Windows not recognizing processor

[Anubis]

My bro finnaly got hsi copmputer up and running but for some reason windows xp pro wont recognze his processor as an athlon 2200+ it says is is a 1500+ and that it is clocked at 1.35 gig instead of 1.8.. any ideas as to why?

 

[Matt2]

Make sure the BIOS is configured correctly. For example, make sure you are running on a 133mhz FSB and not a 100mhz FSB.

Hope that helps, my XP 1900+ did the same thing. The MSI KT3 Ultra came default running 100mhz FSB and the system reported my XP 1900+ as an Athlon 1.2 GHZ 🙂

 

[BFG10K]

Also make sure his system has been flashed with the latest BIOS available for it.

 

[Maggotry]

What mobo is it?

Athlon mobo's will always default to 100MHz bus. The mobo manufacturer deosn't know what you'll be running, Duron or Athlon. So to avoid smoking a duron with a default of 133MHz bus, they set the default to 100MHz, then expect you to change it to match your cpu.

 

[bigboxes]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Also make sure his system has been flashed with the latest BIOS available for it.

What he said. 🙂 If the bios does not support the latest cpu, then it will read it incorrectly. Most likely all that is needed is the latest bios update.

~box

 

[paralazarguer]

I don't think that I bios update is needed. He is running on the 100mhz FSB rather than the 133mhz FSB. 1350x1.3=1755mhz (xp 2200+)

 

[beverage]

I just upgraded to a XP 2100+ last week. My motherboard has a jumper on it to select 100/133. When I first installed, I forgot about it and windows said I had a XP 1500+

I read the mobo manual and found the jumper, took it off, hung it off one pin, and now it works perfectly, and I'm running at a full 1.73 GHz.

I have a MSI turbo2 motherboard by the way...