My AMD Athlon 1800 XP - Comp says is at 1.1 Ghz

[Guest_imported]

Well i have a ShuttleAK31 motherboard with a AMD Athlon 1800 XP. As we all know a 1800 XP is clock around 1.5 GHz. Well my motherboard DOES support my 1800 XP but when I boot up, or whenever i can test me processor to see if it is 1.5 it always says its 1.1 GHz. Well my question is, how can i get my proceessor to 1.5 GHz? Is it hardware or is it Software. Oh yea im running Windows 2000 Professionsal if that helps any. But how do i get my processor up to the 1.5 GHz where it should be?

Thx for any help

 

[Jakespeare]

Easy. You need to set the SYSTEM BUS TO 133 MHz.

It's running at 100 MHz....... so, 11.5 x 100 = 1150

So, go into the BIOS and change the setting to 133.
It is a simple change. ** Also make sure that the RAM is set to 133 MHz **

I believe your processor runs at 1533 MHz;
you'll end up with 11.5 x 133 = 1533 MHz.

You might even have to set a jumper on the mainboard,
from the 100 setting to 133.

I don't use Shuttle boards, but if you grab your manual,
or download one off the internet, you will find the information you need real fast.

It's all hardware,,,,,, not software.

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Call me pedantic, if you will, but the BIOS IS software - not hardware. Now the EEPROM it lives in is hardware...

That's exactly right otherwise

 

[gcw1]

I have a similar problem... I have a 1ghz amd athlon, asus a7v133 motherboard, and running win98... up until just recently it said 1ghz on start up. Today i noticed that it's at 750mhz. Can I use the same as suggested above? Thanks

Glenn

 

[gcw1]

It's back to normal now... what would cause the system bus to go from 133 to 100mhz? The only thing i've done lately is install new video drivers

Glenn

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Have you flashed the BIOS recently? That would reset the bus speed.

A CMOS reset would too - and I've even seen it simply reset itself, on flaky PC Chips motherboards.

New video drivers should not reset any part of the BIOS - Windows gets its information from there, not the other way around - but it is possible for a low-level program to reset one part, which could force the CPU to default the bus speed. So I wouldn't rule it out - has it happened again since?

I hope this is helpful

 

[Jakespeare]

Citrix...... pedantic. Heh. Your right though. I did mention a JUMPER though.

I have used maybe 400 ASUS MB's in the last 5 years, and in the last 2 years, I have seen the ASUS boards - boot straight to BIOS on a number of occassions, generally just after the system has hung on booting up.
* However, they will sometimes just BOOT TO BIOS,,, for no discernable reason, and ask you reset the CPU back up....
it will default to 100 MHz.
This is where the less experienced end up with 100 MHz CPU speed,,,,,,,, they just exit the BIOS without resetting.
I have not seen them reset to 100 MHz Bus speed without a BIOS screen being introduced though.
It is bothersome,,,,,, and annoying. I am not as enchanted with the ASUS MB's as I once was, and am using fewer of them these days.

 

[gcw1]

This is the first time I've encountered this, I have the habit of taking note what is listed about the system during startup. I haven't flashed the bios or reset the cmos. My computer has never boot straight to the bios. I originally noticed the decrease in cpu speed when checking system spec after running benchmark software. 3Dmark.2001. I've ran this before and system specs were listed as they should be. In fact, the main reason why I looked at system specs was because my system did a lot worse then it did the time before.

Glenn