Sempron 2800+ being misread as a Athlon XP 1700

[Clio172]

Hello Its My 1st Post,so i hope ive stuck my post in the right place,
if not i apologise ...
Basically to put it in short terms,my brother gave me his Sempron 2800+ and fitted it onto my system,but when I go into Device Manager it says It's an Athlon XP 1700,Everest says my mobo is MSI MS-6367N4,can anyone offer any advice Please??
Dan

[sharder8]

Welcome to TIMO Clio 172!

Your motherboard uses a 133 chipset and supports up to a 266FSB. The Sempron 2800+ utilizes a 333FSB. End result is that the Sempron is underclocked to the 266FSB.

Harder

[Clio172]

sharder8
hello there...
so basically i need a new mobo for the Sempron 2800
chip,also is there no way i could change some setting on the mobo to get it to work,
ps how does the muliplier work out to get it to a 1700,and Everest says something about core speed is 1.45GHZ ??
dan

[Sweeper]

Check to see if your MB has either a jumper to set the CPU FSB to 166 (333) or take a look in the BIOS to see if you can set it to 166 (333) without disrupting your AGP/PCI clocks. They need to be set to 66/33MHz (locked).

[Clio172]

Sweeper
thanks for info,but unsure where to go to check about bios settings m8,dont know where the jumper settings are lol..
dan

[Clio172]

got some info out of the bios
dan

CPU Speed:AMD ATHLON XP 1700+
Internal AGP CLOCK:100 mhz or 66 mhz but mines on 100 mhz
bios version:w6367p3v2-1071503 eonexant
memory speed:200
video memory:32768K
system memory:491520k
total memory:524288k
gas cat override:auto
agp aperture size:128mb
monachrome access:AGP
AGP Bus Driving Conrol:auto
AGP Bus Driving value: strongest
frame buffer size: 32mb
clock spread spectrian:enabled

[Clio172]

Can someone tell me where the jumper settings are from this pic of my mobo
lol....
dan
http://www.katuhintavertailu.com/im...teet/MS6367.jpg

[Peter M]

The board's manual will tell you.

[sharder8]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweeper

Check to see if your MB has either a jumper to set the CPU FSB to 166 (333) or take a look in the BIOS to see if you can set it to 166 (333) without disrupting your AGP/PCI clocks. They need to be set to 66/33MHz (locked).

Hey guys --

Let's go back and re-think this.

It's an older MoBo and according to a website, it has a nVIDIA Crush 11 chipset and supports 200/266 MHz FSB. Also, if you look at the BIOS updates available, there isn't any support for the Sempron cpu.

I'm not sure how you guys think that it will have jumpers allowwing it to be set to 166. Also, I have never been able to OC a MoBo to that extent and get it to run with a chip that isn't supported.

Short answer Clio is that you would need a newer MoBo to realize the full capabilities of the 2800+ Sempron that you were given. Considering that Newegg.com has some decent MoBo's for less than $50, it would be worth it to buy a new board. (I've got a couple MoBo's from Newegg that cost less than $40 that are running sweet and OC'd okay).

Harder

[#43 fan]

Here ya go-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130475
One of the better ones.