Motherboard reading Processor problems

[myjaja]

Ok, I pulled a processor off another board that read it as an AMD 2000+ 1.66 ghz. Well, I tried putting that processor on an MSI MS6330 (K7T Turbo2) motherboard. It read it as 1.25 ghz. So I tried updating the bios and after that, it read the processor as a 1250. I even tried overclocking it, now it reads the processor as an AMD 1600+ 1.37 ghz. -_-

another thing..

old motherboard: cpu temperature was around 48°f (read it as an AMD 2000+ 1.66ghz) - default
new motherboard: cpu temperature is around 38°f (reading it as an AMD 1600+ 1.37ghz) - overclocked

btw: the bios update said it supported up to 2600+


Anyone know whats going on? Why is it reading the processor at a less speed?


thanks

 

[myjaja]

btw: the other motherboard was a Shuttle Mk35N

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That's the motherboard that read the processor as an AMD 2000+ 1.66 Ghz.

 

[NXIL]

Looks like FSB is set to 200, not 266.

And actually, looks like that particular processor is not supported by that old chipset, which pretty much sucks. (had one....I feel your pain.)

http://global.msi.com.tw/index...no=89&prod_no=327#menu

Only goes up to 1800+.

You might get lucky if you can set that FSB to 266.

(200/266) times 1667 is 1250.....(rounding by pentium chip....)

HTH

GL

NXIL

 

[myjaja]

Originally posted by: NXIL
Looks like FSB is set to 200, not 266.

And actually, looks like that particular processor is not supported by that old chipset, which pretty much sucks. (had one....I feel your pain.)

http://global.msi.com.tw/index...no=89&prod_no=327#menu

Only goes up to 1800+.

You might get lucky if you can set that FSB to 266.

(200/266) times 1667 is 1250.....(rounding by pentium chip....)

HTH

GL

NXIL

Thanks man, that helped out a lot. Now I know why its doing it. lol

The only thing left for me to find out is how to change the FSB to manual.

 

[NXIL]

The only thing left for me to find out is how to change the FSB to manual.

FSB is changed by a jumper (!) on the board, J17.

UN-jump j17 to take it from 200 to 266. (Manual, 6330-2.pdf, page 2-3).

You can download manual here:

http://global.msi.com.tw/index...e&dno=3506&type=manual

self extracting ZIP file.....

HTH

NXIL