AMD Athlon and Unpopulated HDD

[martianX10]

Me again, with more problems .
The RAM I ordered works wonderfully, just in case anyone who wondered cared.

BUT, I also got a 250gb HDD, set as a slave, and an AMD Athlon XP 3200+

Now, the HDD isn't really caring to show up, although it semi-recognizes that it exists. It shows up in my device manager, but under the properties tab, it shows all values blank, with a button that says POPULATE. This leads me to beleive it is unformatted, so if I could get some direction on where to go with that, it would be greatly appreciated.

SECOND, my AMD Athlon 3200+ is successfully installed, BUT, when I look at ''My Computer" Properties, it shows up as this:

1.09ghz is what the OLD Proc was. . .and it doesn't even say 3200+.

Normal? Not Normal. Please give me some feedback soon, Thanks!

 

[Elbatrop1]

If you go into Disk Management you should be able to format your new hard drive. And yes, you do have to format a new drive.

As for your CPU, Windows probably didnt realize it got a new CPU and didnt update it's registry. Try using CPU-Z from www.cpuid.com and make sure that your CPU is running at the right speed.

 

[martianX10]

Alright thanks, yeah I found out how to do the disk managment thing after I posted, thanks for the CPU tool though Ill try it out.

 

[martianX10]

Hmm. . .doesn't seem right. . .

 

[RockyZ]

What kind of ram do you have, your FSB is running 100MHZ too slow...

 

[martianX10]

Yeah its a bit odd when I turn on my computer sometimes it shows a message during POST that says: "Memory is set to 100mhz Duel Channel Mode"

My new RAM is 1gb Kingston PC3200 DDR.
Old one not sure, but its 512mb PC2700. . . Should be running at 166mhz at LEAST huh, maybe I should try JUST the new RAM.

Also, I can't really get into my BIOS right now, when I try it just goes to a black screen, forever. . .but I can't get a new motherboard right now. Im stuck.