Is it possible to semi-break a processor?

[stevef]

i was running a 600b and it just shut down. upon restart, i get ,"CPU has changed or is unworkable-See Soft Menu" now it detects as a 300Mhz chip. can i just flash my bios to fix this?

 

[SpeedTester]

What kinda of motherbard is it? Does it have the Setup (softmenu) built in?
It could be a dieing battery, post the motherboard type and Ill see what I cant come up with.

 

[DClark]

The 600B runs on a 133mhz fsb; when your computer screwed up, I think the fsb may have automatically just set back to a 66mhz fsb, which would make the 600mhz processor (4.5x133) read as a 300mhz processor (4.5x66).

Go into the bios and set your fsb up to 133mhz. Hopefully that will solve the problem.

 

[stevef]

its a abit be-6 bios 1.21 it has a soft menu. i set it to 600 and it goes to 300 on next boot when i activate changes

 

[Carrot44]

I say replace your battery they don't last forever!!!

 

[DClark]

If it works fine but doesn't keep your settings after you shut it down, then it's almost certainly the battery.