[Doomed_to_a_pathetic_computer]

I just got a nice AMD Sempron 2200+ from someone's old computer, but my ASUS A7V333 Motherboard doesn't seem to like it, they're both Socket A, but I get an error when I try to start up...

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does the error have a name?

[Tru Techie]

does the error have a name?

[Neil Jones]

Asus boards from this generation refused to bootup with a Sempron processor. You need a BIOS update for it which has to be installed before it will recognise and bootup with that processor.

[Doomed_to_a_pathetic_computer]

Well, I finally got it working, but my BIOS recongnized it as a 1.2 ghz cpu, which is slower than my old Pentium 4. I switched back to my old processor and it didn't work... I eventually found out... I forgot how I figured it out, but my CPU fan had been trying to die.

[Doomed_to_a_pathetic_computer]

Are Sempron 2200+'s really only 1.2 Ghz CPUs? Or is it my motherboard doing that?

[Neil Jones]

Sempron 2200s are clock speeds of 1500Mhz, sounds like you might need to set the FSB speeds accordingly (all Semprons on the Socket A boards run at 166/333 speeds). This is normally an option in BIOS or via jumpers on the board.