Sean Berry mumbled his insignificant opinion in:
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Sorry if this question doesn't belong here, but I figured someone
could help.

In your case i would try post in an UNDERCLOCKING group

I bought an OEM AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor from a local computer
store yesterday.

I am going to primarily run FreeBSD on it, but tried it with XP just
for kicks. When I right clicked the "My Computer" icon and went to
properties it says under "Computer":

AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+
1.49 GHz
1.00 GB of RAM

My guess is that the above speed is achieved by 100(fsb)*15 (multiplier)

If you change fsb to 133, you will get: 133*15= 1995 = desired speed.


So, I ran wcpuid and it came up with:
Processor: AMD Athlon XP (Model 8)
Name String: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+

You cant rely on that, if you change the speed of it, it will also change
name of it.

What gives???
Did I get ripped off, and do I now need to set some people staight?
No but you do need to set fsb straight , calm down

Any help here is greatly appreciated.

Try check again with wcpuid if im right about the 100 *15vs 133*15, its a
classic mistake. Often you need to move a jumper on the mother board. Check
with the manual whether it supports such cpu, and how to change fsb.