New CPU and Memory not up to speed

[arfur]

just put together my new PC, A7N8X Deluxe V.2 ACPI BIOS rev. 1003, XP 2500 Barton, 2x256mb PC3200 CL3, Kingston memory.
Booted up on first try, everything seems to be running fine.
BUT, Bios and Sandra tells me the processor runs at 1,10 GHz speed, and the front side bus at 2x100MHz (200MHZ data rate).

I expected the CPU to run at 1800MHZ or so, and the memory at 400MHz FSB.

WHATS UP?

Are you supposed to configure these things yourself in the BIOS? I thought that was the BIOS's job.

I've got the Memory modules installed in slots 2&3.

If you're supposed the set it up in the BIOS manually, what are the correct/default values?

Basically what I'm asking is, how do I get my system running at the proper speed, can anyone please tell me, in newbie lingo,step by step, nice and slow.

Also I can't find a system panel connector for the Harddrive LED. have that been done away with on these new boards?

Thanks for reading my post, I hope one of you gurus can enlighten me.

Cheers

Arfur

 

[Lonyo]

It should run at 166MHz, there will either be an option in BIOS to set FSB speed, or a jumper on the motherboard.

It's better than defaulting to 166MHz so if you put in a T-Bird running 100MHz FSB it won't get fried. It's for protection. The motherboard manual should tell you how to set the FSB to 166MHz.

The memory will run at FSB speed (333MHz DDR) initially, unless you set it to run out of sync with the FSB. Read the manual which should explain how to make these changes on your particular motherboard.

 

[arfur]

Thanks Lonyo
Unfortunetly the manual only tells how to install CPU, memory etc, not how to configure it.

So what should the values for the cpu and memory settings be, if I set the cpu to run at 166MHz, does the memory FSB then adjust itself to 333 MHz automatically. If so, is that the the optimal default setting for the hardware.
What happened to the much touted 400 FSB???

 

[cow123]

if ur board can handle 200mhz fsb, set the multiplier to 9 and the fsb to 200

9*200 = 1800

 

[wluk]

most of the 2500+ can run at 11 x 200 very easily.