my 1.7+ Athlon XP booting as a 1.1 on my ECS K7S5A

[Middy493]

Hey, I recently put together a 1700+ Athlon XP System using an ecs k7s5a. It boots as a 1100Mhz cpu and it is also read as a 1100Mhz in SisSandra 2002. I am pretty sure that if i flash the bios to the latest update the problem will be resolved. However, I was wondering if the CPU is actually operating at 1.1Ghz or it is just being viewed at that speed? I was having trouble updating the bios, so if it is just viewed as a 1.1ghz cpu i dont really care, but if it is only operating at that speed, then it definatly needs to be fixed. Thanks.

 

[Iron Woode]

Did you set the cpu bus in the BIOS?

The bus is supposed to be 133, not 100 as you now have it set.

 

[Odoacer]

Yup. Happened to me too, a 1.4 posted as 700 mhz... just adjust the FSB to 133/133 and your all set.

 

[Middy493]

Thanks, that solved the problem.