SY-P4VTE: my CPU clock is cut in half!! Why?

External Since: Dec 17, 2004 Posts: 2

I recently purchased a Soyo P4VTE motherboard.
CPU = P4 3E GHz 800 MHz FSB
Memory = Kingston KVR400/512R PC3200 CL3

But when I boot the machine, the BIOS shows "1.5 GHz P4".

I looked in the BIOS settings for some way to adjust this,
but under "CPU PnP Setup", I see
CPU Ratio = Locked
rather than a ratio that I could set.

What is going on?? PLEASE tell me I'm just overlooking
something simple (oh, and TELL me what I'm overlooking,
too!!), I don't see any relevant jumper settings, nor
much of anything else that I can control...

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"No! I said BUD Light!" - captain of the Hindenburg

External Since: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 46

Check you clock frequency to make sure its set to 200Mhz. If its
showing a 1.5Ghz P-4 there is a good chance the frequency is set to
100Mhz and that would give you the improper reading. All P-4's come
with a locked Ratio or as it's sometimes called multiplyer. But all
boards have adjustable clock frequency and the P-4's are a quad channel
cpu,

100Mhz clock = 400Mhz cpu speed
133Mhz clock = 533Mhz cpu speed
200Mhz clock = 800Mhz cpu speed
266Mhz clock = 1066Mhz cpu speed / new P-4 Extreme Edition

The frequency setting is found on the Soyo Combo Page of your BIOS
program.