asus A7N8X, and just set it up yesterday. How do I know if it's really running at that speed, and how to fix?

 

[LuDaCriS66]

You need to either update your BIOS..

or

Go into the BIOS and change your FSB setting from 100 to 166

 

[speg]

I see no "FSB" setting, BIOS version 1005. The manual says something about the FSB equaling twice the "External CPU Frequency", which is currentley set at 100Mhz. So I'm gonna go and set that to 166... I think...

 

[Ionizer86]

Yea, CPU frequency --> 166. BTW are you sure it previously showed up as 1GHz? It should have showed up as 1.1, but oh well.

Also check out the CPU's multiplier. Should be times 11.

 

[speg]

Yeah it was 1.1, but I was lazy and rounded down 😛

Okay before I do this, it says I have to set the "CPU Freuqency Mulitple Setting" to match with the "CPU Externa Frequency Setting". Like you said it's 11... I think, I'm just gonna leave that one on auto for now....


What speed should I get? 2500+ = ? Mhz?

Woo look atthat, 1.84 Ghz, that sounds much better. That was pretty easy 😀

 

[arcenite]

I would just like to say, that Quake2 music rocks

 

[Lonyo]

1833MHz IIRC

 

[speg]

Jolly good, now to the harddrive.

When I installed XP is made a 5GB drive to put windows on. Now how do I og about creating/fomatting the rest of the 75 GB?

 

[0roo0roo]

lol, i think thats the most common amd newbie builder flub ever. my friend once ran his xp processor at 100mhz for a couple months before i caught it! coures he didn't read the manual..like many people..*cough* lol🙂

5GB is a good o/s size, keep only o/s and office apps on there and then turn off hibernation and make a ghost image after updating windows to sp1+ all virus updates etc. that way you save time if your system ever needs restoring.

have you ever used fdisk? boot to dos using boot disk, run fdisk and create extended partition and the logical drives within that extended partition. windows has a tool too, in control panel, performance maintenance/ admin tools /disc management.

 

[Blackroot]

Prolly have to reinstall, or try messing around in properties/settings.

 

[MasterFlash]

Right click on "My Computer" icon, choose "Manage", then "Storage", then "Disk Management", right click on the Unallocated space, and pick "New Partition". Go from there.

 

[imported_Phil]

Prolly have to reinstall

You're kidding, right...?