On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 00:15, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 07:06 pm, John McQuillen wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 03:18, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > Well, all is well with the system now but I will still need a new mobo to > > > take advantage of the CPU. I have finally figured out the trick to > > > "overclocking" the system and have found that this board will simply not > > > do an FSB of 133 Mhz. Setting the frequency to 133 prevents the computer > > > from even attempting to post. I cannot even get to bios to reset it. I > > > have to unplug the system and pull the bios battery to reset the bios to > > > defaults so I can boot up again. I have since successfully bumped the > > > FSB up to a mere 110 Mhz. I will try bumping it up again and again until > > > it fails and just go below that. > > > > > > This board wont even handle what the MSI sites say it will. It is > > > supposedly capable of using up to an XP 2600+ which requires an FSB > > > higher than this thing can actually handle. > > > > I haven't been following this thread closely, but are you sure that you > > haven't got an old sound card, network card, or something else that is > > not handling the 133MHz bus speed? > > > > Just guessing, as I have had a similar problem in the past with older > > cards. > > A soundcard or network card would prevent even getting up to bios?
I can see how it could happen... Since most BIOS's I've worked with do, do hardware detecting and IRQ setting (even though the OS then ignores all this.) As well as card/hardware initialization. I have ages ago had a sound card that would prevent any box it was inserted into from booting. James > My > soundcard is a SB16 and the network card is a 3com 3C900B-TPO [Etherlink XL > TPO]. > > praedor > - -- > The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible > dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is > essential to the welfare of the public. > - --Justice Hugo Black > > GnuPG fingerprint: > D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+5tcfaKr9sJYeTxgRAp5YAKCf9952wBb7ZOU//XjX0DLm/KmMHwCgkuNh > w7Q2ofs2qM4uEO8mWPAHNBQ= > =3oXH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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