Barton 2600+ and A7N8X-Deluxe, what now?

GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
edited January 2004 in Hardware
I just got the new parts for my girlfriend's PC in. I set her up with Buffalo PC3200 with Winbond CH-5 chips, a Newegg refurb A7N8X-Deluxe v2.0, and the XP2600+ that wouldn't comfortably do 2.3 GHz in my Primary.

The PC won't POST with the Barton in it. I put in my spare processor, and Duron 1.4, and logged in and it worked fine. I updated to the latest BIOS. Then I put the Barton back in and it wouldn't POST again!?!? I'm running it with the Duron at 10.5x166 right now and it's running fine at 1.75GHz, but won't run the Barton stock. Any ideas?

Comments

  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited January 2004
    Tried the barton on another pc? If it works, the next thing I'd question it's integrity would be the board. Maybe that's the reason it was sent back in the first place?
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    I tried the Barton in my Primary rig and it worked, but seemed to need a lot of voltage. My guess was that the Asus board was not properly detecting that the chip needed 1.65V to run stock, and as such was still only supplying the 1.5V that the Duron needs, so it didn't post. If that's way off base, please let me know.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    It should safe boot to 1100 mhz if it detects a change in the setting so that you can always boot. That's the whole point of the fail/safe reset. Somethings weird with that bios if it doesn't boot the Barton. Replace the bios chip is my 2 cents.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited January 2004
    I'd just send it back so that you don't lose the 15 day warranty newegg gives out on refurbs.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    I can't wait until my girlfriend beats me in the head for the downtime on her PC. :(
  • gibbonslgibbonsl Grand Forks AFB
    edited January 2004
    have you try clearing the bios with the barton in it?
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited January 2004
    Tried changing out the power supply? Asus boards used to get pretty funky with the PSU's. That and the bios are both worth a shot before you send it back.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    I cleared CMOS with the Barton in, but haven't changed the PSU on it - the voltages all look pretty stable in BIOS...
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