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Tech Clinic / n00bish processor speed question?

« on: April 17, 2006, 03:53:58 PM »

Aha! Many thanks for that Edward, it's pretty cool  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

I'm not entirely sure why it's showing up two CPU temperatures, as I'm only running one processor...



But as "CPU1" displays at around 3 degrees when I  start up, and "CPU2" keeps at around 30-40, I guess CPU2 is the one to watch http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

Cheers again for the advice, you're very helpful people!
Much appreciated!
http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' /> Y3N.

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Tech Clinic / n00bish processor speed question?

« on: April 15, 2006, 03:44:05 PM »

Lovely job, many thanks  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

Next question, anyone know of good (preferably free?) software to display the system/CPU temperature in my system tray?

Cheers in advance (again)
Y3N. http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

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Tech Clinic / Anybody Know..

« on: April 14, 2006, 11:43:58 AM »

When you say it doesn't work, what is it you're trying to grab a picture of?  Is it in a game, or a video-still you're trying to get?
Also, which program are you wanting to paste the image into?
You could try ALT+PrintScreen in the meanwhile?

Y3N.

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Tech Clinic / n00bish processor speed question?

« on: April 14, 2006, 10:13:30 AM »

Hiya,
How's this for a n00bish first post?  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':lol:\' />

I've just put a new processor in my motherboard (ECS K7S5A).  I've taken out the old one that was running at 750mhz, and put in what I 'believe' is an Athlon 1700 (I bought it from a guy at work, so it didn't come with a box or anything).

Anyhow, after putting it in there, the computer's running it at 1100mhz.  This is an improvment, but not quite what I was after.  Looking around in the BIOS, the CPU Speed is currently set to 100/100mhz.  If I Page Up/Down this option, it changes the CPU Frequency and DRam Frequency to 133mhz.  This then sets the CPU Speed at 1.4ghz+, which is more what I had in mind (ie- what I've been told it can do)

n00bish question: Is this safe to do?  It seems like a legit option so far as the BIOS os concerned, but I don't want to melt my processor.

EDIT: Here's a screen-grab of what Everest says about the processor:
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7890/cpustats9bd.jpg

As you can probably tell, I know very little about these things.  I kind of learn as I go along, and I've just never needed to do this before.  Any pointers you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers in advance,
Y3N.