Problem with bios

[Octivus]

I've been having some problems with the bios on my motherboard (An abit kr7a). I have an Athlon Xp 1700 installed, but it only wants to run at 1,100 mhz. I know it's a 1700 because it has run at those speeds in the past without overclocking, plus it said 1700 on the box . It's supposed to run at 1,466 mhz. I have the multiplier and the fsb settings correct. The fsb is 133 while the multiplier is 11. When I have the cpu running at 1100 it works fine, but when I set it to the 1700 settings it will boot, but will not send a signal to the monitor.

Any suggestions?

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[delpart]

It could be your CPU isn't properly seated but remmember to get some thermal compound from AMD before you reseat it. Also dust in any of the fans can be a problem and raise the CPU temp and lower the clock rate if you have a board with thermal protection. Finally, unless you are sure of your setting try setting your fsb and multiplier for 100/146 if possible which gives you 1460 instead of 1463. You might also try default setting for your BIOS and then changing your clock settings


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[Octivus]

I have some artic silver 3 that I've been using, so I dont think thats it.

I removed the cpu and checked it, so I know its seated properly.

Ive been trying to get it to boot again and again, but it just wont send a signal to the monitor or even beep.

I fear that my cpu has been fried, I wish I knew how.

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[10GHZ]

try the CPU in another computer and see if u get the same result, if so, then u might have to leave it at 1100mhz for now

 

[Octivus]

The heatsink wasnt seated properly! I feel so dumb . I turned the heatsink around because the way it's supposed to be seated, is facing a direction which makes it impossible to remove the heatsink without taking the motherboard out of the case. Bleh =/

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[Cooldoud]

Finally, is your CPU fried ? If so, I dont understand how it can work @ 1100 MHz.

 

[o1die]

Try bumping up the cpu voltage by .05 volts, and see if it posts at 133 fsb. If it does, then I would suspect the mobo isn't providing enough voltage. I would also run cpuid and check the voltage reading in the bios hardware monitor. It should be close to 1.75 volts.