Hi,
I'm new to this forum, just have a question on the motherboard and CPU configuration.

Motherboard : A8V MX
CPU : Athlon 3000+ / 1800MHz
AGP : ATI Radeon9200SE
OS : Window 2000 sp4

I have setup the above and run quite smoothly. This system setup is faster than my Thunderbird 1GHz by observation. Howeve, when tested with CPUZ and PC Wizard 2006, both shows that the core clock boot up at 1800MHz but settle at 1000MHz after that. I thought Althlon 3000+ suppose to run at 1800MHz and I even plan to OC it to 2200MHz. But with the test result from CPUZ and PCWizard 2006 + after running dxdiag, which all shows clock speed at 1000MHz, I concern if the motherboard is bad, Do anyone have a clue on this. thanks in advance.

Is your clock speed set properly?

http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?m...1=3&l2=15&l3=0

Why Isn't My Processor the Right Speed?

An often-misunderstood property of the system clock is its effect on processor speed. You see, a thing called a "CPU Multiplier" determines the speed of a processor in MHz. If you take the multiplier of the processor and multiply it by the system clock speed you get the speed of your processor. Your CPU has its multiplier hard wired in to the chip, and this *normally* cannot be changed. Your system clock is another matter. It can be set on your motherboard by using BIOS or a set of switches on the board itself. This is very important. Most motherboards do not automatically set the system clock for you when you install a new processor. We often get reports from new system builders saying that they received the wrong speed processor when in actuality; the new builder forgot to set the system clock to the right speed for their processor. For a list of standard system clock speeds please see part IV of this article.

http://www.directron.com/fsbguide.html#wrongcpu