Upgrading Processor

[REX HEIDEMAN]

I HAVE A GATEWAY I JUST UPGRADED MY PROCESSOR FROM A 120MHZ TO A 166MHZ BUT MY COMPUTER IS STILL SHOWING MY PROCESSOR AS A 120 MHZ HOW CAN I CHANGE IT TO RUN THE 166 PROCESSOR? I ASKED GATEWAY THEY SENT ME A MESSAGE AND SAID IF I DIDNT BUY THE PROCESSOR FROM THEM THEY WOULDINT HELP THANKS REX

 

[brianF]

The jumper settings would need to be changed.

The 120 used 2 x 60 to get to 120
The 166 would need to be set at a multiplier of 2.5 and a frontside bus of 66 mhz to obtain 166. You will need to find the jumper settings for your motherboard