Re: A7N8X Dlx 3.0 gig seen as 1.3

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:34:19 GMT, "John" <>
wrote:

>Just got my new mother board home and first thing I notice is that my new
>AMD 3 gig CPU is recognized as 1.3 gig... It auto detects it to be 100mhz x
>13.... I try to change it manually to 200 x 13 and it goes back to
>original...
What is the model number of the CPU you have? I think it must be
either a 3000+ or 3200+. In either case these are not 3 GHz CPUs.
Due to AMD's naming conventions there is sometimes confusion
concerning the actual clock speed of the Athlon processor. The 3200+
is actually 2.20 GHz and the 3000+ is 2.17GHz.

For a 3200+ the CPU External Frequency should be at 200 with a
multiplier of 11.
There are two versions of the 3000+ one a 333 the other is a 400.
For a :
3000+ 333 The External Frequency should be 166 - mulitplier of 13.
3000+ 400 The External Frequency should be 200 - mulitplier of 11.

There is a jumper on the motherboard that needs to be in the right
position too. Check page 21 of the manual. By default it is set for
newer CPUs like the XP.

Your memory needs to be set correctly too. If it is set wrong it can
cause random failures including the failure to boot into Windows.
The Memory Frequency setting is best at 100% assuming the RAM
is fast enough. PC3200 RAM is good to 400 and PC2700 to 333.
>
>Second problem is that when booting, it says that there is an error in a
>boot device and won't let me go any further... It isn't my hard drive as it
>stars to boot off the HD (win 2000) prior to getting this error... also, my
>floppy seems to work so what is left... my CD ROM??
>
>A7N8X Deluxe
>ATI 9000 pro
>WD 80 gid HD
>2 sticks of 256 meg 3200 Samsung
>
>Help... please
>John N.
>

Thanks, got it going on 166 setting. Jumper on MB was correct. Now need to
get it to boot so I can install OS. Doesn't see my CD Rom.

John N.
"The Cybrow" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:34:19 GMT, "John" <>
> wrote:
>
> >Just got my new mother board home and first thing I notice is that my new
> >AMD 3 gig CPU is recognized as 1.3 gig... It auto detects it to be
100mhz x
> >13.... I try to change it manually to 200 x 13 and it goes back to
> >original...
> What is the model number of the CPU you have? I think it must be
> either a 3000+ or 3200+. In either case these are not 3 GHz CPUs.
> Due to AMD's naming conventions there is sometimes confusion
> concerning the actual clock speed of the Athlon processor. The 3200+
> is actually 2.20 GHz and the 3000+ is 2.17GHz.
>
> For a 3200+ the CPU External Frequency should be at 200 with a
> multiplier of 11.
> There are two versions of the 3000+ one a 333 the other is a 400.
> For a :
> 3000+ 333 The External Frequency should be 166 - mulitplier of 13.
> 3000+ 400 The External Frequency should be 200 - mulitplier of 11.
>
> There is a jumper on the motherboard that needs to be in the right
> position too. Check page 21 of the manual. By default it is set for
> newer CPUs like the XP.
>
> Your memory needs to be set correctly too. If it is set wrong it can
> cause random failures including the failure to boot into Windows.
> The Memory Frequency setting is best at 100% assuming the RAM
> is fast enough. PC3200 RAM is good to 400 and PC2700 to 333.
> >
> >Second problem is that when booting, it says that there is an error in a
> >boot device and won't let me go any further... It isn't my hard drive as
it
> >stars to boot off the HD (win 2000) prior to getting this error... also,
my
> >floppy seems to work so what is left... my CD ROM??
> >
> >A7N8X Deluxe
> >ATI 9000 pro
> >WD 80 gid HD
> >2 sticks of 256 meg 3200 Samsung
> >
> >Help... please
> >John N.
> >
>