Changing Processor Speeds--Boot Message From XP

[W. Watson]

I have an ASUS motherboard with a AMD 1.5Mhz cpu. When I originally set up the board,
something squacked when I set the bios speed to 1.5, so I took 1.1, the only other
choice. Manual was a choice but I decided to forgo that. I just bought a Sony 540A
DVD burner and found it requires 1.6Mhz to be happy. I decided to pump the cpu up to
1.5. When I do I get the following message during boot:

Window could not start because of a missing or corrupt \winnt\system32\config\system
file. You can attempt to repair using th eoriginal setup cd-rom. Select 'r' at the
first screen to start the repair.

Should I? Am I headed for another problem? Is there another way to get around this?
Why would this file seem suddenly corrupt? The file looks intact. At least, I can see
it in the directory. Can't open it because it's in use.

Comments?
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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
(Formerly Homo habilis, erectus, heidelbergensis and now sapiens)

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[W. Watson]

I'm using XP Pro.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Did you ever install the chipset drivers for your motherboard?

 

[W. Watson]

Did you ever install the chipset drivers for your motherboard?

I'm pretty sure I did, but maybe it's worth another try. The first time I had the
board it went haywire. I'm sure I installed the chipset for that board. When I got an
exchange, it's likely I did, but maybe not. I'm presently downloading a program
called Everest which will dump all the pertinent info about my hardware. Never used
it before, but maybe it'll tell me. If not I can run the ASUS CD on this machine.

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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
(Formerly Homo habilis, erectus, heidelbergensis and now sapiens)

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