OT: CPU Speed and Temperature
I have recently purchased a new machine (Athlon XP 2500+ w/ 333MHz FSB, 1 GB
RAM,
Radeon 9000 Pro).
I have manage to figure out that by messing with the chipset settings in
the BIOS I can change the speed of the CPU's opertation. I.e., setting a speed
of 166 MHz comes up in the POST as a FSB of 333 MHz and the CPU is detected
as an Athlon XP 2500+. If I up it to 200 MHz, it show 400 MHz FSB and Athlon
XP 3200+ in the POST. Anyhow, if I run at the rated 333 MHz FSB, it
occasionally locks up. I have installed a Zalman CPU fan with a copper
heatsink and two 80mm Antec case fans (1 front, 1 rear, 34 CFM each).
What is the deal? Am I missing something? Please forgive my ignorance but
I don't have much experience with modern hardware, the last time I custom built
a machine was 7 years ago. I also have no experience with AMD processors.
I would like ot resolve this since once I can get Sid running well I plan to
install Gentoo on another partition, and I will need to be able to run the
processor with a high load for that.
-Roberto Sanchez
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