something very strange happen to me what would cause a compter to downgrade from a Amd athlon xp 2400 (2000 MHz), to be listed now as AMD duron 1.47 GHZ
Version EVEREST v2.20.405 Report Type Quick Report Computer DIRTFARMER Generator Dirtfarmer Arnie Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail) Date 2007-05-30 Time 10:46
Computer: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name DIRTFARMER User Name Dirtfarmer Arnie
Motherboard: CPU Type AMD Duron, 1466 MHz (11 x 133) Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-7VTXH+ (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM, Audio, LAN) Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8366A Apollo KT266A System Memory 1792 MB (DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type AMI (06/28/02) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port Communications Port (COM2) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display: Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary (128 MB) Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES (128 MB) 3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9200 SE (RV280) Monitor IBM G76 [17" CRT] (23-AV659)
Storage: IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571 Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y120L0 (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133) Disk Drive Maxtor 6L100P0 (93 GB, IDE) Disk Drive WDC WD25 00JB-00GVC0 USB Device (232 GB, USB) Optical Drive HP CD-Writer+ 9100 (8x/4x/32x CD-RW) Optical Drive HP DVD Writer 420n SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Input: Keyboard Easy Internet Keyboard Mouse HID-compliant Wheel Mouse Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver
Network: Network Adapter TE100-PCBUSR 32-Bit Cardbus PC Card (192.168.0.100) Modem U.S. Robotics 56K Voice Host Int
Peripherals: Printer Adobe PDF Printer Canon iP4200 Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB2 Controller ULi/ALi M5273 USB 2.0 Host Controller USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
Program: eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.66 BIOS Date: 06/28/02 BIOS Type: American Megatrends BIOS ID: 62-2002-001199-00101111-040201-KT266A-GA7VTXHP OEM Sign-On: 7VTXH+ F5 Chipset: VIA 82C3099 rev 0 Superio: ITE 8705/SiS 950 rev 2 found at port 2Eh OS: WinXP SP2 CPU: AMD Duron™ Processor 1467 Mhz MAX: 1800 Mhz BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes BIOS ROM Size: 256K Memory Installed: 1792 MB Memory Maximum: 3072 MB Memory Slot 01: 1024 MB Memory Slot 02: 512 MB Memory Slot 03: 256 MB ACPI Revision: Unknown
Thats interesting (in a not so good way). If nothing else from the clock speed fall, it should show up as an Athlon XP 1700+, not a Duron. So the main question is, which took a dump on itself, the processor (did it change its CPU ID, kill half its L2 cache, and change its multiplier????) or the motherboard being a piece of crap? I would lean towards the motherboard personally, but one never knows. Either way, flashing your system BIOS might not be a bad idea here.
about 2 mos ago i bought a new amd athlon xp 2000, which has a clock speed of 2000 MHz, i replace a amd duron 1000 MHz, i also had to update my bios f rom a f4 that i had to a f5
in the 2 mos i had it i did not have no error or crash, ontill i started to fool around with system mechic 7 last nite, the pit stop test show i did have a 2000 MHZ cpu then but not in morning, all i did last last was try system mechic 7
now to your post- even before i seem the new post on her a bout reloading BIOS, i had all really did that, i now have amd athlon xp cpu at 2000 MHZ
Woo Hoo, it had to be the system mechic 7 with all it fix this and fix that, and like a fool i did it, well never again will i use the prgram,- last nite i found it was not very true in report what i had on my compter, so one has to wonder just how good that prgram is, and my view right now is not very, i would not even give it a 2 out of 10 right now
but any way, re reloading the BIOS work, even before i seen the post, i fique it sure could not hurt, im not a newfie to compter, i all most build my compter from scatch now, and install window a few time, im not one to drop dead went i have a problem , i just try to fix, but this problem i never seem comeing, and had be a bit up in the air for a while
From the sound of it, you have some kind of power saving feature enabled, and it slows down the clock speed when you aren't doing anything intensive to lower power consumption. Usually you only see that on a notebook, but I'd check into it.
