barton 2800+ & abit nf7-smobo

[mthomas99]

I had a question about my PC. When I go into my BIOS it says my processors operating frequency is Athlon XP 2800+ but when I look at the multiplier factor it says its 12.5 (thus right now my PC is telling me my processor runs at 1250 MHZ). Why does SiSoftSandra say there is a Athlon XP 2800+ that runs at a speed of 2.03 GHZ? and should i change my multiplier factor in my bios to be 20 so that its 100X20 or 2000 MHZ like it should be? or is that dangerous and could it damage my chip?

I remember months ago seeing in my computer > properties that it said Athlon XP 2800+ at 2.03 GHZ but now it says 12.3 GHZ

Is my Prcoessor's full potential not being recognized b/c of my motherboard?

Do I need to change a setting in the bios?

When compared to the Athlon Xp 2800+ in SISOFT sandra -- my processor (2800+ as well) does a little more than half the potential of the Xp 2800+ 2.03 ghz processor that Sisoft Sandra has in its selection of benchmark comparisons.

Why isnt my Athlon Xp 2800+ performing on par with the one SIsoftSandra has in its comparison choices?

Should i change the multiplier factor in my bios or can this damage the motherboard and processor?

In my bios i looked more closely -- It says:

Cpu External Clock : 166mhz
Mult factor: x12.5

At the top of that same screen it has:

CPU internal frequency: 1250mhz (100x12.5)

for some reason it registers my CPU's fsb is 166 but its running it at 100-- I dont know how to make it run my CPU at 166 fsb.

 

[LED]

There's a jumper right by the Fan pin for the CPU Fan...move it over to the left

 

[mthomas99]

thanks-- i have to look for it -- is it where the power to the HEatsink plugs in?

 

[mthomas99]

the jumper is already on the left

 

[Fern]

You're not gonna be able to change the CPU multi. They are facotry locked for that model.

You can go into the "SoftMenu" section of the BIOS and manually set the FSB/frequency to 166mhz.

If you cleared the CMOS (see manual instructions) it should reset itself properly also.

Fern

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: mthomas99
the jumper is already on the left

then go right as Rev's change boards

 

[mthomas99]

I fixed it-- all i did was reload the "OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS"