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Is my CPU upgrade working?

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jonohara

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Mar 26, 2000
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How can i tell if my CPU upgrade is working properly.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was a P75 and I have now installed a Nova Max P225 MMX.&nbsp;&nbsp;It works fine but it still says on startup that the clock speed is 75MHz, I did not adjust any jumper setting when I installed it (I don't have the motherboard manual and I can see no clear labels to the jumpers).&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Jon<br><br>
 
Well the chip is underclocked. Are you sure that the board supports a p255? My guess is that it doesn't since it had a p75 (I may be wrong). If you are not sure how to set the jumpers you should consider getting a motherboard that supports the 255.<br><br> <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>
 
whenever you install new chips on a board, you need to update the pins, and jumpers to use that speed of chip, so that you can change its voltage and multipler, good thing you wernt sticking a slower chip into a board that used to use a faster chip, could have fried it in a matter of seconds (newer boards like my Athlon board, will autodetect speed, multipler, voltage, etc)<br><br>good luck, and if you cant find the board manual, they usally have them published online, depending on your manufactuer. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href= </a><br>Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)<br>
 
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