ok, ok, i geve up. the intel d845hv mobo is dead, i cant recover the bios.
but now mater,
now i have to bay a new mobo
wich mobo is gona be good for the pentium4 1600mhz ?
as i all rady sed, its for gaming, on board sound+lan is needed.
I'll try looking one up for you. You should try to get a pretty nice one so you can upgrade other components later. A 1.6 GHz P4 is a real limiter for a 9800 Pro. When you do get a new mobo, I suggest upgrading to >2 GHz, if you must keep the P4. Many people like AMD processors for gaming.
What FSB is your processor, 533 i think? Maybe 400?
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited May 2004
If you really have to keep the P4, get a motherboard with the i865PE or i875 chipset.
Memory bandwidth is a massive bottleneck for a P4, and a lack of it kills the chip's already subpar performance (on the basis of MHz : performance). Get a board with one of those chipsets, and get two identical sticks of DDR RAM (same size, speed, manufacturer, and model), if you don't already have them.
I'd suggest an ASUS, ABIT, or MSI board, rather than an Intel, simply because Intel boards are overpriced and lacking in features.
I am assuming that the processor is a socket 478 1.6 P4, right?
If you don't mind taking a slight chance on getting a bad board (not a very large chance, IMO), get a board from Newegg's reburb section like the Abit IS7-E , which is an i865 chipset board. I bought the IS7 variant a month or 2 ago from their refurbs and it is definitely a nice board. It's performance is right up there with it's more expensive cousin, the IC7.
hi.
yes, the processor is a socket 478 1.6 P4
but, i think my p4 1600mhz is a Willamette.
and the IS7-E is not support Willamette CPUs.
how can i know for shur if i got Willamette ?
look at this link: Why don’t IC7/IS7 series boards support Willamette CPUs?
thenx.
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Straight_ManGeeky, in my own wayNaples, FLIcrontian
edited May 2004
Has to be a Celeron or a Willamette P4. For Willamette, look for a board that supports a 400 FSB CPU. Spec you want will show 400/533/800 FSb in specs for board. Look at an Abit IC7-Max2 at Newegg, those AFAIK were not at all bad for Willamettes, and the Soyo Fire Dragon (Soyotek P4IY) that I have around somewhere in a box, but functional still, ran my Willamette 1.8 GHz CPU fine. I am conservative, the Willamette 1.8 I had only was OC'd to about 2-2.1 GHz on that Soyo board-- but I did have very good faster RAM than FSB base and that helped the box do some things better. Same board can run a Northwood 2.4 GHz at right about top end of its speed settings in BIOS if you flash the BIOS once you get one.
The willy has 256k of L2 cache onboard and the northy has 512K, I think the reason the 865/875 won't support the willamettes is that the voltage regulation for the willamette is too different from the c series northwoods but I could be wrong.
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What FSB is your processor, 533 i think? Maybe 400?
Memory bandwidth is a massive bottleneck for a P4, and a lack of it kills the chip's already subpar performance (on the basis of MHz : performance). Get a board with one of those chipsets, and get two identical sticks of DDR RAM (same size, speed, manufacturer, and model), if you don't already have them.
I'd suggest an ASUS, ABIT, or MSI board, rather than an Intel, simply because Intel boards are overpriced and lacking in features.
If you don't mind taking a slight chance on getting a bad board (not a very large chance, IMO), get a board from Newegg's reburb section like the Abit IS7-E , which is an i865 chipset board. I bought the IS7 variant a month or 2 ago from their refurbs and it is definitely a nice board. It's performance is right up there with it's more expensive cousin, the IC7.
yes, the processor is a socket 478 1.6 P4
but, i think my p4 1600mhz is a Willamette.
and the IS7-E is not support Willamette CPUs.
how can i know for shur if i got Willamette ?
look at this link:
Why don’t IC7/IS7 series boards support Willamette CPUs?
thenx.