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Created On: 09/27/2004 05:19 PM
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09/27/2004 05:19 PM
kliend004 Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 09/27/2004	I'm running a Asus a7n8x-x MB with an athlon 2500+. 256*2 Kingston RAM. its only running at 1.1ghz. Please help. also, RAM is only running single channel mode
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09/27/2004 05:45 PM
Wildcard Senior Member Posts: 929 Joined: 02/14/2004	Your FSB speed needs to be increased from 100MHz to 166MHz: 166MHz x 11 (fixed) = 1.84GHz/2500+ You may need to do this on your board rather than in your BIOS because board settings always over-ride anything you can alter in the BIOS. The reason it is running slower is as a safety precaution when using new CPU's. Not sure about your RAM problem at the moment. ------------------------- . AMD CPU Data: http://www.tomshardware.com/20.../amd...ult/page23.html & http://www.amdboard.com/amdid.html . Belarc Advisor: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html . GPU Comparison for Laptops: <a href="http://www.notebookche
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09/27/2004 10:20 PM
kliend004 Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 09/27/2004	It works!!! I tried it on 133 and it didn't work, so I didn't try any higher. Thanks a lot.
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