Re: K7S5A Pro identifies my Athlon XP 2200+ as a 1500+. Why?

"Mr. Slow" <millenniumgoldspammersarebastards_@crouchvale.fre eserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:<bd4422$t34$>...
> Do you have the BIOS set to 133/133? It sounds as if you have the default of
> 100/100........
>
> "Dennis Wilson" <> wrote in message
> news:BidJa.59703$ thlink.net...
> >
> > My K7S5A Pro identifies my Athlon XP 2200+ CPU as an as Athlon XP 1500+
> > both in the BIOS setup area and during the boot process.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why it does this and how I can correct it? Also, I'm
> > curious as to whether this misreporting is slowing me down any in Windows.
> >
> > Thanks to anyone who can shed light.

D'oh. It somehow got set to 133/166 -- someone pressed a little too
heavy on the page down button when changing those values, I guess --
and the POST error correction kept knocking it back to 100/100 at
boot-up. But it's working now. Thanks!

"Dennis Wilson" <> wrote in message
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> "Mr. Slow" <millenniumgoldspammersarebastards_@crouchvale.fre eserve.co.uk>
wrote in message news:<bd4422$t34$>...
> > Do you have the BIOS set to 133/133? It sounds as if you have the
default of
> > 100/100........
> >
> > "Dennis Wilson" <> wrote in message
> > news:BidJa.59703$ thlink.net...
> > >
> > > My K7S5A Pro identifies my Athlon XP 2200+ CPU as an as Athlon XP
1500+
> > > both in the BIOS setup area and during the boot process.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me why it does this and how I can correct it? Also,
I'm
> > > curious as to whether this misreporting is slowing me down any in
Windows.
> > >
> > > Thanks to anyone who can shed light.
>
> D'oh. It somehow got set to 133/166 -- someone pressed a little too
> heavy on the page down button when changing those values, I guess --
> and the POST error correction kept knocking it back to 100/100 at
> boot-up. But it's working now. Thanks!

HTH