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itsthepham · 07-29-2004, 05:03 AM

So I recently got a Soyo KT600 Dragon Plus AMD motherboard but im having problems with it booting up. Everything gets detected but my processer is read at 1800+ rather than 2400+. Anyone have any ideas so I can bypass this and fix it within the Bios or set up. Or should I Flash the bios and upgrade it. Hmm...im out of ideas.

Fleischmann · 07-29-2004, 05:11 AM

Is it a new motherboard (as in has it been on the market for long) ?? I pressume updating your Bios should help...

and there is a second option...well...I dunno if you are aware of this...but AMD is using a marketing technique...they name their proc's according to the equivalent Pentium 4 Processor. Although as far as I know the 2400+version has 2000Mhz...

itsthepham · 07-29-2004, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by Fleischmann

Is it a new motherboard (as in has it been on the market for long) ?? I pressume updating your Bios should help...

and there is a second option...well...I dunno if you are aware of this...but AMD is using a marketing technique...they name their proc's according to the equivalent Pentium 4 Processor. Although as far as I know the 2400+version has 2000Mhz...

Yeah, I think updating the bios sounds like a good idea. Guess I'll do that later on today. As for the MHz of the AMD processors I was already aware of that. Although it may be only 2000mhz...its still pretty fast. At least this board can run up to 3200+.

Anyone else have some advice?

crazidude · 07-29-2004, 10:38 AM

hehe just like my friend when he got his comp. I was wondering why the hell it booted up as a 1700+

itsthepham · 07-29-2004, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by thamar

*sigh*
You need to put your frontside bus on 133mhz.
A 2400+ runs at 2ghz, 15x133.
A 1800+ runs at 1.53Ghz, 11.5x133, but right now you're running 15x100 resulting in 1.5ghz and the board thinks it's a 1800+

you have no idea. I already tried that. Doesnt seem to want to change. So I dont know what else to do unless someone else can offer me anything else they can think of.

crazidude · 07-29-2004, 03:59 PM

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

download and run cpu-z and see what multiplier and fsb its on right now.

itsthepham · 07-29-2004, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by crazidude

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

download and run cpu-z and see what multiplier and fsb its on right now.

I already know the FSB right now....but its just a matter of getting the new computer to start working.

crazidude · 07-30-2004, 01:19 AM

whats the multiplier and fsb running at?

itsthepham · 07-30-2004, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by thamar

RTFM!
on some mainboard you still have to use a jumper to put it on 133fsb!

hmm I should check. crazidude...I dont know what its running at now because it currently doesnt have a processor because I took it back out and put it on the old computer which im using right now.