Problems with my new Asrock K7NF2 Raid MB

starkweather · 19 Jul 2006 at 15:25

When I load up my PC, right click on My Computer it says I have 1.25 ghz. It should say 2800XP. If I go into the bios I cannot change it. I can see where it says 1.25 ghz, but the area is grayed-out and can't be accessed.

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starkweather · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:39

Does this have something to do with the CPU frequency?

Anyone?

Indy500 · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:41

You need to set the FSB correctly in the bios. Which is 333 (sometimes shown as 166mhz).

starkweather · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:44

It can be set between 100-300.

Is 166 right then?

Indy500 · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:44

starkweather said:
It can be set between 100-300.

Is 166 right then?

Yup.

starkweather · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:53

Changed the CPU frquency to 166, saved in bios and rebooted.

PC failed to start up - screen said no signal. Had to switch off PSU to be able to get back into the bios.

Indy500 · 19 Jul 2006 at 19:25

starkweather said:
Changed the CPU frquency to 166, saved in bios and rebooted.

PC failed to start up - screen said no signal. Had to switch off PSU to be able to get back into the bios.

You sure it wasnt 2.25ghz as opposed to 1.25?

starkweather · 19 Jul 2006 at 19:54

No, I right click on my computer and it says 1.25 ghz. My PC is running a lot slower, it's not hard to spot. My Ram is PC2700 (333) when it can take up to DDR400.

I have set it to 333 in the chipset options in the bios however, still no luck.

starkweather · 19 Jul 2006 at 22:30

Apparently, I need to set the "jumpers" to my system's AMD CPU speed.

Am I making sense? :confused:

Indy500 · 20 Jul 2006 at 00:37

The manual will show you where the FSB jumper is and what setting is for 166mhz.

starkweather · 20 Jul 2006 at 11:34

Yip. I am convinced that this is the problem.

But I am too scared to change it myself, so will get an experienced man to do it.

deadeyedic30 · 20 Jul 2006 at 13:07

Dig out the motherboard manual, it's simple if the have a piture of the jumper in question.

starkweather · 20 Jul 2006 at 17:17

OK. Got that sorted.

But I am still noticing certain slowness on my system. Could I need more ram perhaps? I am using 1 gig of 333 ram on a board that can take 400, and I just got another Sata drive along with my new motherboard.

My new hard drive (my default) is NTFS instead of FAT32, which is what my old hard drive was - does this make a difference?

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