Athlon 2000xp processor

[RPerry]

here's one thats been driving me nuts. I Have an athlon 2000 xp processor that used to run 1.8ghz. now when you look at my system info, it says 1.24 ghz. I have made no changes to my bios, so why the fall off ? :blink:

[kaiweiler]

I thought the Athlon 2000 XP default speed was 1.667GHz??
Have you ever oc'ed at all??
There's no way it should be 1.24Ghz though, unless you have CPU Throttling on?? I'm just making guesses, need more info to tell you anything for sure.

[RPerry]

I thought the Athlon 2000 XP default speed was 1.667GHz??
Have you ever oc'ed at all??
There's no way it should be 1.24Ghz though, unless you have CPU Throttling on?? I'm just making guesses, need more info to tell you anything for sure.

No, never over-clocked. I would upgrade to a newer processor before doing that. As far as the cpu throttling, where would that option be at ? I had not changed any settings when I noticed the problem

[tesco]

It goes to 1.24ghz when the fsb is set to 100mhz (200 effective).

Go into your bios and find the option to change this.

And the default speed for that processor is 1667mhz.

[RPerry]

It goes to 1.24ghz when the fsb is set to 100mhz (200 effective).

Go into your bios and find the option to change this.

And the default speed for that processor is 1667mhz.

This is the problem then, and I know when it was reset. Last time I set this to 200, My pc would not boot and I had to flash the bios :( I'll try again and see what happens.

[tesco]

This is the problem then, and I know when it was reset. Last time I set this to 200, My pc would not boot and I had to flash the bios :( I'll try again and see what happens.
also check what vcore is set to.

[RPerry]

I don't have the option for 200. I have:
100/100mhz
100/133mhz
133/133mhz
166/133mhz

setting to 166/133mhz causes me to have to flash the bios. However, 133/133mhz fixes the cpu problem. thanks Rosscoe ;)

[Virtualbody1234]

133/133 is the right setting.

The front side bus is supposed to be 266 for that CPU. (133x2)

The second 133 is the RAM speed.

[RPerry]

any reason why it wouldn't default to 133/133 Vb1234 ? never had to change the fsb settings before....

[Virtualbody1234]

any reason why it wouldn't default to 133/133 Vb1234 ? never had to change the fsb settings before....
That would depend on the motherboard. Most will automatically detect the proper speed.

[RPerry]

ecs K75SA Pro...... which I bought cause I had 512 of sdram installed, this was the only board I could upgrade to with the processor at the time. But, since I just upgraded to 1gb DDR 2700, I guess I can upgrade to a better mainboard now :D

[Virtualbody1234]

I like that board. It has a lot to offer at a very good price and is very stable.

[lynx]

I just upgraded to 1gb DDR 2700I think you may come to regret getting PC2700 memory. You would probably have been better advised to get PC3200 and simply run it at lower speed.

[RPerry]

I think you may come to regret getting PC2700 memory. You would probably have been better advised to get PC3200 and simply run it at lower speed.

Comp USA didn't have pc3200 :( I bought the best they had, given what I had in mind when I left the house
:rolleyes:

[Smurfette]

The front side bus is supposed to be 266 for that CPU. (133x2)
As it is for my XP1700+, although it fairly flies along being set at 166/333 in sync wth the RAM :D