Is this right?!?
29 January 2003, 09:03 PM
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I bought an AMD athlon 2400+ from komplett and recieved it today. I used the CPU tonight and when booting up, the screen displayed my CPU as only an AMD 1800.
I've never used AMD (always stuck to pentium) so I just want to check that this is wrong before I go mad with komplett for sending me the wrong chip.
Do AMD always come in a blue box with no writing or product description on them?? or have I bought something from a bunch of cowboys!
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I've never used AMD (always stuck to pentium) so I just want to check that this is wrong before I go mad with komplett for sending me the wrong chip.
Do AMD always come in a blue box with no writing or product description on them?? or have I bought something from a bunch of cowboys!
Cheers
29 January 2003, 09:09 PM
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It sounds right to me. AMD measure the speed based on the equivalent Pentium 4.
So An Athlon 2400 is about the same speed as a P4 2.4Ghz even though it runs at 1.8Ghz
I'm sure some guru here will correct me, but I think i'm right.
So An Athlon 2400 is about the same speed as a P4 2.4Ghz even though it runs at 1.8Ghz
I'm sure some guru here will correct me, but I think i'm right.
29 January 2003, 09:13 PM
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i would check the bios settings on the mobo m8. if it is a half descent mobo then it should display the correct name of the chip. if on the other hand you start to bump up fsb or change clock mulitplier then it with display the clock speed i.e 1800
also b4 y put the chip into the socket and stuck the fan on you can look at the small writing on the chip which should give it away.
hope this helps
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big sinky
also b4 y put the chip into the socket and stuck the fan on you can look at the small writing on the chip which should give it away.
hope this helps
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big sinky
29 January 2003, 09:48 PM
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On the first BIOS screen you see after turning your PC on it should display the correct speed processor.
Some mother boards have jumpers to set for 100Mhz/133Mhz but its probably already set to 133Mhz as its displaying 1800.
Have a look through your BIOS and there should be settings you can change to bring it up displaying the correct speed.
You could also try a BIOS upgrade if none of the above work. Providing the speed is set from within the BIOS and not jumpers on the motherboard.
Some mother boards have jumpers to set for 100Mhz/133Mhz but its probably already set to 133Mhz as its displaying 1800.
Have a look through your BIOS and there should be settings you can change to bring it up displaying the correct speed.
You could also try a BIOS upgrade if none of the above work. Providing the speed is set from within the BIOS and not jumpers on the motherboard.
29 January 2003, 11:10 PM
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Bingo... 2200+ is 1.8GHz, 2400+ is 2.0GHz (15*133MHz). Your chip is registering as an 1800+ (1530MHz) because it's running at 15*100MHz. That is - assuming you've not unlocked it. Check in BIOS or on the motherboard itself for a 100/133 MHz bus jumper - exactly as stated above. Reset it for 133MHz instead of 100MHz and Robert's your mothers brother 