AMD/DDR mobo help

[NeoV]

hey all....I have set up my woman's system, but this is the first system I have used DDR Ram with...anyhow, this is one of the AMD Extreme performance giveaway packages, with an Athlon XP 1800+ and an MSI mobo, along with 512mb of DDR PC2100 ram....when I boot up, the ram says it is at a 200mhz speed....shouldn't that be 266? If so, how do I change that?

Thanks for the help....

 

[minendo]

Go into the BIOS and set the FSB to 133. You may have to change a jumper on teh Mobo to 133. Actually (I think the mobo you have is the gigabyte GA-7DX) there are some jumpers (switches) on the mobo that you have to set accordingly so that the FSB is 133. Check your mobo manual for those settings.

 

[NeoV]

it reads the proc correctly as an Athlon XP 1800+, but still says the DDR speed is 200mhz....hmm....it is not a gigabyte board, this was the MSI one from the early give-aways....

 

[Cuular]

Irreguardless of the motherboard brand, do what the previous poster suggested, dig out the manual for it, and check the bios to make sure it is forced to 133Mhz FSB.