[TriLUG] More speed problems (Athlon XP 2200+)

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 12:03, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Well, I received the replacement motherboard from my earlier question
> (about the XP 2200+ that was seen as a 1500+). I popped it in, moved the
> CPU over, and in the process while the heatsink was off I read the ID on
> the chip itself and confirmed it was a 2200+.  
> 
> BUT... it still is being seen as a 1500+. It's not strictly a linux/kernel
> issue, because on bootup the BIOS reports it as a 1500+, so something's
> screwy elsewhere. Can someone with more hardware experience point me
> toward what I should try next?

Have you actually checked the speed, via a benchmarking program or
something?  Is it maybe just an issue in how the BIOS reports it?  
(I realize you said /proc/cpuinfo is giving strange information too.)

--Jeremy