A7n8x-deluxe wont show correct cpu speed-Help!

[pulverizer]

I just put together this system:
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe
Amd XP2700+
512pc2700 Crucial-Micron(1stick)
Western digital 40gig 8mb(2)
ATI radeon 9000 64mb
Enermax case 350w power
Volcano 11
XP home

Everything went smooth booting up to Xp, but noticed the cpu read xp1500+ instead of xp2700+.
I then flashed the bios to the latest version offered for my board and still nothing. Tried messing with multiplier in bios fast as I can get it to say is 2100+. Anyone have an idea?

[tele_player]

What the BIOS reports is not as important as what speed it's actually running at.

Right click on 'My Computer', select 'Properties', and you should see the true speed. A 2700+ T-bred should show about 2.17 Ghz. If it does, you're OK.

If not, in the BIOS, try explicitly setting the FSB to 166/333 and the multiplier to 13.

[pulverizer]

tele player,
Thanx for the reply! I tried this already. Computer properties say XP2100+ 1.7ghz. The multiplier is set to 13X, and fsb 133 in bios. It still reads wrong.

[pulverizer]

OH yeah I tried the 166/333 the first time and it wouldnt even boot right. I tried bringing the multiplier down to be able to use 166 and still didnt work.

[Shan]

I had a similar prob on the A7V333-X. I updated the bios and all went well.

Shan

[pulverizer]

I thought updating would solve the problem. I reinstalled Xp after the flash and all that. Is it possible that the CPU or memory are not good? Hell I dont know. Anyone else with this board have this happen.

[pulverizer]

Bump!

[pulverizer]

This thing is driving me crazy!! Everything else in windows works great but the processor speed and you want what you pay for you know what I mean. Could this be a bad mobo, Processor, or Ram?