AMD K6-2 500 shows as 251Mhz??
This is a discussion about AMD K6-2 500 shows as 251Mhz?? in the Windows Hardware category; Can anyone explain why my AMD K6-2 500 shows up as running at 251Mhz in both System Information and alot of other small utilities that are supposed to display the running speed. I've downloaded a util from AMD and that shows that the processor speed is 502MHz - so now I'm really confused - it seems that all the pro ...
Can anyone explain why my AMD K6-2 500 shows up as running at 251Mhz in both System Information and alot of other small utilities that are supposed to display the running speed. I've downloaded a util from AMD and that shows that the processor speed is 502MHz - so now I'm really confused - it seems that all the programs are showed the processor as running at half speed - has anyone got any suggestions?
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It might be that you need to update your bios. Ive seen alot of motherboards that need to be flashed on 450 and up.
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Thanks Jonny - I've tried that one with no sucess - it reported the same speed both before and after the update. When the machine boots, on the bios screen it does show that it's a 500Mhz K6-2, it Only seems to be Windows 2000 Pro that seems to think is a 251Mhz, so any other suggestions would be welcomed!
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Dont worry - I've found an explanation on Microsofts Support site - if you're interested the page is
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q227/5/21.asp?LNG=ENG&SA=ALLKB
(knowledge base article Q227521) apparantly this is a known bug - great!
[This message has been edited by Sweevo (edited 29 January 2000).]
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q227/5/21.asp?LNG=ENG&SA=ALLKB
(knowledge base article Q227521) apparantly this is a known bug - great!
[This message has been edited by Sweevo (edited 29 January 2000).]
