Athlon 2800 with MSI 6378

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Hello

I have a few questions

1) I have recently installed an AMD Athlon 2800+ on an MSI 6378. This
set-up is now providing me, in Win XP and at boot-up on the BIOS overview as
"Unknow CPU Type 1666+" (yes, the 'n' is missing). Do I need to fix this
up? If so, how?

2) The MSI 6378 supports 100MHz and 133Mhz CPU and the Athlon 2800+ has an
FSB of 333MHz. How ought I best set-up my system to make the most of this?

Many thanks,


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Aaron
Mob: +64 21 359 939

 

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Your motherboard supports 100mhz and 133 mhz cpu's however the 2800xp runs
at 333. I would say that you cant use that cpu in your mobo...... hence the
error message.
That's an awful lot to clock that cpu down..... neither probably knows what
to do with the other..... My suggestion, sacrifice and trade your 2800 for a
266mhz chip <I'm sure someone would gladly swap you for it> or, get a
different mobo that supports 333 mhz fsb. You can get econo boards like
ECS's L7S7A2 for like $25-$50 That would give you your 333 fsb for your
chip.
Good luck. Let me know how you make out.
PS, I happen to have either/both...... I have 266 mobo's and, I have 266
cpu's if you wanna swap or anything....


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"ajd" <aaronNOSPAMTAMUCHLYdickinson@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:tz9oe.5112$U4.719962@news.xtra.co.nz...
> Hello
>
> I have a few questions
>
> 1) I have recently installed an AMD Athlon 2800+ on an MSI 6378. This
> set-up is now providing me, in Win XP and at boot-up on the BIOS overview
> as
> "Unknow CPU Type 1666+" (yes, the 'n' is missing). Do I need to fix this
> up? If so, how?
>
> 2) The MSI 6378 supports 100MHz and 133Mhz CPU and the Athlon 2800+ has an
> FSB of 333MHz. How ought I best set-up my system to make the most of
> this?
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> --
> Aaron
> Mob: +64 21 359 939
>
>

 

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ajd wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have a few questions
>
> 1) I have recently installed an AMD Athlon 2800+ on an MSI 6378. This
> set-up is now providing me, in Win XP and at boot-up on the BIOS
> overview as "Unknow CPU Type 1666+" (yes, the 'n' is missing). Do I
> need to fix this up? If so, how?

Nope. If your system is stable, then all is well. The BIOS description is
purely for your information.

> 2) The MSI 6378 supports 100MHz and 133Mhz CPU and the Athlon 2800+
> has an FSB of 333MHz.

The Athlon 2800+ actually has an FSB of 166MHz (it's 166MHz x 2 (DDR) which
gives the 333MHz figure).

> How ought I best set-up my system to make the
> most of this?

Athlon 2800+ uses an FSB of 166MHz and a multiplier of 12.5 to give a speed
of
166 x 12.5 = 2083MHz.

You're stuck at 133MHz with your board, so you need a multiplier of about
15.5 (133 x 15.5 = 2061MHz) to run your CPU at it's maximum speed. If the
board will let you change the multiplier, then do so. If not, you're stuck
at whatever speed it chooses (probably 133 x 12.5 = 1662MHz). Be sure to set
all the CPU/FSB/RAM speeds to 133MHz in the BIOS and with any jumpers -
you're slowing it down even more if you run at 100MHz (100 x 12.5 =
1250MHz).

 

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Great reply - really useful - explains everything in the mail and I don't
have to go looking elsewhere - moreover you haven't presumed I know
everything so you've given me some basic explanations too. Really
appreciated! More responses like this please.

Aaron


"Nom" <Nom@Somewhere.Somewhere> wrote in message
news:d811aq02lqe@news4.newsguy.com...
> ajd wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I have a few questions
>>
>> 1) I have recently installed an AMD Athlon 2800+ on an MSI 6378. This
>> set-up is now providing me, in Win XP and at boot-up on the BIOS
>> overview as "Unknow CPU Type 1666+" (yes, the 'n' is missing). Do I
>> need to fix this up? If so, how?
>
> Nope. If your system is stable, then all is well. The BIOS description is
> purely for your information.
>
>> 2) The MSI 6378 supports 100MHz and 133Mhz CPU and the Athlon 2800+
>> has an FSB of 333MHz.
>
> The Athlon 2800+ actually has an FSB of 166MHz (it's 166MHz x 2 (DDR)
> which gives the 333MHz figure).
>
>> How ought I best set-up my system to make the
>> most of this?
>
> Athlon 2800+ uses an FSB of 166MHz and a multiplier of 12.5 to give a
> speed of
> 166 x 12.5 = 2083MHz.
>
> You're stuck at 133MHz with your board, so you need a multiplier of about
> 15.5 (133 x 15.5 = 2061MHz) to run your CPU at it's maximum speed. If the
> board will let you change the multiplier, then do so. If not, you're stuck
> at whatever speed it chooses (probably 133 x 12.5 = 1662MHz). Be sure to
> set all the CPU/FSB/RAM speeds to 133MHz in the BIOS and with any
> jumpers - you're slowing it down even more if you run at 100MHz (100 x
> 12.5 = 1250MHz).
>

 

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ajd wrote:
> Great reply - really useful - explains everything in the mail and I
> don't have to go looking elsewhere - moreover you haven't presumed I
> know everything so you've given me some basic explanations too. Really
> appreciated! More responses like this please.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> "Nom" <Nom@Somewhere.Somewhere> wrote in message
> news:d811aq02lqe@news4.newsguy.com...
>> ajd wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have a few questions
>>>
>>> 1) I have recently installed an AMD Athlon 2800+ on an MSI 6378. This
>>> set-up is now providing me, in Win XP and at boot-up on the
>>> BIOS overview as "Unknow CPU Type 1666+" (yes, the 'n' is missing).
>>> Do I need to fix this up? If so, how?
>>
>> Nope. If your system is stable, then all is well. The BIOS
>> description is purely for your information.
>>
>>> 2) The MSI 6378 supports 100MHz and 133Mhz CPU and the Athlon 2800+
>>> has an FSB of 333MHz.
>>
>> The Athlon 2800+ actually has an FSB of 166MHz (it's 166MHz x 2 (DDR)
>> which gives the 333MHz figure).
>>
>>> How ought I best set-up my system to make the
>>> most of this?
>>
>> Athlon 2800+ uses an FSB of 166MHz and a multiplier of 12.5 to give a
>> speed of
>> 166 x 12.5 = 2083MHz.
>>
>> You're stuck at 133MHz with your board, so you need a multiplier of
>> about 15.5 (133 x 15.5 = 2061MHz) to run your CPU at it's maximum speed.
>> If the board will let you change the multiplier, then do so. If not,
>> you're stuck at whatever speed it chooses (probably 133 x 12.5 =
>> 1662MHz). Be sure to set all the CPU/FSB/RAM speeds to 133MHz in the
>> BIOS and with any jumpers - you're slowing it down even more if you run
>> at 100MHz (100
>> x 12.5 = 1250MHz).

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