diff -urN xchat-2.6.6.orig/src/common/util.c xchat-2.6.6/src/common/util.c
--- xchat-2.6.6.orig/src/common/util.c	2006-09-15 09:06:08.000000000 -0400
+++ xchat-2.6.6/src/common/util.c	2006-09-15 09:06:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
 			break;
 		if (!strncmp (buf, "cycle frequency [Hz]\t:", 22))	/* alpha */
 		{
-			*mhz = atoi (buf + 23) / 1048576;
+			*mhz = atoi (buf + 23) / 1000000;
 		} else if (!strncmp (buf, "cpu MHz\t\t:", 10))	/* i386 */
 		{
 			*mhz = atof (buf + 11) + 0.5;