Either the board can't identify it, or Fry's gave you the wrong CPU.  I wonder 
which one is correct :)

> Does anyone have any experience w/ AMD processors?  I have purchased the 
> above combo fm Fry's and installed everything.  My problem is that the 
> processor speed only shows 1.5 GHz and the processor name is "AMD Athlon 
> XP 1800+" in the system BIOS and OS.  I even dl the amdcpuid.exe file, 
> which shows the same thing as the OS/BIOS.  Even the cpuinfo.exe file 
> shows the same thing.  Both file are fm AMD's web site.
>  
> Now, I know the 2400+ operates @ a speed of 2 GHz.  So, what am I doing 
> wrong?  Am I missing something here?  The system BIOS does not allow me 
> to change any speeds, unless I am missing the BIOS settings to do this.  
> PLEASE help!!!