I've never overclocked anything (yet) and I just put together a system with a Barton 2500 (stepping AQXEA 0331SPMW) and an Asus A7N8X Deluxe. In looking over the bios settings the CPU seems to be running at 100mhz with a multiplier of 11. From the specs I see that default speed should be 166 mhz with an 11 multiplier. Why would this CPU be running so slow and what can I do to get it running at specs?
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Barton 2500 question
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Thats just the safe mode it is booting up in - just change your FSB in the bios to 166 and start from there - to do this may require you changing the cpu frequency setting (or whatever its called in your bios) from auto to manual. BTW welcome to the forums
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Yes most motherboards default to 100MHz FSB out of the box to keep from causing problems. Just consult your manual and set it to the correct speed.
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Thanks guys, I changed it to 166 and now I see it is running at 1800 as advertised.
By the way, I'm new to AMD chips so can someone tell me why a Barton that runs at 1800 is called a "2500+". Is an AMD 1800 somehow equivelant to an Intel 2.5 gig chip?
Thanks again.....
Boat
By the way, I'm new to AMD chips so can someone tell me why a Barton that runs at 1800 is called a "2500+". Is an AMD 1800 somehow equivelant to an Intel 2.5 gig chip?
Thanks again.....
Boat
Yes, AMD switched over to a " performance rating" some time ago. So far they have estimated the performance correctly & indeed a 1.8ghz AMD will run w/ or slightly ahead of a P4 2.5 depending on the application. Basically the AMD does more work per clock cycle.
