HELP... with CPU problem

[Mister T]

Bought an athlon XP24000 and this:

Biostar M7VIG PRO Motherboard for AMD Socket A Processors
Supported CPU:AMD Athlon XP , Athlon and Duron
Chipset:VIA KM266 / VT8235
FSB:200 / 266MHz system interface speed
RAM:Both 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM and 2 x 168-pin SDRAM DIMM Maximum 2.0 GB PC2100 (DDR266)
IDE:Ultra DMA33/66/100/133
Slots:3 x PCI 1 x AGP 1 x CNR
Ports:1xLPT, 1xCOM, 6xUSB2.0 , 2xPS/2, amd Audio Ports:
Onboard VGA:S3PRO Savage 8 Video Integrated
Onboard Audio AC 97 Audio 6 Channel
Onboard LAN:10/100mbs

Using old PC133 ram. WCPU reports that I have an XP1800 running at 1.5ghz.... is this because I can't run cpu at speed because I don't have DDR? If so, what is the min kind of ram I need to get to run this cpu at normal speed?

 

[Sheriff]

More likely because you are running the System @ 200 FSB instead of the required 266

 

[Mister T]

can I change that? or do I need new ram?

 

[Sheriff]

Not familiar with that MoBo but the info you gave suggests that it'll runn 266 so go into the BIOS and see if you cab change it or it may have a jumper to do so on the MoBo itself

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Mister T
can I change that? or do I need new ram?

There's two possible ways:

1. On the mobo is a jumper that selects 100/133 FSB speed
2. In the BIOS there's an option for FSB speed.

Probably #2

PC 133 runs at 133MHz. Your ram is fine.

 

[Mister T]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: Mister T
can I change that? or do I need new ram?

There's two possible ways:

1. On the mobo is a jumper that selects 100/133 FSB speed
2. In the BIOS there's an option for FSB speed.

Probably #2

PC 133 runs at 133MHz. Your ram is fine.

Ding ding ding.... jumper on mobo... just fixed it

 

[Sheriff]

Your Welcome !

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Sheriff
Your Welcome !

Yep, you did beat me to it.

/passes you the "I Got It First!" trophy.

 

[Sheriff]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: Sheriff
Your Welcome !

Yep, you did beat me to it.

/passes you the "I Got It First!" trophy.

Hehe a Thanks usually gets more reply's and input from me in the Future a nothing gets a Good Luck
I figure MisterT forgot in his excitement of getting the speed boost and is pobably playing around with it now

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Sheriff

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: Sheriff
Your Welcome !

Yep, you did beat me to it.

/passes you the "I Got It First!" trophy.

Hehe a Thanks usually gets more reply's and input from me in the Future a nothing gets a Good Luck
I figure MisterT forgot in his excitement of getting the speed boost and is pobably playing around with it now

Yeah, he was probably just so happy to have it fixed that he overlooked it. It's all about helping your fellow geek here at AT!

 

[Mister T]

Thank you Sheriff