Barton Compatibility

[whytsell]

Had to clear CMOS. Since then no matter what BIOS I use or how I flash it, the mainboard now only sees the proccessor as "Unknown CPU". I'm stumped. Any ideas?

AMD XP2500 Barton
A7N8X Deluxe
1 Gig PC2700
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
On Board Sound

 

[sturm]

Does the computer run ok otherwise?
If so then I wouldnt really worry about.
You may try reseating the cpu or removing the power cord and remove the cmos battery to see if it helps.

 

[whytsell]

Well, it works OK, but as near as I can tell, it doesn't see the 512k L2. It sees it as 128k. I would think that that could be a problem. Tried the battery trick. Even got an e-mail from Linus Lin at Asus. He had me put the battery in backwards for 30 seconds. Still nothing. It just kills me that it recognized it correctly once before. I think there is a possibility i'm missing a detail in flashing the BIOS. When it first came out, I seem to recall there being a special extra step you had to take.

AMD XP2500 Barton
A7N8X Deluxe
1 Gig PC2700
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
On Board Sound

 

[endyen]

When the nvidia boards fist came, out there was a problem with bios failure. As a result many retailers brought in extra bios for the boards. You may be able to get a cheap bios replacement from your local computer shop.

 

[Crashman]

Make sure the bus speed is set correctly in BIOS.

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