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Re: Display shows wrong processor speed
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Ray Parrish <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 15 Apr 2001 11:09:07 -0700
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Hello,

Those speed displays are usually set using a set of jumpers on the back side of
them. I can't imagine that your RAM upgrade caused it to change and suspect that
somehow you moved a jumper on the back of the display during the upgrade.

Ray Parrish

Wiley Pinkerton wrote:

> I recently worked on a system with an ASUS P5BTX/L MB with Intel 430 TX Triton
> IV Chipset and 233 MHz Pentium w/MMX processor. Every thing was fine until I
> added RAM.  The original RAM was 64MB EDO.  I added a 128MB DIMM 168 Pin stick.
> The system now shows 192 MB of RAM.  Originally, the display on front of the
> box showed 233.  After the memory upgrade, the display shows 117.  Is this a
> problem or just cosmetics?  All other aspects of the system seem to be working
> fine.
>
> TIA
>
> Wiley S. Pinkerton
>
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