[mythtv-users] Question about nforce2 MB

[Matthew M Murphy]

Phil,

You may want to verify that your bios is set properly.  Sometimes the
default bios settings will underclock a chip.  Also, the bios version
installed on your motherboard may not be new enough to handle a 2400+.

-Matt

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Philip J. Morrison, Jr. wrote:

> I saw a great deal of people building mythtv boxes use nforce2 motherboards
> so I bought one along with an AMD Athlon XP2400+ Processor Thoroughbred
> Core.
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> While building my mythtv box I encountered so many errors I actually
> reverted to Windows XP for a moment to check out some performance issues.
> XP shows the processor as AMD 1800+ 1.4Ghz instead of the 2400+ 2Ghz!!!
> Could they have sent me the wrong chip or should I check some jumpers on the
> motherboard?
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> I am going to take the chip out when I get home today and eyeball the
> processor to make sure but I figured I would post the question to the group
> to see if anyone has heard of this problem before..
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> Phil
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