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rogval

I've had this board for years and it's been a good one. However...I haven't paid any attention to it for years either cause it has always ran good!!

Until Now!!.....

I decided to see how it would run Windows 7 since it is supposed to be much less resource intensive. It runs it good...actually great, except for one thing....

I do the Netflix and Hulu online streaming and noticed that now, even though I have 6mb DSL (actual speed tested @ 5.1mb), which is plenty adequate for this purpose, it now stutters something fierce!! Turns out the browser is maxing out the CPU at 100%.

So...I decide to look at the bios since it never did this before...

Turns out my Abit KV7-V is registering my Athlon XP3000+ Barton @ 1750mhz....that is not right!! CPU and Board is supposed to support 400mhz Fsb, and did in the past!! So I thought maybe the memory was down clocking everything...however the memory (which is ddr 400) is running at 400. So then I look at the Soft Menu in the bios and turns out the "User Settings" will only allow 166-199, when it should be 200-250!!

So...I flashed the bios AGAIN...it's on the latest, v.15 and I've reset the cmos a hundred times and all the standard procedures, only to get my cpu to ring in at 1750.

So I was curious if anyone else is firmiliar with this issue, and if so, what was the fix?

Thanks
Roger

rogval

OK....so not too many people hang around these parts anymore!?!?

If I come up with the solution I will post it back here for the benefits of others, in the meantime, if someone knows a solution, it would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks
Roger