AMD socket A woes...

[Krikey]

Alas, my poor AMD atlon1900 is no more. My problem is that i've replaced my burnt and toasty 1900 chip with a 2000xp+. I have no idea whether this new chip is a thoroughbred, or whatever. I went to the AMD website.... and they said the clock speed of the 2000xp+ should be around 1650mhz. When i run any diagnostic tools on my new chip it is still rating it at 1250mhz ( which happened to be the speed of my old chip.) I have installed the new chip on the same ECS motherboard (K7S5A) model, which according to the manual automatically determines the CPU clock speed for you.... do i need to pull the CPU back off the board and move the jumpers...(which the manual seems to frown highly upon) or is it a bios problem.?
I have no information about the chip other than the model, as my buddy pulled it out of a spare machine in his garage.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

- Krikey

[Thrax]

If the BIOS permits you on that board, set the bus speed to 133. Or, move the jumper on the board as per the manual to force 133MHz FSB/Host Clock/Reference Clock (Whatever the manual calls it).

[Krikey]

I set the FSB speed to 133 and now it's recognizing it as a 1.66 ghz processor....thanks for the help!!! :thumbsup:

- Krikey

[Thrax]

;) Welcome to Short-Media. Stick around a while.