I've just done a spring clean inside my PC which was clogged with dust.
As part of the process, I removed the CPU from its socket to brush the dust off, I replaced the CPU and everything else afterwards. However upon restarting the computer, my AMD Athlon 3000+ which normally runs at 2.10gHz is running at 1.75gHz. Both the boot up process and the system properties shows the CPU running slower then normal. Apart from the wrong speed the system works fine.
I did not use an anti static strap but about 95% of the time, I kept my bare arm or elbow grounded onto the metal case.
Any ideas?
2007-03-09 06:00:55 · 3 answers · asked by CookieSmoothie 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Try reseating it. Check any dipswitches or jumpers that you might have accidentally changed. Also, check your BIOS settings.
2007-03-09 06:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by UbiquitousGeek 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
go to cmos setup by pressing the dell key at the start up of teh machine and in that you cange the processer speed and even fsb and saves the settings and restart the system it solve your poblem
2007-03-09 06:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely you reset the CMOS. That could have changed the FSB to lower than the 400Mhz that it is by default. If it dropped to 333mhz that would explain the drop.
Double check the bios to see if it is set incorrectly.
2007-03-09 06:07:20 · answer #3 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