I have a new computer, and it is fixed now...

[IJump]

I put an Athlon XP 2000+ on an MSI K7N415. When I boot, the processor shows up as an Athlon 1250. But my Seti WU times are in the 4.5 hour range. I was running 512 MB Crucial PC2100 and the normal FSB. No overclocking (yet). The page linked above says up to XP1800+, but there have been bios updates (which I have done) to take the board to 2000+ and beyond.

Something doesn't seem right. If it was really running at 1250MHz, wouldn't my times be slower than 4.5 hours?

What are your guys (and gals) thoughts?

 

[JWMiddleton]

The board appears to be set for 100 MHz FSB (12.5 x 100). The 4.5 hours could be right with DDR memory, would be closer to 5 or 5.5 hours with SDRAM. Bet you have to set a jumper on the board for 133 MHz operation. I had a few mobo's that required that.

Good luck with it!

 

[IJump]

Yep, After I posted this thread and went looking some more for an answer...(imagine this) it was in the manual!!

I switched that little pice of metal wrapped in plastic and it is now happily running at 1713MHz (just a slight overclock for now) It has been a long, long day....

It has some nice FSB adjustments when you take it off of what MSI calls "safe mode". Basically locked at 100MHz

Thanks....

 

[toft-dk]

Be sure to post some times when you get them

They should be pretty nice

( edited for typo )

 

[IJump]

With my 2000 (1.662GHz) running at 1.76, I just finished a WU at 2:56...

More overclocking to come......