Displaying Wrong Speed

JamesT · 08-04-2005, 08:50 AM

Hello there,

I just built a new computer with a AMD Athlod XP 3000XP and a Gigabyte GA7vm400M-RZ but its only showing CPU Speed 1060GHz. Anyone know why this is? I couldnt see any settings on bios. CPU clock is on 132 which is the maximum it could do? Is the motherboard not good enough?

**greffov** · 08-04-2005, 12:13 PM

I think the CPU clock and multiplier settings are wrong. A 3000 should do 1800 I think.

Mav · 09-16-2005, 09:27 AM

had the same problem with my AMD 2800, it only showed 1250MHz, wat u need to do is, on your motherboard there is a small switch called SW1 turn it off, then your pc will reconise the AMD 3000, any problems finding the switch try looking thru your motherboard manual

JamesT · 09-16-2005, 07:53 PM

The problem was the motherboard wasnt compatible with the 3000+ 512KB cache chip so i put a 2500+ and it goes fine displaying 1.8GGHZ. I have now put the 3000+ on a PC Chips board.

08-04-2005, 08:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
JamesT Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 186	Displaying Wrong Speed Hello there, I just built a new computer with a AMD Athlod XP 3000XP and a Gigabyte GA7vm400M-RZ but its only showing CPU Speed 1060GHz. Anyone know why this is? I couldnt see any settings on bios. CPU clock is on 132 which is the maximum it could do? Is the motherboard not good enough? __________________ RIG 1 AMD Athlon XP3000+ PC Chips M848ALU Crucial DDR 512MB PC2700 160GB Seagate HD ATI Radeon 9600 Atlantis 128MB

08-04-2005, 12:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	I think the CPU clock and multiplier settings are wrong. A 3000 should do 1800 I think. __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

09-16-2005, 07:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
JamesT Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 186	The problem was the motherboard wasnt compatible with the 3000+ 512KB cache chip so i put a 2500+ and it goes fine displaying 1.8GGHZ. I have now put the 3000+ on a PC Chips board. __________________ RIG 1 AMD Athlon XP3000+ PC Chips M848ALU Crucial DDR 512MB PC2700 160GB Seagate HD ATI Radeon 9600 Atlantis 128MB

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09-16-2005, 09:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mav Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3	had the same problem with my AMD 2800, it only showed 1250MHz, wat u need to do is, on your motherboard there is a small switch called SW1 turn it off, then your pc will reconise the AMD 3000, any problems finding the switch try looking thru your motherboard manual