[Blueberry]

Hi!


I have this kind of problem for years now. Whenever I reinstall Windows XP Pro my AMD 2400+ processor (2000Mhz) downgrades itself to 1800+ (1500Mhz).
When I bought this PC 4 years ago in a computer store the processor was 2400+ with a speed of 2000Mhz. But later I reinstalled Windows for some reason and after the installation I noticed that my CPU is running on the wrong speed. Then I surfed on the internet and spending weeks on forums to find an answer, but I didn't. Then later a friend of mine found a PC magazine in which was an article where a tech guy explained how to overclock a CPU like mine to the speed of 2000Mhz. Then it worked. I can remember, I went to the BIOS and changed the FSB to 133. Then restarted my PC and it worked. I don't know exactly if it was switched to 133, but I think it was. This happened about three years ago. But now if I set the FSB to 133, my computer restarts for no reason. Without an error message. Only a "Send error report to Microsoft" after rebooting the system.
Since that I had to reinstall Windows again a few times because of viruses and other software problems. My last formatting was about six months ago.

I don't have problems with anything. Every application is working fine, but it's slower and I don't like it that it's not running on the right speed. However, maybe It's causing a problem.
I know this doesn't belong in this category, but It think it has to do something with my processor.
So, I'm having a problem connecting my PC with the TV set, and some people said it has to be a problem with the PC (not with the TV). I know how to connect these two devices because I've done it a dozen times, but for a year now I'm unable to do it and I have a feeling that it has to do something with my processor. A person said it has to be with the memory (which is impossible) or with the processor.

-Here are the hardware details:

CPU:
(I used CPU-Z)

-Name: AMD Athlon XP
-Code name: Thoroughbred
-Package: Socket A (462)
-Technology: 0.13 um
-Core voltage: between 1.632 V and 1.648
-Specification: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+
-Family: 6
-Model: 8
-Stepping 1
-Ext. family: 7
-Ext. model: 8
-Revision: B0
-Instructions: MMX (+), 3DNow!(+), SSE

CLOCKS (Core#0)

-Core Speed: 1500. Mhz
-Multiplier: x 15.0
-Bus speed: 100.0Mhz
-Rated FSB: 200.0Mhz

CACHE

-L1 Data: 64 KBytes
-L1 inst.: 64 KBytes
-Level2: 256 KBytes
-Level3: N/A

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Cores: 1
Threads: 1

MAINBOARD

Motherboard

-Manufacturer: MSI
-Model: MS-6712 1.0
-Chipset: VIA KT400A Rev. 80
-SouthBridge: VIA VT8235
-LPCIO: Winbond W83697HF


BIOS

-Brand: American Megatrends Inc.
-Version: 07.00T
-Date: 04/02/01

Graphic Interface

-Version: AGP version 3.0
-Transfer Rate: 8x -Max Supported: 8x
-Side Band: enabled

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I have 1.25 GB of ram, but during this experiment I will use only 512 to make things easier.
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MEMORY:

-Module Size: 512 MBytes -Correction: None
-Max Bandwidth: PC3200 (200 MHz) -Registered: no
-Manufacturer: Kingston -Buffered: no
-Part Number: K
-SPD Ext.: N/A
-Serial Number: 6833EC7D

Timing table

-Frequency: 133 MHz 166MHz 200Mhz
-CAS# Latency: 2.0 2.5 3.0
-RAS# to CAS# 2 3 3
-RAS# Precharge: 2 3 3
-tRAS: 6 7 8
-Voltage: 2.5 V 2.5V 2.5V


Sorry for this boring long post, but I'm unable to fix it myself and this is very important for me.




Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

[redden137]

hi m8
basically the cpu u have 1800+Tbred which was often o/c to 2000(Mhz) and has a prob max266(Mhz) fsb max
think the prob is now, its been o/c too long and is now throttling back to preserve its self
so youve seen the best of the cpu m8