problem with Triton G7 and AMD Athlon XP 3300+

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I don't know if this is what should happen or not, but my shiny new Gigabyte
G7 Triton board (should be fine with a 400 FSB CPU) detects my AMD Athlon XP
3300+ as an "AMD 1100 MHz" CPU. I believe that it should clock at 2200 MHz.
The mb switches are all set to auto-detect the CPU. Setting the detect
switche to manual and multiplier to 11x make no difference (BIOS says the
same thing).

The values displayed by the BIOS and described in the manual seem to be a
little strange as well. For instance, the manual implies that you should set
the mb to 100 MHz for a 200 MHz FSB CPU, and it shows 200 MHz for my 400-MHz
FSB 3300+. Is this correct?

Thanks,

--
John Goulden

 

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

Usually the frequency is set either by a jumper on the board or in the BIOS.
It always defaults to a safe 100Mhz in case you are using an older chip.
It is quite different to multiplier - for now leave that to auto detect
CPU - but you do need to set your frequency to 200Mhz - thus 11 x 200
=2200Mhz - look in your mobo manual!
"John D. Goulden" <jgoulden_news@goulden.org> wrote in message
news:ccgsvu02fie@news4.newsguy.com...
> I don't know if this is what should happen or not, but my shiny new
Gigabyte
> G7 Triton board (should be fine with a 400 FSB CPU) detects my AMD Athlon
XP
> 3300+ as an "AMD 1100 MHz" CPU. I believe that it should clock at 2200
MHz.
> The mb switches are all set to auto-detect the CPU. Setting the detect
> switche to manual and multiplier to 11x make no difference (BIOS says the
> same thing).
>
> The values displayed by the BIOS and described in the manual seem to be a
> little strange as well. For instance, the manual implies that you should
set
> the mb to 100 MHz for a 200 MHz FSB CPU, and it shows 200 MHz for my
400-MHz
> FSB 3300+. Is this correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> John Goulden
>
>

 

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

> Usually the frequency is set either by a jumper on the board or in the
BIOS.
> It always defaults to a safe 100Mhz in case you are using an older chip.
> It is quite different to multiplier - for now leave that to auto detect
> CPU - but you do need to set your frequency to 200Mhz - thus 11 x 200
> =2200Mhz - look in your mobo manual!

As I said in the op, the relevant mb switches are set to auto-detect, not
100 MHz.

--
John Goulden

 

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

....with the help of gigabyte.tw tech support. The solution was to load the
default BIOS values, then load the optimal BIOS values. After that it
auto-detects the cpu as an Athlon XP 3300+. Why it didn't work out of the
box is a mystery, but thanks gigabyte.tw tech support!

--
John Goulden


"John D. Goulden" <jgoulden_news@goulden.org> wrote in message
news:ccjja3013l@news4.newsguy.com...
> > Usually the frequency is set either by a jumper on the board or in the
> BIOS.
> > It always defaults to a safe 100Mhz in case you are using an older chip.
> > It is quite different to multiplier - for now leave that to auto detect
> > CPU - but you do need to set your frequency to 200Mhz - thus 11 x 200
> > =2200Mhz - look in your mobo manual!
>
> As I said in the op, the relevant mb switches are set to auto-detect, not
> 100 MHz.
>
> --
> John Goulden
>
>