problem with cpu

hi
iv just installed a mobile xp2500 barton into my machine
and easytune4 gives me a reading of 804mhz. every thing seems slow.
please help

GA-7VAXP with newest bios and drivers
512 pc2100
120gig wd
9800pro
was using xp2000

Off hand can't remember that bios too much. There is a jumper on the mobo for cpu clock. One position is 100MHz for the durons and old 200 bus TBirds. The other is auto I believ and is for 266 and 333 bus chips. Make sure this is on Auto as it should have been anyway for your XP2000+.

There are also jumpers in a block that can be used to set the multiplier manually if you have issues in the bios. I think they go up to 18 or higher.

I am drawing a blank on the bios now an can't hook mine up right now to check, but if you don't see options in the bios to set the fsb or cpu host frequency and the multiplier, hit CTRL F1 to bring up the advanced chipset features. I wouldn't start higher than a 166 fsb on that mobo and work the multiplier up. Turn off the top performance as that will stress your ram. Later you can try turning that on once you find your max OC. I think that mobo can reach a 200 frequency setting, but I wouldn't wager it will do that. Start 166 and 11 or 12 multiplier and hopefully you can bump the multiplier up a setp at a time to 14 or even 15. Anyway, that's a start for you. if you have more problems let us know. if noone else can help, I'll set up my GA-7vax again and try it out. Lack of desk space has prevented it for a while. I was hoping to pop a mobile on that myself for a quiet 2.0GHz system soon anyway.




ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt

there are no settings for the multiplyer in the bios settings.
iv had a look in the manual and the jumpers for the multiplyer go upto 12.5 and the other set of jumpers alow me to set them at 100 133 166

the first set is on auto
and the other is on 133

its rev 1.1 when i press ctrl f1 i get extre settings but they are mostly for graphics eg fast write, agp etc
would it make a differance if i changed the jumpers from 133 to 166

ok iv changed the jumpers to 166 and multi to 12.5
and now my cpu is running at 2087.50
however some strange things are happening like aplications are not shuting down properly this was also happening before at the lower frequency

iv put it onto floppy how do i run it?

It's a KT400, his mobo is fine.

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt

WHAT! Oh my, yes... sure it is.

If that was listed above, my fault for missing it. PC2100 is 266 DDR and you are trying a 333 fsb. Surprised it even booted into windows to be honest.

You have to either try a huge multiplier on a 133 bus, or run the memory async with the fsb. otherwise you need PC2700 or faster to OC the fsb to 166 or higher.


ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt

ok iv changed it back to 133 and 12.5 on the jumpers
but im still having the same problem. i open a program eg easytune4 and then i cant change anything as the mouse moves but i cant click on anything and i cant shut it down
but the keyboard still works
after i ctrl atl del it it starts working again for a while
this happens with other applications as well

Hi Paul.
It seems she had this problem before, with her old proc. I have had the same problem, and found that the mem failed test 6 in memtest86. AFAIK the only fix is to replace the memory. It could also be a bad windows install, but memtest is quick, and always a good idea.

Ah, I assumed no isues prior to the mobile chip Thx.


ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt

im using win2000pro
its not a usb mouse
iv put the xp2000 back in and it works fine now very stable.
how likely is it that its my ram as if it is what ram should I get?

im using a vantec airflow2 hsf

i cant seem to get memtest to work.
i downloaded it to floppy the rebooted with floppy as first boot devise and it just sayes something like error on disk.

ok iv done that, how long does it run for roughly and how do i know what the problem is?

Let it run for a few hours to be fairly certain, it will report errors on the screen, can't miss it.

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it idles at 60
would it be worth me getting pc3200? it seems to perform slower than it did with my xp2000 and pc2100

ok iv pulled the hsf off cleaned it reaplied grease
now my temp is idle 27 c and i played farcry for 20 mins and it went up to 29 c sounds a little bit better LOL.
ok my settings are at 166/12.5 thats as high as my mobo will let me go. so should i up the fsb or what would be better?
how should i test my jig to make sure its stable?

Easytune 4 should give you options on increasing the multiplier.
The prog I like for to use for checking stability is prime95, esp cause it's free. The sysoft sandra burn-in is good as well. I like to run mbm5 at the same time, just to keep an eye on temps.