Re: CPU slower than it should be

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 05/15/04 

Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 16:29:04 -0500

It is not uncommon for parts to be "accidentally"
mislabeled. You didn't say details such as mobo and power
supply. It is possible that your P4 2.8 is designed for a
533 bus and not an 800.
AS another said, get EVEREST and see all the details about
your system. It will show the details such as actual mfg'r,
serial numbers, model numbers and you can find out what is
what. 

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"Chris" <dude99_00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d9fd01c43ab6$f4b3a7d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| I have just finished building my own computer.
| Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Hyperthreading
| PC3200 512Kb Ram
|
| They problem is that my computer is unstable when set to
| 2.8Ghz.  I have installed Windows XP Pro, but to do so I
| had to set the BIOS to Fail-Safe defaults.  After
| installation was over I set BIOS to Optimized defaults.
| Windows loads up, I log in and everything seems fine.
| When I try to run any programs or access the hard drive I
| get errors.  The computer shutsdown, loads back up, it
| runs chkdsk, it finds files missing everywhere, says it
| fixed them, and cause more errors and restarts again.
| The board says it supports Pentium 4 2.8Ghz
| hyperthreading with 800Mhz Front side bus and the Ram
| runs at 400Mhz.
|
| The computer runs fine with fail-safe defaults loaded,
| but it runs at 1.86Ghz hyperthreading and the RAM runs at
| 333Mhz.  Sure it runs fine, but I paid for 2.8Ghz, not
| 1.8.
|
| Any help will be gratefull.
|
| I have also tried finding a BIOS upgrade and have had no
| luck.

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