Athlon 2500+

[rahan46]

Hey, I just built a new PC (Athlon XP 2500+, geil 256x2 ddr pc3200 ram, ati radeon 9600 pro) and when it starts up its at 1900+ speeds instead of 2500. Can you tell me what FSB and such to set it to? Also I used thermal grease and am using a Vantec aeroflow 7 + 5 case fans yet in the BIOS it says my CPU is at 50C which I think has to be wrong...

[smurffart]

FSB = 166
Multiplier = 11

Athlon XP 2500 1.83GHz


EDIT: what mobo are you using?

[rahan46]

thanks, running like a champ

[rahan46]

MSI k7n2 delta

[smurffart]

Okay, just wanted to check and see if you board would support 333 fsb for that cpu....

Are your temps still high? Have you tried running a utility prog. like speed fan to check your temps?

[rahan46]

It's still running hot.. hanging around 50. I definately think something is up with the BIOS because it will go to like 46 then all of a sudden jump to 50.

[smurffart]

try using this...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=337

to get a "second opinion" about your temps...your bios could be getting a bad reading.

If that still shows up as running hot, then take the side of your case off and see if that makes a difference. If so, you may have inproper ventilation, even though you have 5 case fans, they may be creating hot pockets of air inside the case.

What type of thermal grease did you use?

[rahan46]

I used Arctic Silver 3 thermal paste and followed the instructions on their site. That link wont load for some reason.

[bugalaman]

naw, 166x11= too slow. 200x11.5= more like it (for me anyways)

[Gait_Keeper]

whats the room temp??

yes the fans may be working against each other



http://mbm.livewiredev.com/download.html

http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

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