CPU = 1GHz Motherboard Running @ 850 MHz

[Lee Bowden]

Hi Everyone,
Please could anyone help me on how to configure my
motherboard to run at maximum speed 1Ghz same as my CPU.
I've been told about using Switchers and Jumpers and the
Bios, but i cannot find any options in the bios screen
regarding my Motherboard and CPU. Also I cant find any
switchers/jumpers on my motherboard. I've seen pictures
on were these could be situated but I still cant locate
them!

My PC Details are as follows:
CPU = AMD Athlon 1000MHz (L1 cache: 128.0Kb, L2 cache:
256.0Kb) Ext.clock: 66MHz Proc Socket: Slot-A

Bios = AMIBIOS 0627410 15/07/95(C)1999 American
Megatrends Inc

Motherboard = 000 (Slot A)
Thats all the information I could find on my motherboard.

O/S = Windows XP Pro

I hope the information is sufficient.

Will be very grateful for any help and information given.
Lee

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Lee Bowden" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Everyone,
> Please could anyone help me on how to configure my
> motherboard to run at maximum speed 1Ghz same as my CPU.
> I've been told about using Switchers and Jumpers and the
> Bios, but i cannot find any options in the bios screen
> regarding my Motherboard and CPU. Also I cant find any
> switchers/jumpers on my motherboard. I've seen pictures
> on were these could be situated but I still cant locate
> them!
>
> My PC Details are as follows:
> CPU = AMD Athlon 1000MHz (L1 cache: 128.0Kb, L2 cache:
> 256.0Kb) Ext.clock: 66MHz Proc Socket: Slot-A
>
> Bios = AMIBIOS 0627410 15/07/95(C)1999 American
> Megatrends Inc
>
> Motherboard = 000 (Slot A)
> Thats all the information I could find on my motherboard.
>
> O/S = Windows XP Pro
>
> I hope the information is sufficient.
>
> Will be very grateful for any help and information given.
> Lee

Could that 1000 you are reading be a performance rating? AMD
stopped using raw MHz after they could not keep up with Intel in the
numbers race. You may truly have a 850 MHz CPU. You do not give
enough information on your motherboard for any help. Check what
shows on the first screen when you boot the computer. There should
be a BIOS string near the bottom of the first screen. Hit the Pause
key if it flashes by too flash. From that string one can determine
the motherboard manufacturer. Many of the newer motherboard set the
speed in the BIOS setup rather than with jumpers. They also may
have an automatic setting. MSINFO32.EXE will also tell you the
motherboard chipset manufacturer as well as the model number. It
will also identify the CPU and the speed setting.

Are you sure about the external clock setting? Your BIOS also may
be too old to detect the proper settings for the CPU.

--
Earl F. Parrish

[Lee Bowden]

Thank you for your reply.
All the information i submitted is correct and I am very
sure it is all true to.

From msinfo32:
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name LEE-NLANTYZ47JW
System Manufacturer Not Available
System Model MS-6340
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 2
AuthenticAMD ~1001 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 62710,
15/07/1997
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.0
(xpclient.010817-1148)"
User Name LEE-NLANTYZ47JW\Lee
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 328.63 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.40 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Thank you for anymore help u can give me
Lee

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Lee Bowden" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you for your reply.
> All the information i submitted is correct and I am very
> sure it is all true to.
>
> From msinfo32:
> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version 5.1.2600 Build 2600
> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> System Name LEE-NLANTYZ47JW
> System Manufacturer Not Available
> System Model MS-6340
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 2
> AuthenticAMD ~1001 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 62710,
> 15/07/1997
> SMBIOS Version 2.3
> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
> Locale United Kingdom
> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.0
> (xpclient.010817-1148)"
> User Name LEE-NLANTYZ47JW\Lee
> Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
> Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
> Available Physical Memory 328.63 MB
> Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 1.40 GB
> Page File Space 1.22 GB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>
> Thank you for anymore help u can give me
> Lee
>

Based upon your information, I have determined that your motherboard
is a Microstar International model. I downloaded the five manuals
on their website. I will look through them and see what I can find.
I post my findings as soon as I have them.

--
Earl F. Parrish

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Lee Bowden" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you for your reply.
> All the information i submitted is correct and I am very
> sure it is all true to.
>
> From msinfo32:
> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version 5.1.2600 Build 2600
> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> System Name LEE-NLANTYZ47JW
> System Manufacturer Not Available
> System Model MS-6340
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 2
> AuthenticAMD ~1001 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 62710,
> 15/07/1997
> SMBIOS Version 2.3
> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
> Locale United Kingdom
> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.0
> (xpclient.010817-1148)"
> User Name LEE-NLANTYZ47JW\Lee
> Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
> Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
> Available Physical Memory 328.63 MB
> Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 1.40 GB
> Page File Space 1.22 GB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>
> Thank you for anymore help u can give me
> Lee
>

I looked through several of the manuals. They all had Award BIOS
information. For what I can figure, you set the front side bus
speed with a jumper on the motherboard. It can be either 100MHz or
133MHz. The CPU in your system requires 100MHZ. The jumper is J9.
With the jumper open you have 100MHz and with the jumper closed your
have 133MHz. They moved the jumper around on various models of your
board. The multiplier is set in the BIOS. There should be a page
called Frequency/Voltage Configuration or something similar in AMI
BIOS setup. You should set the multiplier to 10 for a 1.0 GHz CPU.
It may have been set at a different multiplier for a previous CPU if
you upgraded. This is where you would overclock if your CPU permits
you to do so. Going from 850 to 1000 is a 17.6 per cent increase so
you should see an increase. The bottleneck now will be the 100MHz
FSB speed.

You could also go to the Microstar International website at
http://www.msi.com.tw
to download a BIOS update.

I hope this helps you with your problems.

--
Earl F. Parrish

[D.Currie]

> AuthenticAMD ~1001 Mhz

right here it's saying you're running at 1 GHz. Where are you seeing the
850?

[Lee Bowden]

The 850 I saw was on a diagnostics program i had, and it
said my motherboard was running at 850MHz, also b4 i got
my 1Gb processor, my old processor was a Amd Athlon
850MHz.

[D.Currie]

"Lee Bowden" > wrote in message
...
> The 850 I saw was on a diagnostics program i had, and it
> said my motherboard was running at 850MHz, also b4 i got
> my 1Gb processor, my old processor was a Amd Athlon
> 850MHz.

I'd serious question the validity of any diagnostic program that says an
Athlon motherboard is running at 850 MHz. Windows is correctly reporting the
speed of the processor, and if that's the case, the bios is probably also
reporting the correct speed, but you didn't mention that --

So I'd bet that either the diagnostic program is faulty, or you're
misinterpreting what it's telling you. Some of them give a comparative
speed, for example, they will give the actual information, then say what the
overall computer is equivalent to based on performance tests.

Needless to say, that overall score looks at a lot more than just the
processor speed.

[Lee Bowden]

Thank you so much for all your help with my problem. Im
hoping to save up sum money and upgrade my pc soon! Thank
you again.
Lee