Kevin O'Connor
New Member
Well I just installed a Celeron 1GHz CPU in my old HP Pavilion mobo. Everything I have researched and ask questions about on this forum stated that my mobo would not support 800MHz CPU or higher.
The BIOS setup screen states the new CPU is a Celeron 1GHz, 128Kb cash and a 100MHz FSB speed. That is what the BIOS states the CPU is but is the CPU really running at these speeds.
I replaced the stock 733MHz Celeron with a 1GHz Celeron, the FSB speed should have switched from 66MHZ to 100MHz, the RAM is now maxed out at 512Mb, the HDD was replaced with a 7200rpm drive and the OS was updated to Win XP. I would have thought these changes would have made a big improvement in overall system speed. I do notice some improvement but I think the clean HDD made the biggest improvement.
How do I verify what speed my CPU / complete system is running at?
The BIOS setup screen states the new CPU is a Celeron 1GHz, 128Kb cash and a 100MHz FSB speed. That is what the BIOS states the CPU is but is the CPU really running at these speeds.
I replaced the stock 733MHz Celeron with a 1GHz Celeron, the FSB speed should have switched from 66MHZ to 100MHz, the RAM is now maxed out at 512Mb, the HDD was replaced with a 7200rpm drive and the OS was updated to Win XP. I would have thought these changes would have made a big improvement in overall system speed. I do notice some improvement but I think the clean HDD made the biggest improvement.
How do I verify what speed my CPU / complete system is running at?