Grrr... I got a nice 2.8ghz Pentium4 pc in parts for christmas and I assmbled them (ill tell ya specs in a sec) and the pc works fine. Just one problrm. It detects the 2.8ghz p4 chip as a 1.6ghz. Now the computer actually knows its 2.8 as it says it in control panel, but it only runs at 1.6. the pc has the following specs:
MSI p4mam-v Mobo
512DDR ram (333mhz)-All in one module
SBLive Card
Geforce4 graphics
DVD Rewriter and cdrom
and of course the offending 2.8ghz pentium4 chip
Now initially i thought it might be bios settings (the mobo doesnt have jumpers) but the cpu clock is 133 currently (allows any value to be changed as long as it is between 133 and 200) and the cpu clock is the only changable factor. The mulitplier is currently 12.0x133=1.6ghz and to work properly the multiplier has to be set to 21. Ive seen other motherboards of the same model (p4mam-v) accept this p4 chip without a problem, so is there a way to hardwire or somehow manually change this ratio? I need the power for my audio editing and i really wanna see it fly. Cheers, Kris
MSI p4mam-v Mobo
512DDR ram (333mhz)-All in one module
SBLive Card
Geforce4 graphics
DVD Rewriter and cdrom
and of course the offending 2.8ghz pentium4 chip
Now initially i thought it might be bios settings (the mobo doesnt have jumpers) but the cpu clock is 133 currently (allows any value to be changed as long as it is between 133 and 200) and the cpu clock is the only changable factor. The mulitplier is currently 12.0x133=1.6ghz and to work properly the multiplier has to be set to 21. Ive seen other motherboards of the same model (p4mam-v) accept this p4 chip without a problem, so is there a way to hardwire or somehow manually change this ratio? I need the power for my audio editing and i really wanna see it fly. Cheers, Kris