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hi im new around here so hi everyone....

i bought a damaged 600x as a project, currently ive fixed everything that was non-working (replaced the LCD and the sub-card) and also took the project one step further installing an speedstep systemboard and a Pentium III 750 MMC-2 everything works as it should be but here are my two questions:

the bios detects the MMC-2 module as a "Pentium III 750 Speedstep" but in windows it only detects it as a Pentium III 600E processor and it works @ 600mhz or 750mhz depending on speedstep status, is this normal that it is detected as a 600mhz processor?

my second question is how i switch the processor to full speed all the time on windows, i went to power options in the control panel and switched it to desktop scheme and it stills switches from 600mhz to 750mhz but doesnt stay @ full speed all the time

thanks

600MHz is the normal "slow" speed of the 750MHz CPU using SpeedStep.

How you control it depends on your OS. With Win98 or W2K, you can download an app from IBM's site that will let you set it.

In XP, XP will manage the speed "for you" but you can use SpeedSwitchXP to do it manually too. I've been using SpeedSwitchXP, but it doesn't always do what I tell it. My 800MHz CPU went to 125 yesterday, when it's usually at 550 or so. It seems to never get to full speed.

hi, thanks for your response

600MHz is the normal "slow" speed of the 750MHz CPU using SpeedStep.

i know thats the slower speed grade sorry if i didnt expressed well my english is not that good, i meant when i use a cpuid program it detects the processor as a pentium III 600E and the bios detects it correctly as a Pentium III 750

as for the speedswitchxp thanks for the tip i will try it