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| Thread ID: 73965 | 2006-11-07 05:18:00 | P4 Processor not running to speed | Davier (11406) | Press F1 |
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| 497147 | 2006-11-07 06:16:00 | I'll get the manual and have a look at what the settings are / or should be. The manual if u havent got it is here (www.msi.com.tw) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 497148 | 2006-11-07 06:57:00 | Why did you flash the bios? | Metla (12) | ||
| 497149 | 2006-11-07 19:17:00 | I flashed the bios because when building the computer up I wanted to use some SCSI drives I had been given and needed to access the bios. It was password protected and no one could tell me what it was. I tried all the factory backdoor codes but nothing worked so I had to pull the battery and reset everything. Once all was working again, the cpu speed was as it is now (half speed) and I noticed the bios was an older version. I thought the latest might fix the problem hence the flash. | Davier (11406) | ||
| 497150 | 2006-11-07 19:58:00 | After you pulled the battery, did u reconfigure the BIOS? By the sounds of it, u didnt, which is why things (ie The speed) is only 1/2 of what it should be. Not too sure if putting in DDR 400 would have helped things, but it may have "changed it to 266 speed" since I dont think this mobo supports DDR 400. Only 200 and 266 mhz ram. If it didnt like DDR 400 ram, I would say you'll have another prob. The system most probably wouldnt boot / run at all. The manual doesnt look helpful at all! It doesnt show u all the options under the different settings, and it doesnt tell u what the default settings are / or should be. If u can, I would go into the BIOS (if u havent reconfigured the settings), select load optimized defaults. Then click on PnP, and change it to yes, where it says plug and play (if u use XP), change the bootdisk to the hdd (it maybe on cd or floppy), then click on frequency / voltage control, put it on 133 if u can. Where it says CPU clock. As stated in the manual If CPU Clock = 133MHz Core/Bus ratio = 23 then CPU core speed = Host Clock x Core/Bus ratio = 133MHz x 23 = 3.06 GHz So, see if the CPU clock ratio option under frequency / voltage control can be changed to 23. Since you have a 3.06 ghz CPU. Then see if things run a bit faster. If this doesnt work (The system starts to become unstable, it'll be the CPU / CPU clock ratio settings that are wrong, but then thats what the ratio should be set at (23) according to the manual, if u have a 3.06 ghz CPU). |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 497151 | 2006-11-07 20:21:00 | Also what speed is it showing now on the post screen?? It should show the speed the CPU is currently running at, if it isnt 3.06. Hopefully, you're also running a 533 FSB CPU, not an 800 FSB CPU?? As I dont think this mobo supports 800 FSB CPU's either. I would also make sure the options for LAN, USB, and sound, in the BIOS are on enabled, if u want to use them. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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