> Thanks Zack, Bryce, everyone else. My BIOS showed "CPU Speed" set at
> "100/100 MHz". Couldn't find "FSB" or similar so I figured this must
> be it. I found I could select either "100/133 MHz" or "133/133 Mhz" so
> I chose the latter (blindly). As predicted, my system now proclaims
> "AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+".
The split MHz rating allows you to run your Processor and RAM at
different speed. This allows you to upgrade your processor, but keep
your older 100MHz rated RAM. You do take a small performance hit since
the RAM can't keep up with the processor, but it doesn't hit the wallet
as hard.
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Chris Lewis
shadow@digitalnirvana.com
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If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up it is perfect.
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