CPU-speed incorrectly reported. Bios upgrade needed?

jaffa

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Jan 26, 2005
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I had an old motherboard with an old Athlon cpu. Everything ran fine and the cpu speed was correctly reported (when I checked the general tab under the properties for the my computer icon).

I then bought a used Athlon XP 1800+ cpu and connected it to the motherboard. When checking the speed of the processor it is identified as an XP 1200+ cpu even though it is an 1800+.

What is wrong here?

Is a bios upgrade likely to fix this issue?
 

PurdueRy

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Nov 12, 2004
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Make sure your FSB is set to 266(133 double pumped) and the multiplier is set to 11.5