My 1GHz T-Bird is running at 800MHz! I need some help/advice.

[phobic]

I've been reading this board a Iot but now I need some help. I noticed recently that my 1GHz has been running at 800MHz. It has been running at 800 very recently (It used to run at 1GHz but I don't know when or how it dropped down to 800MHz). I tried manually changing the FSB but my computer won't boot unless I unplug the PC and/or clear the CMOS to reset the BIOS settings.

It seems that my multiplier is somehow locked at 8 because when I changed my clock ratio from 100 to 105, my PC posted at 840. I upgraded to the latest BIOS and tried changing the voltage but nothing's happening. I still post at 800MHZ. When I first put in my CPU it posted at 1GHz with the default BIOS settings. Any help will be appreiciated. Thanks.

My mobo is a MSI KT7-Turbo /w raid

[Aman99]

You were running a 1 ghz at 1 ghz!? what are u doing on an overclocking board?! GET OUT NOW! no j/k. Anyway, what I would recommend is possible unlocking the multipliers yourself if your motherboard supports it, and then setting them manually yourself. Maybe u wanna give us more info like what motherboard u have and stuff.

Aaron

[el]

or you could try underclockers.com. LOL okay J/K too! yeah take the chip out and take a look at your L1's should be .|||| if they are open then your chip is locked. Also make sure your chip says 1gig on top because maybe someone sold you a penciled job adn it wore off now you are at 800!!! just check it and give more info.

[el]

yeah if you have a 200mhz chip then teh L6's will be .|::: for 10
Maybe something "lead" got into the L6's to give this .|:|: for 8. just clean them. if you have a 266 don't worry cause that ain't the problem then.

[Tiger]

The old MSI problem. You don't say whether you have unlocked the L1's. The solution is the following. Under Frequency/Multiplier section of your BIOS settings set the the speed at 100 (default?) and your multiplier to 10 (should be your default). Hit F10 to save, save it and kill the power on your case switch. Power it back up after a second or two and all should be well. If it isn't ,kill the power again. This setting will remain unless you alter it or cut the power to the mobo