I'm sure this has been asked many times but I'm stumped. I just installed a Barton 2600 XP+ and set my bios to expert and changed my FSB to 166 (333) and my mutiplyer to 16. Well everytime my system reboots it changes it back to 11.5, so instead of getting the 2.1 it should run at I'm at 1.9. The mobo is a FIC AU13 if the Nforce chipset. Any ideas on what I can do to get it to accept the mutiplyer settings?
AMD Barton 2600 XP+
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166*16=2656 Which is a good guess, unfortunately the AMD chips are performance rated ie the 2600 is not a real Mhz number, it's the approximate speed it would be if it where an Intel chip.
The real speed is more like what your system is attempting to default too.
The reason for all this malarky is AMD with its hyper-pipelined-jiggery-pokery had Mhz for Mhz a faster chip than Intel. But Intel where acheiving better yields from the manufacturing process or the architecture just lent itself to faster Mhz. Either way Joe Bloggs on the No 10 to Charring Cross was convinced that the more Mhz you had the faster the CPU would run. This would of course be true for like architectures, but they ain't.
Bit Like My 1100cc bike stuffing my mates 3000cc car <vbeg> bigger engine but the architecture or design is totally different so the results aren't what one may suppose.
Lesson over
The real speed is more like what your system is attempting to default too.
The reason for all this malarky is AMD with its hyper-pipelined-jiggery-pokery had Mhz for Mhz a faster chip than Intel. But Intel where acheiving better yields from the manufacturing process or the architecture just lent itself to faster Mhz. Either way Joe Bloggs on the No 10 to Charring Cross was convinced that the more Mhz you had the faster the CPU would run. This would of course be true for like architectures, but they ain't.
Bit Like My 1100cc bike stuffing my mates 3000cc car <vbeg> bigger engine but the architecture or design is totally different so the results aren't what one may suppose.
Lesson over
Ooops - I didn't quite catch your drift did I? Your maths threw me.
To get the 2.1Ghz You'd be looking at 133*16 or 166*12.5
Are you sure you have a 166FSB Athlon? as IIRC this one came out in two flavours
To get the 2.1Ghz You'd be looking at 133*16 or 166*12.5
Are you sure you have a 166FSB Athlon? as IIRC this one came out in two flavours
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I think an amd 2600+ barton has a default multiplier of 11.5, as you said your comp defaulted to
Your motherboard cannot use a higher multiplier than what the CPU can do stock, unless you have an NF-7 or DFI infinity(or is it lanparty?) motherboard. Hope this helps
Your motherboard cannot use a higher multiplier than what the CPU can do stock, unless you have an NF-7 or DFI infinity(or is it lanparty?) motherboard. Hope this helps
Actual XP2500+ Mhz is 1837MHz (11 x 166)
Have you upgraded your BIOS to TFA42 btw?
Anyhow look here for more stuff that'll interest ya:
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Motherboards/FIC-AU13-Motherboard/2/
Nice mobo btw
Have you upgraded your BIOS to TFA42 btw?
Anyhow look here for more stuff that'll interest ya:
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Motherboards/FIC-AU13-Motherboard/2/
Nice mobo btw
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