Problem with MSI KT6V-LSR and XP2600+

NewbiePCuseR · Post by **NewbiePCuseR** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:32 am

Hi there, I recently acquired an MSI KT6V-LSR with an Athlon XP 2600+ CPU. Upon booting up, the default cpu frequency was set to 100Mhz and the CPU was running at 1180Mhz. I adjusted it to 166Mhz and the display shows XP2600+ @ 1.93Ghz when it should be 2.133Ghz? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

My system specs are as follows:
MSI KT6V-LSR
AMD Athlon XP 2600+
512mb DDR400 Corsair CL2.5
Western Digital 80GB 7200rpm
GeXcube Radeon 9600XT

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:26 am

does that cpu have an unlocked multiplier ? if so maybe it is not set right.

run something called wcpuid to see what it is really running at

NewbiePCuseR · Post by **NewbiePCuseR** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:16 am

I don't think its unlocked, to do so you have to cut something on the cpu right? Anyways I will give WCPUID a try and see what happens. Thanks for the help.

NewbiePCuseR · Post by **NewbiePCuseR** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:19 am

Ok, it says AMD Athlon XP 2600+
internal clock: 1918.27Mhz
system clock: 166.81Mhz
system bus: 333.61Mhz
multiplier: 11.5

Everything seems correct except the multiplier?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 12:00 pm

see if you can set your multi to 13

NewbiePCuseR · Post by **NewbiePCuseR** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:26 am

I managed to find an option in the bios to tweak the multiplier settings, and I set it to 12.0x/12.5x but when I run wcpuid it still says the cpu is running at 11.5x166Mhz what seems to be the problem?

maroon · Post by **maroon** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:49 am

If it's a 2600 Barton (512K L2 cache), it should run at 1.9GHz (11.5 x 166). If it's a 2600 XP (256K L2 cache), it should run at 2.08GHz (12.5 x 166).

It looks like you have the Barton.

NewbiePCuseR · Post by **NewbiePCuseR** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:57 pm

Damn! I knew something was wrong when the shopkeeper offered me $450 for board and cpu. Whats more he told me its comparable to a p4 2.4ghz

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:12 am

i would think that you could overclock that combination fairly well ? i don't know the mobo but the memory will do good for ya.

also here is a good forum for MSI try reading through it or searching to see how well it overclocks.

maroon · Post by **maroon** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:03 am

If he offered you $450 for mobo and cpu, you should have taken the money and ran with it! That combo can be had for about $150-160 via newegg.

Don't worry about the Barton. The extra cache makes up for the slight difference in speed.