[NTLUG:Discuss] BIOS

[steve]

Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> I have a strange thing happening to my desktop computer that has got me
> stumped , I just installed a AMD 64bit 3400+ processor in my Shuttle SFF ,
> the processor is stated to run at 1.5v . The strange thing is when I boot to
> SuSE 10.0 the processor is IDed as a 3400+ but at 1005.05 mhz which it is
> not it 2.4 mhz , in Windows the processor is IDed as a 3400+ but at 1mhz
> also , in BIOS I have found that the voltage is going from 1.5v to 1.07v ,
> the 1.07v happens when I boot in SuSE . If I turn the computer off and then
> back on and go straight to Windows the processor is IDed as the correct
> processor and mhz , but if I go into SuSE it changes to 1.07v and is IDed
> 3400+ at 1005.05 mhz every time.

FWIW - I get the exact same symptoms in SuSE 9.3.  I also have a Shuttle.

% cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 12
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
stepping        : 0
cpu MHz         : 1004.929
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca 
cmov pat
  pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 pni syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips        : 1990.65