Just bulit a pc for a m8 and after starting the machine saw in the bios that it stated that the processor was a 1500xp+, the processor is a 2.2 xp, what do i need to do to get the machine to run the processor at the true speed ?, HELP, i know its something to do with bios but dont knmow what

Thanks
Whizzersmith


motherboard
MSI KT4V-L SKT A 8X AGP DDR/Sound/lan/USB2.0 Motherboard

processor
AMD ATHLON XP2200+ 266MHz FSB - Thoroughbred - OEM

memory
Crucial PC2700 512mb DDR 184

harddrive
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 40Gb ATA 133 7200rpm Disk Drive - Oem

Make sure the jumper on the board is set to 133.

Change your CPU FSB from 100 to 133 should solve your problem

HTH

no jumper on board , only store and clear and bios wont let me change it to ata 133 greyed out, read on ebuyer that processor setup is set to auto but you need to manually adjust settings, Over my head (HELP) :(

Have you installed the latest motherboard drivers and the latest bios update?

installed the ones that come with motherboard, these should be fine,

this is from ebuyer review
'you will need to manually set this in the bios for your cpu type
eg cpu amd 1600 xp 266 fsb set to 133mhz in bios
as it is doubled ( dual channel )while you are there , disabling the pci delay transacton speeds
up the board , as does setting sdram 1t command to fast , not had any problems doing this .

dont know how to do this !

The ones with the motherboard may not be fine. Go to the manufactuirers site and see if indeed they are the latest and the bios is current. Also check chipset drivers. In the chipset features in the bios, you should be able to set the fsb. If you say it is greyed out, just clear and reset your bios and choose setup or power on default.

bios and drivers are the lastest, its all to do with setting in bios setup

he solved it, he was looking in the wrong part of the settings in bios, thanks for help people