Athlon XP 2200+ WHY ARE YOU SO SLOW?

[Conor026]

hey,

I bought an ahtlon XP 2200+ from a friend for 20 quid, i put it in my machine with a new motherboard and hard drive, I read that the 2200+ runs at 1.8 Ghz but my system info and start up says it's 1.3-- WHAT THE HELL SO GOIN ON

Mother board is Asus A7R8X-E deluxe

Thanks for reading

AHHHHHHHH

 

[Nohr]

It sounds like you have your FSB set to 100MHz instead of the proper 133MHz.

The 2200+ has a 13.5x multiplier. So with a 100MHz FSB it'd be at 1.35GHz which is what you currently have. Raising the FSB to 133MHz should get you back to your normal 1.8GHz.

 

[LatinJones]

check your FSB and Multiplier settings in the bios.

The FSB should be set to 133 and the multiplier should be 13.5. Sounds like the multiplier is only set to 10. When I bought an a7n8x and an athlon xp2500 I had to change this value because it was also running at 1ghz or something wierd like that...

 

[Fern]

Well, they beat me to it. HERE'S an AMD CPU chart. It'll show you the proper settings. If you wrote down the stepping codes, it'll also confirm what chip you have

Fern

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Be aware that some mobos have a jumper for the 100/133 clock setting and it can't be changed in BIOS.

 

[xriceboix]

oo and i thought it was jus me so does that mean i have to change it too? i bought a amd athlon xp 2000+ and it says it suppose to b running at 1.67 ghz but it says under my computer properties it only at 1.2 ghz

 

[FlyingPenguin]

I'll give you an example: my server is running an IWill XP333 mobo. There's a setting in BIOS to switch the clock from 100 to 133 BUT this toggle does NOTHING if the jumper on the mobo isn't set to 133. If the jumper is set to 100 then it overrides the BIOS setting.

I've seen lots of mobos like this. Check your mobo documentation and see if there's a 100/133 clock jumper and set it to 133, then make sure your CPU clock is set to 133 in BIOS.

 

[xriceboix]

umm is this normal? since i change the 100 fsb to 133 for my athlon xp 2000+ my idle cpu temp is 55c and when im playing cs its at 60c

 

[blodhi74]

how are U getting the temps ?

 

[superkdogg]

Originally posted by: xriceboix
umm is this normal? since i change the 100 fsb to 133 for my athlon xp 2000+ my idle cpu temp is 55c and when im playing cs its at 60c

That's a little hot. Did you install it yourself? Is the heatsink rated to handle that speed?

It is natural for it to be quite a bit warmer with that increase in clockspeed, but 60C is a bit too warm and you'll want to figure out why.

 

[xriceboix]

it was custom made and built from an online site, and im getting the temperatures from a software that came wif my motherboard and use the bios to check the idle temps also.

 

[Appledrop]

60C is not too high imo, once you start going above 65 it starts to get a bit dangerous, but if 60C is your max temp, i wouldnt worry

 

[FlyingPenguin]

60C is withing operating temp range. I'd like to see it lower, but it's okay. My AMD 3200 runs at 57C (stock retail HSF) and my two AMD 2400 rigs run at around 52C.

You can try improving air flow through your case (tying up ribbons out of the air flow path, adding a front intake fan, make sure your PSU has 2 fans and not one (one on the back and one inside).

As long as the rig is stable I wouldn't worry too much about it, but I wouldn't overclock it.

 

[superkdogg]

Originally posted by: FlyingPenguin
60C is withing operating temp range. I'd like to see it lower, but it's okay. My AMD 3200 runs at 57C (stock retail HSF) and my two AMD 2400 rigs run at around 52C.

You can try improving air flow through your case (tying up ribbons out of the air flow path, adding a front intake fan, make sure your PSU has 2 fans and not one (one on the back and one inside).

As long as the rig is stable I wouldn't worry too much about it, but I wouldn't overclock it.

I should clarify. 60C is not likely to kill your CPU, but it is higher than your temp should be, ideally. I have two similar rigs-an AXP 1600 Palomino @ 1450, and a AXP 1800 TBred B @ 2000. Neither of those rigs gets to 55C and both are crunching E@H Boinc 24/7. Neither has exotic cooling, although the TBB has a Thermalright HS @ 80 MM fan, so it' going to be cooler.

As long as you're not having stability issues, it should be ok-it's just warmer than ideal. If you're capable of doing so without making the situation worse, I might take off the HSF and clean it and reseat it. If you do this, look for excess thermal paste. Many people apply too much and actually hurt the thermal transfer between core and HS.