Just build my first computer & I need some help

[srygonic]

Ok.. here's my set up first of all:

AMD 64 3000+
MSI K8N Neo4-F
2x512MB Kingston
160GB Seagate Pata
Leadtek 6600GT
Antec Sonata II /w 450 PSU

Here's what I built all my my n00b self!

BIOS:
Whenever I restart or boot up my computer, my bios will go into this screen tell me to either press F1 to continue or press del to setup. How do I bypass this and let my CPU bootup all itself without me touching it?

CLOCKSPEED
AMD 64 3000+ is supposed to be 1.8 GHz right? But it's showing only 1Ghz in CPU-Z. My multiplier is like x5 only. CnQ is off... and I can't make the multiplier go higher than x5. So what is wrong with my CPU?

 

[KayKay]

5x multi is cool and quiet im pretty sure. check that again. failing that see if you can set the multi manually to 9x

 

[srygonic]

I solved the problem by updating my bios already... can anybody help me with my bios problem? I'm still kinda irritated by it. Can somebody help me?

 

[TlitJ]

Just finished building my computer this last weekend and it was giving me the F1 button deal you are talking about. Seems the BIOS setting had a floppy drive called out when I don't actually have a floppy. Had to go into the settings and say floppy drive=none. Now it boots through. I'm sure it's something similar. Check the error it gives right before asking to press F1.

 

[srygonic]

Thanks a ton. That was the exact problem. Don't know why I didn't see it earlier.