i just installed a new motherboard and heatsink on my computer and the cpu is reading slower now?

Question

my cpu is a athlon xp 2500+. it should read at 1.83 and when i go to windows and look under system. it dosent even say what cpu it is and says its running at 1.01 what is going on? alos the heatsink is a foxcon if that matters. and the motherboard is a kt400 thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Make sure that the CPU is compatible with your motherboard. You might need to configure options in your BIOS, or clear the CMOS memory.

Answer 2

I had this problem one time. Some systems allow for both over and under clocking your system. The speed may be related to that or else there are some tweaks in the Bios that you need to do. Check the instructions on the Motherboard/and or graphics card and the HeatSink that you bought. You can also try looking for that issue on google aiming it at the MotherBoard Model and the heatSink model and see if other people experienced the same slowing which you describe here

Answer 3

This is common. My Athlon XP 2000+ should run at 1667MHz, but after upgrades it sometimes goes down to 1250MHz. This is your motherboard being cautious.

In your BIOS settings (press F1 or Delete usually whilst your PC is starting to boot) there may be options called use Safe Default Values and Use Optimum Default Values. Go for Optimum.

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Answer 4

I don't know the answer for you but an idea where to look. Check out the details of your mother board in relation to your CPU. Motherboards have "clock" speed, or voltage to CPU, settings on them. Check carefully because if you over clock your CPU???? Well lets say it might smoke!

Answer 5

maximum possibly you have a failing difficult force or a warmth subject consistent with what you have tried. confirm all the followers are spinning (power grant and processor) additionally acquire and run sparkling diagnose and run a tricky force benchmark to work out if the difficult force is appearing as much as velocity.