(Jim Brooks) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> I just installed Windows XP Home on a new computer with an AMD FX51
> processor and an MSI K8T Master motherboard. In the proporties under
> my computer it says that the processor is an AMD FX51 running at
> ~801MHz. Does anyone know if this is an error with XP or the
> motherboard not recognizing the processor because it's 64 bit and it's
> really running at 2.2GHz or is the processor really only running at
> 801MHz?
> Jim
you might try using this program to confirm the speed
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php