On Sunday 03 November 2002 2:05 pm, David Johanson wrote:
AMD Athlon AX-1800 processor The bios has setting for clocking chips up to 2300, but the best I could get from this combination was using auto setup at 1500, well under its rated speed.
The AMD chip runs at around 1500MHz, but with a rated "processor speed" of an 1800+ You may note the "+" sign when dealing with these processors. Thats because, I believe, the whole MHz thing is a load of cr-p anyway :o) It doesn't necessarily tally, what with quantispeed etc. My AMD 1800+ runs at: cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu MHz : 1527.258 And it is nice and fast. My cooler has no "heatsinking compound" [the white gunk] but does have a pink "tab" that is a bit sticky and AMD do not guarantee the processor if it isn't used [IIRC] as the gunk breaks down over time, where the patch doesn't. You *MAY* have been missold the cooler. If the dealer recommended it, then take it up with the dealer, and the MHz rating of the Athlons [1500+ upwards I believe] isn't the speed of the processor, more its equivalent I think :o) Don't take any of this as 100% accurate, it is just my experiences. Take care, Jon
My question is, I guess, have I done something wrong, did I just have a fluky CPU, did under clocking cause a problem, or am I way off track. Any advice greatly appreciated.
tia,
dave