Quote Originally Posted by KTE View Post
3oh6: you're not opening AOD are you? If so don't and see what it does. AOD is known to cause this problem, throws HT ref. sub stock on opening.
nope, not opening AOD. CPU-Z is the first thing i open after boot and it shows the 133MHz HTT.

Quote Originally Posted by tictac View Post
have you install amd phenom driver?
for the Phenom chips yes, i tried installing the Phenom driver, no change. still boots at 133MHz. with the 3200+ there was no CPU driver loaded.

i have borked a couple installs and have done fresh installs with both the 3200+ and the phenom chips with the same results. i just did a long battery out CMOS clear (3 hours) followed by a re-flash of the official December BIOS. i noticed this time that there was 'No Update' on the very first line of the flash during the write of the new BIOS...should there be? i am just using the .EXE and letting it write the floppy then do its thing automatically from boot.

also, as i was thinking if there was a way to see CPU frequency before windows i saw the new Memtest thread from Eva so popped it in and it too shows a CPU frequency in-line with 133MHz HTT except for after the first boot after a CMOS clear in which case it is running 200HTT. so it is being set in the BIOS and not some funky thing with Windows reading it wrong.

thanks for the help guys, obviously no one has seen this before but hopefully i can get it sorted without having to send the board back for a new one.