need HELP

[Durvelle27]

ok my mom has an old Lenovo Netvista 8310-26U that had a old Intel pentium IV 2.00 GHz cpu that ran @1.80GHz with 256MB of ram. it was slow so i replaced the cpu with a Intel pentium IV 2.80GHz and 2GB of DDR 400 ram. the problem is when in the bios the cpu shows the cpu but it says the speed is 1.39GHz and in windows it says the speed is 1.40GHz. i tried clearing the CMOS but it didn't help and it has the lasyest BIOS. don't no what else to try ?

 

[ShadowVVL]

Might be that the board doesn't support that cpu. I remember my hp with am2 mobo and a athlon 64 x2 5600+ wouldn't work with a athlon 64x2 6000+

I remember why it did not work because the 5600+ was 89 tdp and the 6000+ was 125 tdp.

 

[Arkaign]

Yep, P4 Socket 478 chips came in three flavors : 400mhz, 533mhz, and 800mhz bus. The 2.8C you installed requires 800mhz bus to operate at normal speed, yet the mobo doesn't support 800mhz bus, hence it runs at 400mhz bus at the same (locked) multiplier. Hence, 1.4ghz.

I can't remember the fastest 400mhz bus P4 out there, but it might well have been the 2.0 Northwood.

It sucks, but that old CPU is probably about the fastest thing that board will support. OEMs had zero reason to really try to update bios for faster CPUs, and a few reasons to NOT support newer CPUs (easier to sell someone a new system if their old one is already maxed out).

It's possible at least that 533FSB chips will work, but I wouldn't pay money for one really.

 

[Durvelle27]

well that sucks might just get her a new pc then ?

 

[ShadowVVL]

yup get her a new system maybe a celeron G530.

its $49 @ newegg with free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116409

if you reuse the old hard drive and case it should only cost about $200

 

[Denithor]

Could probably do a simple rebuild in the same case. G530 + cheap H61 motherboard + 4GB DDR3 + HDD + PSU and you're set.

Just make sure the back I/O shield on the Lenovo is removable and the PSU is a standard ATX size.

 

[Durvelle27]

rather use a new case because this one is oddly shaped and can't use standard atx psu because its mounted on the side ?

 

[JWade]

i believe that netvista model supports 533mhz bus P4, which means you can go up to 3.06mhz. a 2.8ghz 533mhz bus you can get for like $5 which would be plenty fast enough

 

[Durvelle27]

see the cpu i already had didn't buy it ?

 

[Tintan]

It's for your mom. so if you want to give her a best speed PC then replace your Mobo, processor and Ram.
Motherboard - Intel DH67-BL ~5500/-
Processor - Intel Core i3 2100 ~6500/-
Ram - Corsair ValueRAM 4GB x1 1333MHz ~1300/-

Your Cpu is way to old and you cant aspect a best speed from your Rig.

 

[Durvelle27]

thx for the help just gonna build here a pc with an Intel Pentium G620 she wouldn't need an i3 as all she does is surf the web and watch videos ?