Tracy,

Have you considered reinstalling the original BIOS?

I've always maintained that you should not upgrade a BIOS unless there is
a documented problem which the upgrade solves.

Manufacturers will make small, incremental, "fine tuning" tweaks to the
design of a board.  And at some point, the sum-total of those small
changes, may require a modification of the BIOS.

If you upgrade your system to the "new and improved" BIOS but do not have
the hardware changes that created the need for a new BIOS........then you
end up with strange and erratic problems.

It's possible that they may have crossed that fine line, where the
"latest" BIOS upgrade also needs the "latest" hardware upgrade.

Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: TracyTaulman <[log in to unmask]>


>    As per many suggestions from experts on the list, I have checked and
>rechecked the jumpers many times on this Biostar motherboard.  It is set
>for a 233 (3.5 multiplier and 66MHz bus).  The motherboard is rated for
>an Intel 233 and before the last two weeks always reported it as a 233.
>I also have the latest BIOS update on the board (model M5ATA).  It seems
>really odd that this would happen all of a sudden.  Does anybody know
>how the motherboard reads the to see what it is?  Is it possible that
>the chip overheated and is reporting a slower speed now?
>
>    My next step is to use a program to report the speed of the CPU.  If
>it still reports a 233, I think I'll tell them to not worry and save for
>their next upgrade.

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