Clock Speed

[corpse]

I just bought an AMD Sempron 2500+ 64 Bit CPU and a Winfast motherboard. In the BIOS it shows the clock speed for the CPU as 200Mhz.

But it doesnt show the correct CPU so I'm not sure what the correct speed should be. I dont know if there is a multiplier that makes this right or not.

I did contact the manufacterer and they sent me directions on how to update the BIOS. One question thogh, it says at some point to click whatever to backup or save the current BIOS. Where does it save it to in the event that you need it?

[FragaGeddon]

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

[FragaGeddon]

You probbaly need to stick in a floppy to back up the bios.

[corpse]

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

This wont work if the CPU is not being read right, will it? This program will read it as the BIOS is displaying it right.

[Scourge]

Run it anyway and post the results here.

The 200 mhz would be the front side bus, not the clock speed. The clock speed should be 1.4 ghz

edit: Are you absolutely sure it's the cpu you think it is? Did you buy it retail somewhere or secondhand?

[FragaGeddon]

Well this is one of my pc's: click

It'll read whatever it's running at. So if it dosen't look right then you need to change something.

[corpse]

Run it anyway and post the results here.

The 200 mhz would be the front side bus, not the clock speed. The clock speed should be 1.4 ghz

edit: Are you absolutely sure it's the cpu you think it is? Did you buy it retail somewhere or secondhand?

Bought it new and in the BIOS it shows the clock speed as 200Mhz

[Scourge]

Did you try running cpuz?

[Magnus]

Hey scourge34! Hows it been?

You changed your avitar. I think I miss Eddy...lol.

While you are all on this subject could someone interperate the CPU-Z info below and then make any recomendations on adjustments that I might make to improve performance and point out any problem that you might see.
Also give me a general opinion on this system?
Please take into consideration that I only payed $475US for it new with monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers included as listed below in my system specs. Not a bad deal IMO.

First here are my system specs as I see them:

Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
MidATX Case 400watt. Power Supply
K7MNF-64 PCB 1.x 400MHz FSB USB2.0 8XAGP
Nforce2Chipset 400MHz FSB
AMD Sempron 3000+ ~2000MHz 512L2cache 333MHz
1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR RAM (Samsung 512MB PC3200 400MHz DDR RAM + Kingston 512MB PC3200 400MHz DDR RAM)
Maxtor 120Gig 7200rpm HDD
NVidia FX5700LE 256MB DDR 950MHz (425+425)MHz
NForce2 Audio Chipset (Useing Sony HiFi Sterio Headphones With Mic)
DVDR-RW Doublelayer 8.5Gig
DVD-ROM
8 in1 Digital Media Manager
17"CRT Anti Glair TrueFlatScreen Monitor
2 Button Optical Wheel Mouse
Standard 104 key Intrnet Keyboard
Cable Internet 6000kbps-down/768kbps-up
Linksys Network Everywhere Cable/DSL 4 port router NR041
Logitech WebCam
Lexmark p3150 PrintTrio Printer/Scanner/Copier/Digital Card Reader

Now I will post the CPU-Z results for you all to interperate.

Also notice that the processor and RAM MHz, FSB and clock speed speed is reported as one thing in some places and something different in other places.


Cache latency computation, ver 1.0
http://www.cpuid.com

Computing ...


stride 4 8 16 32 4 128 256 512
size (Kb)
1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
8 3 3 9 3 3 3 3 3
16 3 3 3 3 9 3 3 3
32 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 3
64 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
128 4 6 9 18 20 20 20 20
256 4 6 9 24 26 26 26 26
512 4 6 9 22 20 20 20 20
1024 4 28 42 99 172 291 288 286
2048 4 28 57 94 165 291 304 295
4096 5 28 57 95 168 291 284 295
8192 4 35 49 95 178 289 290 296
16384 4 28 56 95 175 296 295 296
32768 4 29 49 94 169 289 295 296

2 cache levels detected
Level 1 size = 64Kb latency = 3 cycles
Level 2 size = 512Kb latency = 22 cycles

CPU-Z version 1.31.


CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name AMD Sempron
Code Name Barton
Specification AMD Sempron(tm) 3000+
Family / Model / Stepping 6 A 0
Extended Family / Model 7 A
Package Socket A
Technology 0.13 µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
CPU Clock Speed 1991.8 MHz
Clock multiplier x 12.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 166.0 MHz
Bus Speed 332.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 1991.8 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 64 bits



Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer First International Computer, Inc.
Motherboard model K7MNF-64, PCB 1.x
BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS revision 6.00 PG
BIOS release date 11/05/2004
Chipset nVidia nForce2 IGP rev. A2
Southbridge nVidia nForce2 MCP rev. A3
Sensor chip ITE 8712

Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Status enabled, rev. 3.0
AGP Data Transfer Rate 8x
AGP Max Rate 8x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
AGP Aperture Size 32 MBytes



Memory
DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size 1024 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 199.2 MHz
FSB:DRAM 5:6
CAS# Latency 2.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 8 clocks
# of memory modules 2
Module 0 Samsung DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
Module 1 Kingston DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes



Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c

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CPU-Z version 1.31
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CPUID Output
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of CPUs 1
Name AMD Sempron
Code name Barton
Specification AMD Sempron(tm) 3000+
Family/Model/Stepping 6A0
Extended Family/Model 7/A
Package Socket A
Technology 0.13µ
Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
Features
Clock Speed 1991.9 MHz
Clock multiplier x12.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 166.0 MHz
Bus Speed 332.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2000 MHz
P-Rating 3000+
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 1991.9 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 64 bits

eax ebx ecx edx
Function 00000000 00000001 68747541 444d4163 69746e65
Function 00000001 000006a0 00000000 00000000 0383fbff
Function 80000000 80000008 68747541 444d4163 69746e65
Function 80000001 000007a0 00000000 00000000 c1cbfbff
Function 80000002 20444d41 706d6553 286e6f72 20296d74
Function 80000003 30332020 002b3030 00000000 00000000
Function 80000004 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000005 0408ff08 ff20ff10 40020140 40020140
Function 80000006 00000000 41004100 02008140 00000000
Function 80000007 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001
Function 80000008 00002022 00000000 00000000 00000000

edx eax
MSR C0010015 00000000 02010008
MSR C001001B 00000000 20031223
MSR C001001E 00000000 0000010B


Chipset
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge nVidia nForce2 IGP rev. A2
Southbridge nVidia nForce2 MCP rev. A3
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Revision 3.0
AGP Transfert Rate 8x
AGP SBA supported, enabled
AGP Aperture 32 MBytes
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 1024 MBytes
Memory Frequency 199.2 MHz (5:6)
CAS# 2.0
RAS# to CAS# 3
RAS# Precharge 3
Cycle Time (tRAS) 8


Memory SPD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Samsung (CE00000000000000)
Size 512 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz)
Part number M3 68L6423ETM-CCC
Serial number 0C09FF00
Manufacturing date Week 71/Year 04

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 166 200
CAS# 2.5 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 3
RAS# Precharge 3 3
TRAS# 7 8


DIMM #2

General
Memory type DDR-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Kingston (C100000000000000)
Size 512 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz)
Part number AED660UD00-500C88X
Serial number 217C2612
Manufacturing date Week 52/Year 05

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 133 166 200
CAS# 2.0 2.5 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 2 3 3
RAS# Precharge 2 3 3
TRAS# 6 7 8



DMI
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DMI BIOS
--------
vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
version 6.00 PG
date 11/05/2004


DMI Baseboard
-------------
vendor First International Computer, Inc.
model K7MNF-64
revision PCB 1.x
serial C254B35919


DMI System Enclosure
--------------------
manufacturer Manufactory Name
chassis type Desktop
chassis serial Serial Number xxxxxx


DMI Processor
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manufacturer AMD
model AMD Sempron(tm)
clock speed 2000.0MHz
FSB speed 166.0MHz
multiplier 12.0x


DMI Memory Controller
---------------------
correction 8-bit parity
Max module size 32MBytes


DMI Memory Module
-----------------
designation A0
size 512MBytes (double bank)


DMI Memory Module
-----------------
designation A1
size 512MBytes (double bank)


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation Keyboard (internal)
port type Keyboard Port
connector PS/2
connector PS/2


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation PS/2 Mouse (internal)
port type Mouse Port
connector PS/2
connector PS/2


DMI Extension Slot
------------------
designation AGP
type AGP
width 32 bits
populated yes


DMI Physical Memory Array
-------------------------
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 1024MBytes
max# of devices 2


DMI Memory Device
-----------------
designation A0
format DIMM
type unknown
size 512MBytes


DMI Memory Device
-----------------
designation A1
format DIMM
type unknown
size 512MBytes


Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c

So what is the verdict?

Thanks.

[Scourge]

Hey Magnus. Been pretty good. I miss the old eddie icon sometimes too. I may reinstate him one day.

Seems like a pretty decent solid system to me. A lot of that info is gibberish to me, but overall it seems like everything is in order. But I'll let some of the more tech savvy folks say for sure.

[Magnus]

Cool, thanks scourge34!

I figured since people in this thread were already on the subject and a link to a good tool had been posted this would be a better place to find some of the info I am looking for.

Thanks again.

[Tormentius]

Looks good :icon14:

[Magnus]

Looks good :icon14:

Awesome! Now all I need to do is get a little better video card for this system and I'll have a nice little gameing machine.

Thanks.