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| Thread ID: 41665 | 2004-01-18 11:39:00 | Bad CPU causing errors??? | bob_doe_nz (92) | Press F1 |
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| 208317 | 2004-01-18 11:39:00 | i just installed my own computer and when i turn it on it keeps telling me that i have a faster processor than i actually have. my specs are. gigabyte GA-7n400 Pro2 Mobo athlon xp 2500 2 x 256 ddr400 Ram radeon 9600 XT what happens is that my mobo thinks that my processor is a 3200 when its not. not only that but it keeps crashing my system whenever i try to use it. first when i installed win2k it kept giving me a BSOD, then explorer kept crashing, theyre not there anymore. now when i try to install games they crash before they get to run. i tried to manually set the cpu jumpers and resetting the bios but that dont work so i left jumpers in automatic. i have tried replacing ram, replacing the graphics card, but they dont seem to do anything. any ideas???? |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 208318 | 2004-01-18 12:34:00 | I assume that you have the board speed and the multipliers set correctly... Dont get me wrong... i am new to this as well... been in to comp's for bout 2 yrs now... and am about 3 months into my A+ course... My comp is a P4 1.8 on a 400 FSB The extenal speed (board speed) of my chip is 100Mhz with a steping factor of 4 to equal 400Mhz.......... and the multiplyer is set to 18* so 18 * 100 equals 1.8Ghz Going off what you said... that you have a 2500XP registering as a 3200Xp leads me to belive that you have got your board or multipler set incorectly high... ie. overclocked... And as a result... you are running to hot and thats causing all the syslocks and BSoD's... Pretty new at this but i will asume you board has soft settings... ie. no jumpers... So i guess... go to the BIOS and try to correct the math... Laters... |
00falcon (3801) | ||
| 208319 | 2004-01-18 18:54:00 | Have you installed the motherboard drivers? | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 208320 | 2004-01-18 20:06:00 | Have you updated the BIOS, there seems to be a few BIOS fixes for this board & some of them seem to be related to problems you are having tw.giga-byte.com |
45South (4769) | ||
| 208321 | 2004-01-18 20:12:00 | I think that most likely it is your fsb multiplier settings being set wrongly. But that would mean that your CPU is being overclocked which would explain the unstableness. | hamstar (4) | ||
| 208322 | 2004-01-18 20:40:00 | i agree with hamstar that my cpu seems to be overclocked. funny how it thinks that even though the jumpers are set to automatic settings... sigh well time to find out |
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