PC displaying Athlon 1800+ when its really a 2400+

[Fixxxer]

When I go to system properties, it says my pc is an Athlon XP 1800+. The processor is actually a 2400+. What would cause this and how do i fix it?

thanks...

[Darthtanion]

Re: PC displaying Athlon 1800+ when its really a 2400+

Without system specs it is hard to say for sure... but first off you need to figure out if your mainboard supports the 2400+ processor. If it doesn't offically support it, you could be having problems with it trying to report the processor. Alternatively, you might double check the memory FSB speeds since if it has been dropped down a notch (200 to 166MHz for example) the lower resulting speed would cause the mainboard to report the processor wrong.

[Fixxxer]

Re: PC displaying Athlon 1800+ when its really a 2400+

I have a soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra, it supports it. It used to display 2400+ (as recently as the other day), i just noticed today while troubleshooting that it now displays 1800.

I havent messed with the memory or anything, just the sound card.

[wayout44]

Re: PC displaying Athlon 1800+ when its really a 2400+

Take a look in the BIOS and you'll likely find that the FSB is set to 100MHz (DDR200) instead of 133MHz (DDR266).

[Fixxxer]

Re: PC displaying Athlon 1800+ when its really a 2400+

I got home from work today and it now displays 2400. I rebooted and checked the BIOS anyways and it says 133mhz.

Is this something i should be worried about?

Not sure what happened, thanks for the help.

[maximus7001]

Re: PC displaying Athlon 1800+ when its really a 2400+

That is very odd. Usually when a bios reverts to defaults, it stays that way. You could try a new cmos battery(2032).