AthlonXP 2000 on MSI KT4AV with (VIA KT400A) chipset Mainboard has Speed

Learned scholars,

My AthlonXP 2000 on MSI KT4AV with (VIA KT400A) chipset Mainboard has Speed
Complexity.

The displayed CPU speed on startup BIOS is 1.25gHz with FSB setting of
100mhz. Actual speed of Athlon XP2000 is 1.67ghz as provided by AMD.

Upon changing of FSB settings to 105mhz, speed rises to 1.275ghz. At 110mhz,
speed is 1.330ghz. When set to 133mhz,
BIOS displayed 'ATHlonXP 2000' but then system went into a lockup/hanged.

At 266mhz, system could not be booted. I have to manually flash the BIOS
RAM to set back to default setting.

At 110fsbmhz cpu=1330ghz, system is not that stable. BIOS settings
sometimes will jump back to default 100mhz. Currently system is stable
under 100mhz cpu=1.25ghz

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

pls advise. thanks.

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

Did you put your cooler on the CPU right way? Once I was in a hurry and I
didn't check so I placed the cooler turned by 180 degrees. In that way the
cooler didn't touch the whole core so the CPU was overheating. Luckily my
MBO had some overheating protection and it just shutdowned when put on
1800MHz, when on 1350Mhz it ran much longer.
I would say maybe your cooler is not powerful enough to cool your CPU? What
cooler do you have?

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

Did you put your cooler on the CPU right way? Once I was in a hurry and I
didn't check so I placed the cooler turned by 180 degrees. In that way the
cooler didn't touch the whole core so the CPU was overheating. Luckily my
MBO had some overheating protection and it just shutdowned when put on
1800MHz, when on 1350Mhz it ran much longer.
I would say maybe your cooler is not powerful enough to cool your CPU? What
cooler do you have?

What memory?


"ÎÔ»¢²ØÁúCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" wrote in
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Learned scholars,

My AthlonXP 2000 on MSI KT4AV with (VIA KT400A) chipset Mainboard has
Speed
Complexity.

The displayed CPU speed on startup BIOS is 1.25gHz with FSB setting of
100mhz. Actual speed of Athlon XP2000 is 1.67ghz as provided by AMD.

Upon changing of FSB settings to 105mhz, speed rises to 1.275ghz. At
110mhz,
speed is 1.330ghz. When set to 133mhz,
BIOS displayed 'ATHlonXP 2000' but then system went into a lockup/hanged.

At 266mhz, system could not be booted. I have to manually flash the BIOS
RAM to set back to default setting.

At 110fsbmhz cpu=1330ghz, system is not that stable. BIOS settings
sometimes will jump back to default 100mhz. Currently system is stable
under 100mhz cpu=1.25ghz

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

pls advise. thanks.

What memory?


"ÎÔ»¢²ØÁúCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" wrote in
message ...

Learned scholars,

My AthlonXP 2000 on MSI KT4AV with (VIA KT400A) chipset Mainboard has
Speed
Complexity.

The displayed CPU speed on startup BIOS is 1.25gHz with FSB setting of
100mhz. Actual speed of Athlon XP2000 is 1.67ghz as provided by AMD.

Upon changing of FSB settings to 105mhz, speed rises to 1.275ghz. At
110mhz,
speed is 1.330ghz. When set to 133mhz,
BIOS displayed 'ATHlonXP 2000' but then system went into a lockup/hanged.

At 266mhz, system could not be booted. I have to manually flash the BIOS
RAM to set back to default setting.

At 110fsbmhz cpu=1330ghz, system is not that stable. BIOS settings
sometimes will jump back to default 100mhz. Currently system is stable
under 100mhz cpu=1.25ghz

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

pls advise. thanks.

I don't have that board, but I'm pretty sure this is your problem...

Is there a jumper on your mainboard that changes the FSB from 100MHz
(200DDR) to 133MHz (266DDR)? If there is, set your BIOS back to 100MHz, shut
down the computer and then change the jumper. With boards that are
configured like this, you are actually overclocking your FSB by raising the
settings in the BIOS. If this is the case, than you AGP and PCI bus' are
getting overclocked and failing at approx 115MHz FSB like most KT400A
chipset boards.

Good luck, Rick

"ÎÔ»¢²ØÁúCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" wrote in
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Learned scholars,

My AthlonXP 2000 on MSI KT4AV with (VIA KT400A) chipset Mainboard has
Speed
Complexity.

The displayed CPU speed on startup BIOS is 1.25gHz with FSB setting of
100mhz. Actual speed of Athlon XP2000 is 1.67ghz as provided by AMD.

Upon changing of FSB settings to 105mhz, speed rises to 1.275ghz. At
110mhz,
speed is 1.330ghz. When set to 133mhz,
BIOS displayed 'ATHlonXP 2000' but then system went into a lockup/hanged.

