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JustPlainJef   10-25-2003 at 12:44:21 AM

OK, I know this isn't the CPU forum, but you guys here know more. I have an Athlon XP 2400+ on the older nForce2 Motherboard (Asus). Whenever I boot now it says that system failed due to CPU overclocking. I have it at the default settings (15*133). I did some cable management of the guts and dusted it with a paintbrush at work, but I didn't remove any of the hardware. Any thoughts? One thing I noticed, my 3 volt was reading 3.42. I thought it was 3.3, so that would be normal, but the BIOS said 3V I believe. Any thoughts would be wonderful. I got it to boot by telling the BIOS not to halt on any errors, but I don't want to fry anything. Thanks!!

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Crashman   10-25-2003 at 01:12:06 AM
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Asus uses 3.4v on the 3.3v line, I have no idea why your BIOS calls it a 3v line. The CPU overclocking error usually has nothing to do with the CPU, it's a generic message that simply means the system failed to boot on the last attempt.

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JustPlainJef   10-25-2003 at 01:15:58 AM
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One more thing I noticed... My Vcore is 1.69 now, and it looks from my Asus Probe that it should be like 2.5. Any thoughts?

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Crashman   10-25-2003 at 01:35:35 AM
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I believe the proper voltage is either 1.65 or 1.70v for that CPU at stock settings.

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JustPlainJef   10-25-2003 at 01:40:55 AM
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Last question... If you have a bootable CD ROM, can you flash the BIOS from that, or does it have to be a floppy. My PC doesn't have a floppy in it...

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Crashman   10-25-2003 at 01:47:58 AM
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LMAO! OK d00d, you can certainly TRY it! I get a kick out of these guys that say "I don't need no freaking floppy".

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JustPlainJef   10-25-2003 at 01:57:09 AM
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HEY! Most of the time I don't... I have a floppy in my server that is shared (well, it will be once my server is up and running again). I use a floppy maybe 2-3 times per year total, and I have 6 computers in the house, so I decided to stop putting floppies in all of my PC's. if I really need a floppy for something like this, I have an extra one that I can hook up temporarily. Unfortunately I am not at home at the moment. I am at a friends house and we were going to do some gaming. Imagine my dismay when my PC didn't want to boot... :eek:

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Crashman   10-25-2003 at 02:09:02 AM
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Right, I'm not using a floppy often but keep one installed just for such reasons.

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JustPlainJef   10-25-2003 at 02:29:21 AM
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HA HA HA!! My Asus board updated the BIOS over the Internet through Windows. DEATH TO FLOPPIES!!!!

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Crashman   10-25-2003 at 02:55:31 AM
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Yes, but those programs are actually known to be riskier. Imagine if it erases your old BIOS, and just before flashing the new one you get a BSOD


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JustPlainJef   10-25-2003 at 04:23:53 AM
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Hey, it worked this time, and that is all that I care about. =o) Besides, I don't flash my BIOS just because there is a new one... I only flash it if I really need to... Anyway, it seems to be booting fine. Thanks Crashman!! :wink:

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