Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)
Me wrote:
>I have the above board, with an AMD ATHLON XP 1900+ processor, but it shows
>up in the Bios as 1200 MHZ. I believe it should show up as 1600MHZ.
>
>The multiplier defaults to 12.0x
>The CPU/PCI Frequency is set to 100/33
>The CPU Memory Frequency is set to 3:4
>
>Should it be 1200 or 1600 ?
>Please advise!
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Set that CPU for 133Mhz and you'll have the 1600Mhz your looking for. I
suspect the Multiplier is locked at 12.0x
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)
Me wrote:
> I changed the CPU to 133MHZ and it changed it to 1600MHZ, thanks! I did have
> the opportunity to change the multiplier but didn't need to.
>
> Last question. Is this just a cosmetic error in the BIOS or was the computer
> really running 400MHZ slower ?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
It really was running slower.
Your unintentional underclocking is a very common situation.
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