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Hiya,

I try to make this as short as possible

As you can see, I'm using 8KRAi motherboard and AMD Athlon XP 2400+ as
my processor and I have the following problem with the system setup:

Earlier today, when I was configuring my system for the very first
time I noticed that my motherboard recognized my processor as a
Athlon XP 1500+ (or something like that, can't remember accurately) I
took a look at the PowerBIOS settings which hold the configuration to
the FSB and CPU Clock settings, and I noticed that the multiplier was
configured as "Auto" or similar and the system bus was operating only
at 100 MHz. So I came into the following conclusion: as the CPU:s
operating frequency is supposed to be 2.0 GHz I changed the
multiplier to 10x and the system bus to 200 MHz. (10 x 200 = 2000
aight?) After that my system wasn't bootable. The manual stated that
if a problem occurred due false overclocking configuration (which
mine apparently was?) the screen goes blank and can be returned to a
initial configuration by instantly pressing Insert. Unfortunately I
didn't have that part of the manual open at that moment and when the
screen just went blank I rebooted. The question is that should I have
pressed Insert at the very moment that the screen went blank? Is
there anything to do to revive my system back to life?

Thanks in advance

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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox (More info?)

"Sorgemus" <jarrerules@sunpoint-dot-net.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:41069a28$1_6@news.athenanews.com
> Hiya,
>
> I try to make this as short as possible
>
> As you can see, I'm using 8KRAi motherboard and AMD Athlon XP 2400+ as
> my processor and I have the following problem with the system setup:
>
> Earlier today, when I was configuring my system for the very first
> time I noticed that my motherboard recognized my processor as a
> Athlon XP 1500+ (or something like that, can't remember accurately) I
> took a look at the PowerBIOS settings which hold the configuration to
> the FSB and CPU Clock settings, and I noticed that the multiplier was
> configured as "Auto" or similar and the system bus was operating only
> at 100 MHz. So I came into the following conclusion: as the CPU:s
> operating frequency is supposed to be 2.0 GHz I changed the
> multiplier to 10x and the system bus to 200 MHz. (10 x 200 = 2000
> aight?) After that my system wasn't bootable.

Set the FSB to 133(266) and leave multiplier to Auto - then it should work!

The manual stated that
> if a problem occurred due false overclocking configuration (which
> mine apparently was?) the screen goes blank and can be returned to a
> initial configuration by instantly pressing Insert. Unfortunately I
> didn't have that part of the manual open at that moment and when the
> screen just went blank I rebooted. The question is that should I have
> pressed Insert at the very moment that the screen went blank? Is
> there anything to do to revive my system back to life?
>

Keep Insert pressed while switching the system on - you are not returning to
the initial config but kinda Safe bios settings as far as I know. In other
words you have to config the whole bios back to Normal settings. In case the
Insert key does not work as expected u can remove or "short" the batterie
(see manual) which has the same effect (resetting the bios).

hth

Steve

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox (More info?)

Hi

Power off.
Press and hold insert then apply power. Keep INSERT held until you get a
screen then enter the BIOS and reset the CPU settings.

Assuming your AMD XP2400+ is a Model 8 then you should use...

133Mhz FSB for CPU (266) and set ratio to autio.

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"Sorgemus" <jarrerules@sunpoint-dot-net.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:41069a28$1_6@news.athenanews.com...
> Hiya,
>
> I try to make this as short as possible
>
> As you can see, I'm using 8KRAi motherboard and AMD Athlon XP 2400+ as
> my processor and I have the following problem with the system setup:
>
> Earlier today, when I was configuring my system for the very first
> time I noticed that my motherboard recognized my processor as a
> Athlon XP 1500+ (or something like that, can't remember accurately) I
> took a look at the PowerBIOS settings which hold the configuration to
> the FSB and CPU Clock settings, and I noticed that the multiplier was
> configured as "Auto" or similar and the system bus was operating only
> at 100 MHz. So I came into the following conclusion: as the CPU:s
> operating frequency is supposed to be 2.0 GHz I changed the
> multiplier to 10x and the system bus to 200 MHz. (10 x 200 = 2000
> aight?) After that my system wasn't bootable. The manual stated that
> if a problem occurred due false overclocking configuration (which
> mine apparently was?) the screen goes blank and can be returned to a
> initial configuration by instantly pressing Insert. Unfortunately I
> didn't have that part of the manual open at that moment and when the
> screen just went blank I rebooted. The question is that should I have
> pressed Insert at the very moment that the screen went blank? Is
> there anything to do to revive my system back to life?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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