Third post. No Solution. Very Frustrated

[Jeremy Taylor]

I just upgraded my OS from Win98 to WinXP. I have a
1.3GHz AMD Athlon processor (FIC az11e motherboard), but
XP recognizes and installs it as a 650MHz processor. In
this configuration, my system runs like a 150MHz system
(SiSoft Sandra benchmark).

To fix the problem I must go to the device manager,
uninstall the processor and rebot the system. When XP
starts the processor is recognized correctly and the
system runs perfectly.

Unfortunately, with every subsequent reboot XP
reconfigures the processor to 650MHZ and the computer
runs like crap again.

The Bios always detects the correct hardware, and when
running in 650MHz mode Sisoft's Sandra also recognizes
the correct hardware.

PLEASE HELP!!!! Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeremy

[Knight]

This is probabably a motherboard driver problem. Why dont you go to the
motherboards site
http://www.fica.com/
your MOBO:
http://www.fica.com/site/html/products/mb/detail.asp?C_ID=240000068&cat_id=2
40000049

and see if they can help.
If your motherboards chip is a VIA one try downloading and installing the 4
in 1 hyperion drivers from www.viaarena.com

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300

found a review on your motherboard and it indeed uses VIA chip
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/ficaz11e/


Tell me if this post helps you.

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......Creativity is intelligence having fun !.....;-)

For the ones reading technical replies, I would kindly request them to give
me their feedback with another post (in the same thread of course), so I
will know if my advice helped them or not.

Kenny S www.talentgrid.com
www.computerboom.net


"Jeremy Taylor" > wrote in message
...
> I just upgraded my OS from Win98 to WinXP. I have a
> 1.3GHz AMD Athlon processor (FIC az11e motherboard), but
> XP recognizes and installs it as a 650MHz processor. In
> this configuration, my system runs like a 150MHz system
> (SiSoft Sandra benchmark).
>
> To fix the problem I must go to the device manager,
> uninstall the processor and rebot the system. When XP
> starts the processor is recognized correctly and the
> system runs perfectly.
>
> Unfortunately, with every subsequent reboot XP
> reconfigures the processor to 650MHZ and the computer
> runs like crap again.
>
> The Bios always detects the correct hardware, and when
> running in 650MHz mode Sisoft's Sandra also recognizes
> the correct hardware.
>
> PLEASE HELP!!!! Any advice would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy

[Jeremy Taylor]

Thanks for the posts.

So I did two things:
(1) installed the latest Via 4-in-1 drivers (no change)
(2) reset the BIOS to default values. Viola!

I don't know which setting was the problem. The only
change I notice is the onboard sound and gameport getting
enabled (Via chipset). The Multiplier and FSB remained
the same.

Regardless of the exact solution, thank you, thank you
thank you. I had no idea such a little thing could cause
so much frustration.

Jeremy

>-----Original Message-----
>This is probabably a motherboard driver problem. Why
dont you go to the
>motherboards site
>http://www.fica.com/
>your MOBO:
>http://www.fica.com/site/html/products/mb/detail.asp?
C_ID=240000068&cat_id=2
>40000049
>
>and see if they can help.
>If your motherboards chip is a VIA one try downloading
and installing the 4
>in 1 hyperion drivers from www.viaarena.com
>
>http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300
>
>found a review on your motherboard and it indeed uses
VIA chip
>http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/ficaz1
1e/
>
>
>Tell me if this post helps you.
>
>--
>
>......Creativity is intelligence having fun !.....;-)
>
>For the ones reading technical replies, I would kindly
request them to give
>me their feedback with another post (in the same thread
of course), so I
>will know if my advice helped them or not.
>
>Kenny S www.talentgrid.com
>www.computerboom.net
>
>
>"Jeremy Taylor" > wrote in message
...
>> I just upgraded my OS from Win98 to WinXP. I have a
>> 1.3GHz AMD Athlon processor (FIC az11e motherboard),
but
>> XP recognizes and installs it as a 650MHz processor. In
>> this configuration, my system runs like a 150MHz system
>> (SiSoft Sandra benchmark).
>>
>> To fix the problem I must go to the device manager,
>> uninstall the processor and rebot the system. When XP
>> starts the processor is recognized correctly and the
>> system runs perfectly.
>>
>> Unfortunately, with every subsequent reboot XP
>> reconfigures the processor to 650MHZ and the computer
>> runs like crap again.
>>
>> The Bios always detects the correct hardware, and when
>> running in 650MHz mode Sisoft's Sandra also recognizes
>> the correct hardware.
>>
>> PLEASE HELP!!!! Any advice would be very much
appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jeremy
>
>
>.
>

[Knight]

it was probably the reset of the bios... but you never know! lol

--

......Creativity is intelligence having fun !.....;-)

For the ones reading technical replies, I would kindly request them to give
me their feedback with another post (in the same thread of course), so I
will know if my advice helped them or not.

Kenny S www.talentgrid.com
www.computerboom.net


"Jeremy Taylor" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for the posts.
>
> So I did two things:
> (1) installed the latest Via 4-in-1 drivers (no change)
> (2) reset the BIOS to default values. Viola!
>
> I don't know which setting was the problem. The only
> change I notice is the onboard sound and gameport getting
> enabled (Via chipset). The Multiplier and FSB remained
> the same.
>
> Regardless of the exact solution, thank you, thank you
> thank you. I had no idea such a little thing could cause
> so much frustration.
>
> Jeremy
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >This is probabably a motherboard driver problem. Why
> dont you go to the
> >motherboards site
> >http://www.fica.com/
> >your MOBO:
> >http://www.fica.com/site/html/products/mb/detail.asp?
> C_ID=240000068&cat_id=2
> >40000049
> >
> >and see if they can help.
> >If your motherboards chip is a VIA one try downloading
> and installing the 4
> >in 1 hyperion drivers from www.viaarena.com
> >
> >http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300
> >
> >found a review on your motherboard and it indeed uses
> VIA chip
> >http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/ficaz1
> 1e/
> >
> >
> >Tell me if this post helps you.
> >
> >--
> >
> >......Creativity is intelligence having fun !.....;-)
> >
> >For the ones reading technical replies, I would kindly
> request them to give
> >me their feedback with another post (in the same thread
> of course), so I
> >will know if my advice helped them or not.
> >
> >Kenny S www.talentgrid.com
> >www.computerboom.net
> >
> >
> >"Jeremy Taylor" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I just upgraded my OS from Win98 to WinXP. I have a
> >> 1.3GHz AMD Athlon processor (FIC az11e motherboard),
> but
> >> XP recognizes and installs it as a 650MHz processor. In
> >> this configuration, my system runs like a 150MHz system
> >> (SiSoft Sandra benchmark).
> >>
> >> To fix the problem I must go to the device manager,
> >> uninstall the processor and rebot the system. When XP
> >> starts the processor is recognized correctly and the
> >> system runs perfectly.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, with every subsequent reboot XP
> >> reconfigures the processor to 650MHZ and the computer
> >> runs like crap again.
> >>
> >> The Bios always detects the correct hardware, and when
> >> running in 650MHz mode Sisoft's Sandra also recognizes
> >> the correct hardware.
> >>
> >> PLEASE HELP!!!! Any advice would be very much
> appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jeremy
> >
> >
> >.
> >