--=-57+ToYPWf9026KiuXeEu Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A little of both. You're actually "missing" 900Mhz. You're FSB (front side bus) is set too low in your BIOS so the BIOS only shows you have a 1500 instead of the 2200. This is an extremely common problem and is easily fixed. Go into your bios and set the FSB to 133Mhz and upo reboot, the processor will be identified as AMD Athlon 2200XP+. However, do note that it is not 2.2Ghz, just that it performs as well as (or better in my biassed opinion) than a P4 2.2Ghz. It's actually about 1.7 or thereabouts Ghz. On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 19:53, Craig Brooksby wrote: > >From the newbie zone: =20 > I built my Linux box, with this CPU from Fry's: Athlon XP 2200+. > But when I boot, the BIOS reports "AMD 1500+" > Hey pal, that's 700 MHz short of what I paid for! :-( >=20 > So I searched around and learned how to do this: "cat /proc/cpuinfo" >=20 > This is what it says: > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 6 > model : 8 > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1500+ > stepping : 1 > cpu MHz : 1344.297 > cache size : 256 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr > pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext > 3dnow > bogomips : 2680.42 >=20 > In other words, the missing 700 MHz is really "Marketing MHz" meant to > say it runs as fast as an Intel processor at 2200 MHz? Can anybody read > these tea leaves and help me understand whether I am getting everything > out of my processor? Thanks -- Craig >=20 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --=20 Bryce C CoBryce Communications --=-57+ToYPWf9026KiuXeEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/Svgf/wbq/C6yyPcRAo1vAJ4yYLGO0llV5q6hkTmgcJWtI1t+ggCff5AP Jh/YCVrDKgH1KoRgOc25Ess= =Srf0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-57+ToYPWf9026KiuXeEu--