CPU posting as wrong one.

[Guest]

Hello Everyone,

Greetings for the day.

Today I tried to start my Previous Computer and it freezes at the boot screen of all oses (Windows 7, Debian, Lubuntu) and then I noticed something odd. The CPU is a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 PresHot but it posts as a 2.98 GHz Pentium 4 Which never seen before. Please help me assist the problem since my main computer motherboard is broken and I need to do some critical work on it.

here are it's specs:-

Pentium 4 PresHot 2.40 GHz

2 GB DDR2 800 Mhz ram

MSI GT 710 1GB (Taken from my main PC)

Also, I hve taken everything apart and put it back together but the problem is still there. Pls help me troubleshoot this issue. HERE'S a screenshot of the wrong CPU posting:-

 

 

 

[Levent]

Its not posting as wrong one, its probably your BIOS is automatically overclocking it. If it doesnt overheat, let it be.

[Chris Pratt]

8 minutes ago, Levent said:

Its not posting as wrong one, its probably your BIOS is automatically overclocking it. If it doesnt overheat, let it be.

Yeah. First I've ever heard of someone complaining that they're getting more clocks than they're supposed to out of their CPU. Unless there's some real issue, thank the computer gods and go about your life.

[Arrogath]

12 minutes ago, Levent said:

Its not posting as wrong one, its probably your BIOS is automatically overclocking it. If it doesnt overheat, let it be.

Considering they’re having hanging issues on boot to OS it may be worthwhile to set clocks back to stock.

[Kilrah]

It doesn't say that it's a P4 2.98, it says it's a P4 running at 2.98.

A P4 2.4GHz would have the FSB running at 133MHz, 133x18 = 2400. Your board is set to overclock FSB to 166MHz, and 166*18 = 2988.

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Arrogath said:

Considering they’re having hanging issues on boot to OS it may be worthwhile to set clocks back to stock.

There is no option in the BIOS to set any clocks (even FSB) since it has a very Basic intel 910G chipset.Other time it posts as a 2.98 GHz pentium 4 PresHot with 166 FSB instead of 133

Edited June 8, 2021 by Guest

[Guest]

I finally fixed the problem. Someone in a very old THG post said to remove the CMOS battery and move the jumpers on the motherboard from Pin 1-2 to Pin 2-3 and it fixed it and now the PC posts correctly every time.