CPU detection

Question

I have an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ processor. However, my MSI KT4 Ultra-FISR motherboard detects my processor as running at 1150MHz, and as having a max clock speed of 1150 MHz also. My previous motherboard that I used with this processor, the Abit KG7, detected this processor just fine, and it ran at 1530 MHz. What should I do?

Answer 1

ok, you need to get into the BIOS.
Restart the PC and press the "del" key at boot up.
This will open the BIOS screen.   You will see a list of menus, got to Frequency/Voltage control
In there you will see CPU FSB Clock - it should say 100 MHz, this is what you need to change to 133 MHz.  You will need to type it in.
Once it is set to 133 MHz press "Esc" untill you get back to the first screen.  Then select the save settings and exit.  Your machine will boot and you should see the CPU being recognised correctly.
As 133 (FSB) x 11.5 (the multiplier of your CPU) = 1529.5 Mhz which is the "Speed" of an XP1800+.