Fsb 400???

PressXPressX Working! New
edited September 2004 in Hardware
No post when FSB set to 200. Will post on 166 and 133 but CPU speed is incorrect. Any thoughts?

A7V400-MX
Twinmoss DDR 333 512 (and adata 333 512)
AMD ATHLON XP 3000+ 400FSB (AXDA3000DKV4E)

Motherboard does not support 400 Ram.

I have two systems with this config and tried it on both. Problem repeats it self. The only common factor is the same CPU in both systems. I am waiting for more stock to remove the CPU as a potential problem.
:banghead:


Marcus

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    Sounds like the combination of mobo and memory simply can't take the native FSB of the processor mate :(
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited August 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    Sounds like the combination of mobo and memory simply can't take the native FSB of the processor mate :(

    I concur on that too. Can you set the ram to run asynch from the fsb, where it will run at 166 when the proc fsb is at 200?
  • PressXPressX Working! New
    edited August 2004
    So why do the BAST@RDS give me a board with FSB of 400 but does not support RAM @ 400. I am going to swop the CPU before I give up completely. If this Fooks up I am going to start looking at another MOBO supplier... anyone like CHAINTECH or GIGABYTE maybe even MSI. trying to stay away from the buget crap... my competitors use the cheap stuff...
  • PressXPressX Working! New
    edited August 2004
    muddocktor wrote:
    I concur on that too. Can you set the ram to run asynch from the fsb, where it will run at 166 when the proc fsb is at 200?

    Not sure... will look
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited August 2004
    Gagabyte......I mean Gigabutte.........errr Gigabyte, no thanks. :D Too many issues.

    Chaintech....... I don't know about in the UK but here in the US their tech support and bios updating really sucks donkey balls.

    You might use Abit; I've had pretty good luck with their products and they are using good quality Japanese capacitors on their mobo's.

    You might try a stick of pc3200 in the Asus board and just see what happens. At most, it just won't work. It might be one of those things where they don't officially support pc3200 memory but it will actually run it just fine. The old Abit BH6 board I used to have supposedly wouldn't support Coppermine P3 procs either but it is still running a P3 1000E overclocked to 1120 in a friend of mine's machine. I don't think that old board will ever die; it's a good 5 years old.
  • PressXPressX Working! New
    edited August 2004
    I am OK with ABIT. Problem lies with a good supplier for them. I may try the 3200 MEM test. Chaintech support is not much better here. But saying that ASUS are proving to be not so good eh Shorty ;-)
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited August 2004
    I just looked at the manual and it looks like it will let you adjust the memory speeds on that board. Set it to run at 133 speed and see what happens. That chipset was originally not able to run at 200 fsb (KM400)and I bet they forgot to update the bios or manual to show what the memory would be running when the fsb is at 200.
  • PressXPressX Working! New
    edited August 2004
    I will look again tomorrow. Frustrating.
  • KINGPINKINGPIN PAKISTAN
    edited September 2004
    check fsb/dim ratio if it is 1/1 the ram will try to run at 400 and system will crash
  • PressXPressX Working! New
    edited September 2004
    thanks for the note kingpin. I got around it by usin a diff mobo. I will try aain with the asus another time I think. I had to get the rig built...
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