CPU showing wrong speed on vista

Hi here´s the deal i have a Core2 duo 6600 CPU it should work at 2.4 ghz and
vista is telling me it works 900mhz, because of that i cannot play halo 2
because of low cpu speed it doens even install.
i have an Abit ADW9 chipset intel 975X
Pls help

change your power setting to High Performance.



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"camachoboss" <camachoboss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3213E3D5-ADC1-4DC6-841E-A66EED92E6E4@microsoft.com...
Hi here´s the deal i have a Core2 duo 6600 CPU it should work at 2.4 ghz and
vista is telling me it works 900mhz, because of that i cannot play halo 2
because of low cpu speed it doens even install.
i have an Abit ADW9 chipset intel 975X
Pls help

Make certain that the FSB (front side bus)speed in the bios is correct for
your installed hardware. On my board an improper startup can revert the FSB
speed to it's default settings. This will make the CPU run a lot slower. My
AMD Athlon XP 3200, for instance, will show up as running at 1.2 meg instead
of at the correct 2.2 meg.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"camachoboss" <camachoboss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi here´s the deal i have a Core2 duo 6600 CPU it should work at 2.4 ghz
> and
> vista is telling me it works 900mhz, because of that i cannot play halo 2
> because of low cpu speed it doens even install.
> i have an Abit ADW9 chipset intel 975X
> Pls help

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Make certain that the FSB (front side bus)speed in the bios is correct for
> your installed hardware. On my board an improper startup can revert the
> FSB speed to it's default settings. This will make the CPU run a lot
> slower. My AMD Athlon XP 3200, for instance, will show up as running at
> 1.2 meg instead of at the correct 2.2 meg.
>

meg? You meant GHz, right? ;0)


Captain Roberts

Oops! You are so right

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"Captain Roberts" <none@given.hyar> wrote in message
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>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23dFhg$hrHHA.4764@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Make certain that the FSB (front side bus)speed in the bios is correct
>> for your installed hardware. On my board an improper startup can revert
>> the FSB speed to it's default settings. This will make the CPU run a lot
>> slower. My AMD Athlon XP 3200, for instance, will show up as running at
>> 1.2 meg instead of at the correct 2.2 meg.
>>
>
> meg? You meant GHz, right? ;0)
>
>
> Captain Roberts
>