AMD 2500 OC question

[Sherlok]

Ok, so on the advice of a few hearty sould here I went and bough a 2500-mobile from new egg. Now things seem to be going ok, except that it's being read at 800mhz....but it seems to be running at the same speed if not greater then my 1700. I currently have it at 133x14, which is around 1.8 g. The reason the mems still at 133, is because I haven't yet revieced my pc3200 mem, so I still have my older pc2100 mem @266....

Anyways, should I be worried that it says 800 mhz? is this normal? and if so, is there anyway to change that.

Thanks

[Midknyte]

update your bios and see if that fixes the problem.

[Sherlok]

Updated to the latest bios version listed on the site, which was one up from the one I had. It's revision 1010; my motherbard being an Asus a7n8x-x.

The revisionwas for sempron support; after the update it's still reading 800 mhz at boot with it set at 133x14.0 and 1.75 v.

It's kinda like it's locked, underclocked....any other ideas?

ON the up side I'm running my cooelst temps ever, 32* currently...hehe.

[ryan855]

well yeah they are gonna be running cool. it is running a gigahertz slower than it should can u manually configure that chip on ur board.

[Sherlok]

Ok I picked this up on the internet somewhere. I set it to 11x133, and I'm at 1.66 now...which is ok, still not up to chips speed, but better.

could it be the fact that it's running @266fsb and not @ 400 that's keeping me outta higher speeds?

[Someone Stupid]

You can use either the multiplier or the fsb - but you'll need better ram to raise the FSB.

[Sherlok]

Yea I figured I'd need betetr ram, so the 3200 is on the way, but I jsut thought it odd that at 133 I couldn't up the multiplier above 11,

[RamonGTP]

I believe 12.5 is the highest multi you can go. Mine defaults to 800MHz also if I try to go above that.

[Someone Stupid]

It is a mobile, he can go higher than 12.5 if he wants.

[RamonGTP]

I can't on my moble

[Someone Stupid]

Wait, I'm using a 2600 now. That is why I can go past 12.5. I'm used to running a 2500 on my main one still when it is the other box that has it and it is running at 2.5 GHz. I don't know what I'm locked out at, but I know I can run at 13 as I can run at 2.7 without playing with my ram, just it isn't completely stable.

[Happy Joe]

http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/ht...md_pinmod.html
is a link to the pinmod info that you need to implement access to the higher multis on the asus A7n8x boards. I really haven't needed to do it as I can go high enough at 12.5 x. Implementng the pinmod removes acess to the 12.5 and lower multies so it is a very mixed blessing.
Some board (like the Abit AN7) do not need this pinmod as they can access the higher multis without it.
Enjoy!

[tom2k7]

is the pin mod just for the mobile procs?

[Happy Joe]

is the pin mod just for the mobile procs?

No, but the processor must be unlocked, a pre week 43 barton (if I recall) or a mobile. This will not unlock processors.
Enjoy!

[tom2k7]

nytmare was hoping it was for locked ones.