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I cant explain what could of caused this, but the only thing I can tell you to do is to get the jumper positions for the proc(s) from either the manuals, or find them online from the motherboards manufactures, and verifiy that the jumper settings are correct.

also see if you can update your bios (vendor websites). =)

Can you reset the speeds in the cmos yourself? Do they go back to the slower speed after a reboot? Try replacing the motherboard batteries in each.
Good luck!

Mike

I have a K6/2 366 that reports as 350 on my machine at home. The processor speed is directly determined by the bus speed and the multiplier. In order to get a 350MHz processor clock speed u use a 100MHz bus and a 3.5 multiplier. In these are the settings that the BIOS picks up and uses on the boot up screen.
Your motherboard will most likely have the physical pin jumpers where you move a tiny connector across certain pins to set the bos speed and the multiplier. Ensure that they are in the correct locations according to the motherboard documentation.
As a check about the usable speed of the machines, (I'm assuming here your using Windows!!!) boot the machine normally, and once you're in Windows, hold the Windows key and press Break. Thiswill bring up the system properties. On the first tab, Windows will show you how fast it thinks the processor is running. This can sometimes be different. My 450MHz K6/3 is reported as a K6/2 400 in BIOS, but is a 450 in Windows...

Regards!

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