At 266mhz, system could not be booted. I have to manually flash the BIOS
RAM to set back to default setting.

At 110fsbmhz cpu=1330ghz, system is not that stable. BIOS settings
sometimes will jump back to default 100mhz. Currently system is stable
under 100mhz cpu=1.25ghz

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

pls advise. thanks.

I don't have that board, but I'm pretty sure this is your problem...

Is there a jumper on your mainboard that changes the FSB from 100MHz
(200DDR) to 133MHz (266DDR)? If there is, set your BIOS back to 100MHz, shut
down the computer and then change the jumper. With boards that are
configured like this, you are actually overclocking your FSB by raising the
settings in the BIOS. If this is the case, than you AGP and PCI bus' are
getting overclocked and failing at approx 115MHz FSB like most KT400A
chipset boards.

Good luck, Rick

"ÎÔ»¢²ØÁúCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" wrote in
message ...

Learned scholars,

My AthlonXP 2000 on MSI KT4AV with (VIA KT400A) chipset Mainboard has
Speed
Complexity.

The displayed CPU speed on startup BIOS is 1.25gHz with FSB setting of
100mhz. Actual speed of Athlon XP2000 is 1.67ghz as provided by AMD.

Upon changing of FSB settings to 105mhz, speed rises to 1.275ghz. At
110mhz,
speed is 1.330ghz. When set to 133mhz,
BIOS displayed 'ATHlonXP 2000' but then system went into a lockup/hanged.

At 266mhz, system could not be booted. I have to manually flash the BIOS
RAM to set back to default setting.

At 110fsbmhz cpu=1330ghz, system is not that stable. BIOS settings
sometimes will jump back to default 100mhz. Currently system is stable
under 100mhz cpu=1.25ghz

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

pls advise. thanks.

"ÎÔ»¢²ØÁúCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" wrote in
message ...

Learned scholars,

My AthlonXP 2000 on MSI KT4AV with (VIA KT400A) chipset Mainboard has
Speed
Complexity.

The displayed CPU speed on startup BIOS is 1.25gHz with FSB setting of
100mhz. Actual speed of Athlon XP2000 is 1.67ghz as provided by AMD.

Upon changing of FSB settings to 105mhz, speed rises to 1.275ghz. At
110mhz,
speed is 1.330ghz. When set to 133mhz,
BIOS displayed 'ATHlonXP 2000' but then system went into a lockup/hanged.

At 266mhz, system could not be booted. I have to manually flash the BIOS
RAM to set back to default setting.

At 110fsbmhz cpu=1330ghz, system is not that stable. BIOS settings
sometimes will jump back to default 100mhz. Currently system is stable
under 100mhz cpu=1.25ghz

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

pls advise. thanks.



Msi boards = Crap
What's your memory, If it's only rated for 100mhz then you'll need to make
sure your not overclocking that (easy problem to not spot)
Could it be that the CPU Heatsink isnt connected correctly.. Tell us what
the temps are when it's running @ 100mhz fsb

"ÎÔ»¢²ØÁúCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" wrote in
message ...

Learned scholars,

My AthlonXP 2000 on MSI KT4AV with (VIA KT400A) chipset Mainboard has
Speed
Complexity.

The displayed CPU speed on startup BIOS is 1.25gHz with FSB setting of
100mhz. Actual speed of Athlon XP2000 is 1.67ghz as provided by AMD.

Upon changing of FSB settings to 105mhz, speed rises to 1.275ghz. At
110mhz,
speed is 1.330ghz. When set to 133mhz,
BIOS displayed 'ATHlonXP 2000' but then system went into a lockup/hanged.

At 266mhz, system could not be booted. I have to manually flash the BIOS
RAM to set back to default setting.

At 110fsbmhz cpu=1330ghz, system is not that stable. BIOS settings
sometimes will jump back to default 100mhz. Currently system is stable
under 100mhz cpu=1.25ghz

Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed athlon?

pls advise. thanks.



Msi boards = Crap
What's your memory, If it's only rated for 100mhz then you'll need to make
sure your not overclocking that (easy problem to not spot)
Could it be that the CPU Heatsink isnt connected correctly.. Tell us what
the temps are when it's running @ 100mhz fsb

standard AMd cooler bundled in the AMD box


"CroW" wrote in message ...
Or maube i was conned by the pc dealer into getting a lower speed
athlon?

Did you put your cooler on the CPU right way? Once I was in a hurry and I
didn't check so I placed the cooler turned by 180 degrees. In that way the
cooler didn't touch the whole core so the CPU was overheating. Luckily my
MBO had some overheating protection and it just shutdowned when put on
1800MHz, when on 1350Mhz it ran much longer.
I would say maybe your cooler is not powerful enough to cool your CPU?
What
cooler do you have?