Why does my 2100+ chip read as a 1500+?

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zynth_drone

Discussion Starter · Aug 3, 2003

I decided finally upgrade my PC today. I had an athlon 1.2ghz prior, decided to upgrade to a athon 2100+, which I purhcased. Put in the new CPU, put on the new fan, turned it on, and my bios read it as a XP 1500+.

I thought "maybe I'm seeing things" so I let windows load up. Went into the hardware summary, and it read as an athlon 1500+ there as well.

Does anyone know what may be causing this?

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· #2 · Aug 3, 2003

Welcome zynth_drone

It would be helpful if you could list your hardware and type of computer for us..............

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zynth_drone

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 3, 2003

It would be helpful if you could list your hardware and type of computer for us..............

Not a problem, thanks for responding so quickly.

I have:

Gigabyte KT 400 series (K7-VAX) Mother Board
AMD Athlon 2100+ (1.7ghz) CPU (runs at 1500+ 1.3ghz)
768mb DDR 2100 ram (3 sticks of 256, same vendor)
20 gig Maxtor HDD, 40 gig Maxtor HDD
Geforce FX 5600 256mb (my baby, heh)
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
3.5'' FDD
Sony DVD-Rom
TDK 52X48X12 cd-rw
Linksys 10/100 NIC

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BTS'76

· #4 · Aug 3, 2003

I would guess that your multiplier is not set correctly, and your system bus maybe 100Mhz instead of 133Mhz. I get cofused on what the actual settings should be, but I would check your bios to see what these settings are, and then post them here.