computer reads wrong processer & speed help?

pitman

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I have a compac presario S4020wm amd 2400+ 2.0 ghz desktop, I recently had to replace the hard drive (old won died) the bios and system info now reads amd 1800+ 1.5 ghz . ( Background I put a dell reinstallation disk in to install xp untill the compac recovery disk arrived, then i done a full destructive recovery to put the original xp system back on my computer.)
I have tried to reinstall the bios update #sp23966 and it still reads 1800+ 1.5 ghz.
Any suggestions to fix this would be appreciated!!
 
try doing a hard reset of your bios by moving the reset jumper on your motherboard to the reset position, then power it up and back down. After you power it back down put the jumper back the way it was. Then your bios should redetect everything, hopefully it'll detect your processor correctly
 
if worst comes to worst get a new computer... S4020wm is one of the worst computers ive used... im on mine right now.... its from wal mart. its not worth trying to upgrade or fix these things cause for some reason even though they have xp they dont reconize everything you put into them. Alot of the time it screws the system up, like when i bought one of the older geforce cards when i bought the computer. For some reason something always goes wrong with the computer if you try and change anything other than what it came with stock.
 
It's proprietary. They own you! could be said there. Most likely the memory timings in the bios are now at a lower setting whether intentional or not. On any AMD when that is lowered one of the slower model cpus will listed during the post. You first hard drive may not have even failed with the bios failing. Upon a chipset failing on another Atholon XP3200+ powered board here the system suddenly failed to detect the main drive. A new drive was bought and installed after hearing a clicking sound where a drive failure was one thought. Plus I needed the drive for backup and maybe multibooting. The real problem was quickly found when the 200mhz setting for memory timings(200x2=400) froze up after installing Windows on the new drive. It acted like failed memory until the timings were reduced to the 166mhz setting where suddenly Windows ran normally again but at the slower speed. The bios was "toast"!
 
I see 2 reset locations one says (cmos clr) the other one says (pwd clr) is one of these the hard reset for bios??
Also I located a jumper in bottom of case I dont know where it goes (it is blue matcheing the one's on the board) the open spots that i could see are FSB, SPDIF,OR COM2. Where should this jumper go and would that have anything to do with the 1800+ reading instaed of the 2400+ that it should be?
 
To clear the cmos you would move the jumper at the "cmos clr" block which is abbreviated for "cmos clearing". First you have to remove the battery on most as a requirement and then it over one pin for a few seconds only. Make sure you return that to the default position after this is done then replace the battery. Be careful about the battery holder. Some of those are a little pain in the .... to avoid bending the contacts or other damage to board. If you can't get it out by pressing down on one edge lightly tto have it pop up you will probably need a small pair of tweezers or screw driver to press a side of the holder enough to see the battery lift up. Once you have cleared the cmos the battery will drop right back easily with no hassles.

When the cmos is cleared everything will be at the factory defaults which means entering time and date, selecting OS2, changing the PCI default setting to AGP for the graphics, and deciding on the boot order since floppy is usually listed as the first if not the removable. On newer board you will see removable there. Don't move the other jumpers seen on the board without first being instructed by tech support or a techical document on the board for changing hardware configurations. You are clearing the cmos to see if that restores the correct memory timings and recognises the cpu as a 2400+. Look for the memory timings settings to see what it is at and adjust to the highest setting. If the front side bus is 333mhz you would set the timings to 166mhz in the bios, 133mhz for a 266mhz fsb there. If you then see the correct cpu model listed after saving and existing the bios with a restart there and everything runs normal you should be set. But if you start seeing Windows lock while booting or just reaching the desktop that would indicate the bios itself is failing then.
 
Thanks

the fsb front side bus speed jumper was off , i found it in the bottom of the case(must have bumped it off somehow) when i put it on the wright pins it read the 2400+ and 2.0 speed .
Thanks for every ones help
 
When you get into newer boards you won't find the amount of jumpers that were seen on the older models. Just about all now have jumper free bioses where you simply go into setup to change the memory timings along with other settings. If the jumper is loose you will have to keep eye on it. Now you know where to look for it if that happens again. :)
 
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