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Jawadali:


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--- Quote from: thetered on June 24, 2005, 12:26:39 am ---Let me ask a semi off topic question then, I just bought a AMD Sempron 2500 but my motherboard and windows identifies it as a 1000mhz AMD Athlon.

Is it supposed to say that?

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Sempron 2500+'s are supposed to be run at 1.75Ghz.

Your FSB and/or your Multipliers are set incorrectly in your BIOS.

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Or it could be a jumper setting on the board it self.

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quite right... check your motherboard manual to make sure it's on the correct setting if there is in fact a jumper.

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That will probably be the case if you have an older motehrboard (more than 3-4 years old).

If you have a recent motherboard (like 1-2 years old), go into the BIOS when the PC boots (you usually have to keep hitting "Delete" or "F2" or "F12"; it's defferent for each motehrboard), and there should be an option to "Load Optimized Defaults".

That Should set you to the right speed. The same thing happened when I installed my Athlon XP 2500+ for the first time; it's like a safety feature.

krick:

If you buy an Intel CPU, go for a P4 with a "Northwood" core.

Jawadali:


--- Quote from: krick on July 01, 2005, 01:49:18 am ---If you buy an Intel CPU, go for a P4 with a "Northwood" core.
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krick:


--- Quote from: Jawadali on July 01, 2005, 02:01:12 am ---
--- Quote from: krick on July 01, 2005, 01:49:18 am ---If you buy an AMD cpu, go for a "Venice" or "San Diego" core.
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USSEnterprise:

What about a G5? those are kinda fast, right?  ;D

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