This is more of a general hardware question than a Linux question, but there *is* a Linux component. Here goes. I've recently put newer processors in a couple of older motherboards. In one case, a BIOS upgrade had been performed on the machine at some point since it's manufacture, in the other case, I'm not sure. In any case, following directions I found at Tom's hardware for one of them, I put in a 500Mhz processor - but the BIOS would only show a 400Mhz processor in its report (I'm sure I set the jumpers right: I double and triple checked it). In the other, I put a 1.4Ghz processor - but the BIOS report would show only an 800Mhz processor. Now, here's where Linux part comes in: despite what the BIOS report shows about processor speed, Linux's bootup report shows the correct processor speed - 499Mhz in one case, 1390.xxMhz in the other. So, who's right - the BIOS report or Linux's bootup record? Can the OS use the processor's full speed, even though the BIOS doesn't seem to recognize it?
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