Topic: CMOS Settings

[chorleydave]

Hi everyone.

I managed to pick up an old PC at a fair for a tenner, which I have used to replace my old 486 that my son uses to type his homework on.  It is a Pentium 200 MMX with 32mg RAM, There are two minor problems which I need to look at.  

First, when PC starts, the clock shows the (approximate) time that he switched it off the previous day.  I suspect I just need to change the battery on the motherboard.  The second fault is slightly more  complicated.  As I said earlier. the processor is a Pentium 200 MMX.  If I go into the CMOS, it shows it to be runn ing at 200mhz.  However, when the thing is booting, it shows it to be running at 150mhz.   Could anyone tell me why this should be, how  to check exactly what speed it is running at, and how to rectify it if it's running too  slow?

Thanks.

[bat69]

Hi Dave

To check out what your system is doing, you can use SiSoft Sandra, get it HERE  There is a shareware version, to save you buying the Pro version, although it comes with adware and you may wish to remove it once you've done your checks.  It is a 2.3Mb download mind ... or you may have a PC Pro magazine cover disc, which usually has it on  

There is a system info utility there that will give you all the information you need.

[chorleydave]

Thanks, Bat69.  I'll bring it in here tomorrow, while the lad is at school, attach a modem, download the shareware version and then check it out.  As I was saying, he only uses it for his homework (only has Microsoft Office and a CD Rom Encyclopedia on it) so it's more annoying than serious.

[bat69]

There is a smaller program WCPUID ... from HERE