slow chip speed

I recently picked up an AMD ATHLON XP 3200+ (barton core) for my Socket A
when i run "dxdiag" it only comes up with 1.2GHz. is this not a 2.2Ghz chip.
Cannot find any where in BOIS to change this.
checked with CPU-Z and chip only working at 1.1GHz voltage 1.6 multiplier 11.5
Memory pc3200(200mhz)
Any help whould be most greatful

It obviously isnt seeing that you have DDR 400 ram. at 1.2ghz and a 11.5 multi, that puts your RAM speed at 104mhz, which isnt right, it should be running at 200. I would check in your bios and see what it says the RAM is running at and i bet it isnt right, or it is running on a divider.

If you could post your full specs we might be able to help you more.

DragoXT said:

It obviously isnt seeing that you have DDR 400 ram. at 1.2ghz and a 11.5 multi, that puts your RAM speed at 104mhz, which isnt right, it should be running at 200. I would check in your bios and see what it says the RAM is running at and i bet it isnt right, or it is running on a divider.

If you could post your full specs we might be able to help you more.

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Number of processors 1
Number of cores 1 per processor
Number of threads 1 per processor
Name AMD Athlon XP
Code Name Barton
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) XP
Package Socket A (462)
Family/Model/Stepping 6.A.0
Extended Family/Model 7.A
Core Stepping
Technology 0.13 um
Core Speed 1150.1 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 11.5 x 100.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 200.0 MHz
Instruction sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE
L1 Data cache (per processor) 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache (per processor) 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache (per processor) 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size

Chipset & Memory

Northbridge NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 rev. C1
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce2 MCP rev. A3
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Revision 3.0
AGP Transfer Rate 8x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 1024 MBytes
Memory Frequency 166.7 MHz (3:5)
CAS# Latency (tCL) 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRCD) 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 7 clocks

System

System Manufacturer
System Name K7NF2-RAID
System S/N 00000000
Mainboard Vendor
Mainboard Model K7NF2-RAID
BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version P1.30
BIOS Date 07/31/2006

Memory SPD

Module 1 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Corsair
Module 2 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Corsair

Software

Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c

Multiplier x Bus speed 11.5 x 100.0 MHz

Hmmm - THAT isn't right, it should be 200 MHz. You might look for a jumper on the motherboard. A lot of boards then had a jumper to control 100/133 or 166/200. Others had a doubler jumper to set the full FSB ...

Can you change ratio to 1:1 on mem??? if you can change ratio change settings to manual set fsb to 200 chip multi to 11.. you may have picked up a 166 fsv ver that was sold to some oem's if this is the case then I am not sure about the multi or final speed.

Where do you change these settings

in bios, usually you press the delete key right after you turn your computer on. Depending on the mobo it could be F2, Escape, F10 or delete. Just try till you get to that blue screen.

Core Speed 1150.1 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 11.5 x 100.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 200.0 MHz

I'd say QuietIce is right there should be a jumper on the motherboard for the bus speed.

grndragon57 said:

I'd say QuietIce is right there should be a jumper on the motherboard for the bus speed.

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Agreed.

This should be the manual for that board: http://www.asrock.com/manual/K7NF2-RAID.pdf. Look at the settings on pg 14. However, for the time being I'd recommend using the 333FSB setting (the third one) to start with. This will get it running at stock. Once you've done this, then go into your BIOS (hold down the 'del' key while booting) and get your memory running in sync (1:1). Then post back w/ results and we'll get get you O/C'd in no time.

And to the forums.

Slow cpu

Hi All
Sorry about delay
New results after changing jumper settings

Number of processors 1
Number of cores 1 per processor
Number of threads 1 (max 1) per processor
Name AMD Athlon XP
Code Name Barton
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+
Package Socket A (462)
Family/Model/Stepping 6.A.0
Extended Family/Model 7.A
Core Stepping
Technology 0.13 um
Core Speed 1925.5 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 11.5 x 167.4 MHz
Rated Bus speed 334.9 MHz
Instruction sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE
L1 Data cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size

Chipset & Memory

Northbridge nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400 rev. C1
Southbridge nVidia nForce2 MCP rev. A3
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Revision 3.0
AGP Transfer Rate 8x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Frequency 167.4 MHz (1:1)
CAS# Latency (tCL) 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRDC) 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 7 clocks

System

System Manufacturer
System Name K7NF2-RAID
System S/N 00000000
Mainboard Vendor
Mainboard Model K7NF2-RAID
BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version P1.30
BIOS Date 07/31/2006

Memory SPD

Module 1 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Corsair
Module 2 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Corsair
Module 3 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Corsair
Module 4 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Corsair

Software

Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c
This is what the chip has on it.
Product: CPU AMD Athlon 3200+ Socket-A

FlailBoy said:

Agreed.

This should be the manual for that board: http://www.asrock.com/manual/K7NF2-RAID.pdf. Look at the settings on pg 14. However, for the time being I'd recommend using the 333FSB setting (the third one) to start with. This will get it running at stock. Once you've done this, then go into your BIOS (hold down the 'del' key while booting) and get your memory running in sync (1:1). Then post back w/ results and we'll get get you O/C'd in no time.

And to the forums.

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XP 3200+ runs 200 MHz FSB, stock. I'm running the same chip.

200FSB Locked 11 multi unfortunately, I can get mine to ~2.4ghz

SkankinRatFink said:

XP 3200+ runs 200 MHz FSB, stock. I'm running the same chip.

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You're right about that. I guess I'm wondering if this *is* a 3200 because it seems to be defaulting to an 11.5 multi:

Core Speed 1150.1 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 11.5 x 100.0 MHz

Core Speed 1925.5 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 11.5 x 167.4 MHz

I thought the default multi on the 3200 (200Mhz) was 11. At OP-could this be a 2600?