An AMD 1800+ is a 133 mhz processor.  If you have a squiz at the processor
before it's covered by the heatsink, you'll see the first line of the label
ends in a 'b' or a 'c'.  A 'b' indicates 100, and a 'c', 133.
Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mogens Holst" Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Processor Speed


> Hello Doyle,
>
> Sunday, September 15, 2002, 21:21, you wrote:
>
> DH> I recently built my first computer using An AMD XP 1800+ on an Asus
A7M266Motherboard using an AMD 760 chipset and an Award bios.
>
> DH> When the bios came up on the initial boot it showed the processor
speed at 1150MgHz instead of 1533MgHz(the actual speed of the 1800+). Do I
need to advance the multiplier to get up to the listed
> DH> clock rate or is this figure normal? I can't believe that there would
be such a large discrepancy. The processor is a retail version bought
on-line from a reputable dealer not OEM. The OS is
> DH> Windows XP Pro.
>
> DH> TIA
>
>
> Have you checked the CPU speed? Is it 100 or,133MHz FSB ?
>
> That can be changed in the BIOS setup.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Mogens Holst
> mailto: [log in to unmask]

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