Problem with PCChips M848ALU and Athlon XP 3200+

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I have purchased two PCChips M848ALU motherboards, and are having a
problem with each of them. It seems to work OK with an AMD Athlon XP
2100+ processor, but not with an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor. If I
use the 3200+ it will only power on if the jumper (JP1) has been
cleared, and then reset. If I then reboot, nothing comes up on the
screen.

I have updated the motherboard with the latest firmware, but still
have the same problem.

I have tried another 3200+ processor, and I am having the same
problem.

Anyone got any ideas ??

Thanks in advance,
Daniel

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Not Junk.....

I've built a number of machines in recent years based on PCChips boards.
They're cheap and unexciting - but they do the job. They don't have the
bells, whistles or manuals ) that other manufactures offer. But who reads
the manual anyway? And (as a "for instance" ) I think that IR and Firewire
will have come and gone without me ever have used or fitted one of these
devices... )

Regarding the OP question: did you check that the M848ALU supports 200FSB
Barton cored XP's.....?

..... didn't think so.

Pete

"Hamman" <none@example.com> wrote in message
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> "Daniel" <news@djbnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>I have purchased two PCChips M848ALU motherboards, and are having a
>> problem with each of them. It seems to work OK with an AMD Athlon XP
>> 2100+ processor, but not with an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor. If I
>> use the 3200+ it will only power on if the jumper (JP1) has been
>> cleared, and then reset. If I then reboot, nothing comes up on the
>> screen.
>>
>> I have updated the motherboard with the latest firmware, but still
>> have the same problem.
>>
>> I have tried another 3200+ processor, and I am having the same
>> problem.
>>
>> Anyone got any ideas ??
>>
> Junk / return the boards. Even when PCChips boards work theres a massive
> preformance hit.
>
> www.overclockers.co.uk have a spakle nForce2 for £30 GBP
>
> hamman
>

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Didn't say it couldn't )

But as you've found out, it only suports a FSB of 200MHz by manually
overclocking.

Pete


"Daniel" <djb2002@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> "Immuno" <immunodevice@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Regarding the OP question: did you check that the M848ALU supports 200FSB
>> Barton cored XP's.....?
>>
>> .... didn't think so.
>>
>> Pete
>
> Hi Pete,
>
> Yes, it does - Managed to get it work by manually setting the the ratio
> for CPU/Memory.
>
> Don't you mean 400FSB ?? - Or is that just another way of putting it ?
>
> Thanks
> Daniel
>