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  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    k guys i got a sk-7 and mounted it with arctic silver 5 now at 32 C after folding @2GHz is that good i think im gonna boost it some more
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    good? good? It's excellent.

    38*C = 100*F; just keep that in mind as a reference point.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    k im @ 11x 200 1.85v, which is 2205 @ 36 C but when i try 12 it just wont load windows. any ideas
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    RAM settings, anyone??? No boot, CPU out of sync with RAM.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    bump fsb? what rev. is the a7n8x, or did we cover that already and I missed it?
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    1:1 ratio 2.5:3:3:8 this is suppost to run pc3500 stco according to pny
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    can you up the fsb? I'm not familiar with that board.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    in the bios 200 is the highest is there anyway around that? Geeky1 its a rev 2 board
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    go to asus's site and download the newest bios for the rev. 2.0 boards and flash it.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    it says format a: /s but the /s switch isnt available in xp.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    don't need to. just format the disk (quick format) and copy the bios image (.bin, I believe) over to the disk.

    Leave it in the drive and reboot. Hit Alt+F2 during the POST and you'll be able to flash it using the integrated flash utility.

    Just make sure the readme doesn't say that you have to use a specific version of the flash software.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    thanks geeky :respect:
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    k i can get into the utility and i enter the filename and it says source file not found? im lost
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Hmm. So you hit alt+f2, and when that utility comes up, you enter "C18D1007.bin" without the quotes, and it says "source file not found"?
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    yup thats all i do and it says sorce file not found i even redownloaded the file i cant figure it out help
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited December 2003
    Set the multiplier to 12 and lower the fsb to 185. Roughly the same as 11*200.
    Then start incrementing the fsb little by little until you find it's max.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    how do i increase fsb in 5's mine in bios is 100,133,166,200
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited December 2003
    oh geez, your bios sucks.
    there must be an update out there to enable other increments.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Bud, I just thought of something

    In your current BIOS, under the advanced chipset features menu, there should be an option for like CPU parameters or something, that you can set to "user define"

    The reason you only have 100, 133, 166, and 200Mhz FSB speeds is because you haven't set the BIOS option for user-defined FSB speeds. With that enabled, you'll have access to the full range of speeds.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    ah i see :doh: I shall try that but the thing with the bios flash is making me sooooo mad :banghead:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Download this:
    http://www.asus.com/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=10&l3_id=23&m_id=1&f_name=awdflash.zip~zaqwedc

    That's the Award BIOS flash utility.

    Then go into my computer, and format the floppy as a boot disk... "copy system files" or whatever it is; I haven't used XP's format utility for a while.

    Then copy the (UNZIPPED) award bios utility to the disk, along with the new bios. Leave the floppy in the drive and reboot.

    If you haven't already got the BIOS set to boot from the floppy first, do it now.

    The floppy will boot you to an a:\ command prompt; once there, type "awdflash.exe" and try flashing it that way.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Also, I suggest you reset the cpu speed to default, to make sure it doesn't freeze while you flash it. that would be a bad thing.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    what the stock barton at 166x11 right?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Yes. In fact, your best bet would be to go into the bios and hit "load fail safe defaults", then make sure it didn't change the boot order, and that the floppy is still your first boot device, then hit F10 and flash the bios after it restarts.

    The reason is that ANYTHING going wrong while you flash the BIOS will likely kill the BIOS, and then you're screwed until you get a replacement chip/board.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Rename the bios file to something very short. Eg. newbios.bin. Easier to find and sometimes DOS is a little picky on names ;)
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    True. Also true, many motherboard mfr's need the flash util to flash on floppy too, and it is nice to have that in case of a bad flash along with a backup before you flash-- on the floppy, not the HD, though you can tell manual flash utils these days to use files on HD at need if they are in a logical HD that is NOT USING THE NTFS file system. Seond, if a flash goes bad, the box may only be able to boot on a floppy. One other thing, if you get what looks like a bad flash, pull the CMOS cell with ALL power disconnected to mobo. That way, if what is bad is the CMOS table, when you put the battery back in 30-60 seconds later, the BIOS will rebuild it AND you will have a bootable box set to default values and can then set it up again. Which is why I keep telling folks to pull the CMOS battery on mobo to fix things when that might look stange to others who have not had to do this process many times (for me, hundreds of times).

    John.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    k did the bios update and still same thing in bios screen only options are 100/133/166/200 and max i can do is 11x200 for 2.2GHz. Any ideas?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Yes. I don't have my A7N8X available to me right now (it's a backup board, and my desk is taken up by my NF7-S) so I can't give you the exact menu, but under the advanced options (where the fsb controls are) there is a setting that you can change to "user defined" near the top of the screen, and from there you will enable the full range of FSB speeds.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    yeah mine is set as user defined and in the menu only those options i listed above are there
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Found a pic of the BIOS.

    Go to the advanced chipset features menu.

    then, go to "System Performance"; change it to user defined
    then, change "CPU frequency multiple" to user defined"

    You've now enabled fsb and multiplier adjustments.

    If you go farther down, you will see the "CPU vCore setting" label; change that to "user define" as well, and you will be able to adjust your CPU's voltage.
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