amd athlon x2400

i,m hoping you guys can help. when booting my pc i get a message saying cpu is unworkable or has been changed. please re-check cpu soft menu. this happened after a power cut. i found out what to do but i dont know what the cpu speed should be set to in the bios window. any ideas.

 

AMD CPU speeds in MHz don't match the markings on their packaging. If it is marketed as a 2400+, the speed in MHz will be somewhere around 1800 MHz. But, don't use that number, that's just a guess.

A statement like this usually elicits a question about why they are marked this way. Well, AMD pits themselves in the marketplace against Intel. The AMD chip executes more instructions per cycle than an Intel; therefore, the AMD doesn't have to run as fast in MHz to do the same work as the Intel. But, you can rest assured if the AMD is marketed as a 2400+, it compares favorably with an Intel at 2400.

I would advise you to remove the chip, write down the numbers from it and do a little research at Google to get the speed in true MHz. Then set it in the BIOS.

 

Speed is 2000, multiplier is 15 @133.