Please take a look at this (big image) and tell me what the switches need to be set to. This pic was taken before I installed the mobo in the case.
I had just installed the cpu and hsf, and plugged in the wiring.
(and yes, I did plug in the hsf before I fired it up).
What's confusing about the switches is that the top one is upside down according to the lettering on it.
Vid card I tried in it is an 8X, known good. (I have it running in one of my other towers right now).
I'll try the last ditch attempt tomorrow, before I pull it out of the case to pack up for return.
Which cpu are you using on that board? I need the default multiplier. Set the CLK_SW switch to ON. (default is off)
If your cpu has a multi off 12, set the switches to the following:
0 X 0 0 0 0
If you have 11:
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 is ON and X is off.
If you set them all at X (which is default), it should auto detect what cpu you have. But you MUST set the CLK_SW switch to ON first of all. Otherwise, it won't detect that you have a 266 fsb, 333 fsb or 400 fsb cpu.
Thanks Mack. That's what I needed to know. I want to let it auto detect.
CPU is supposed to be a 1.4 tbird, although someone wrote 1.2 on it. (It was given to me)
I was using the cpu in another mobo, and I know it works.
I had to go to f-ing website and dl the f-ing pdf file, which I hate.
I needed help trying to understand the f-ing switches, which I have never seen before, and if I can't come here for help, then where can I go and not be told to read the f-ing manual?
Thanks :banghead:
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
edited November 2003
BDR had this to say
RTFM BDR
the f-ing manual didn't come the with f-ing mobo.
I had to go to f-ing website and dl the f-ing pdf file, which I hate.
I needed help trying to understand the f-ing switches, which I have never seen before, and if I can't come here for help, then where can I go and not be told to read the f-ing manual?
Thanks :banghead:
We understand your frustration BDR! Please calm down and breath deep. I think Mac should have you covered there. Please keep us posted. If that doesn't work the resort to beer and violence on your board. J/K
I had to go to f-ing website and dl the f-ing pdf file, which I hate.
I needed help trying to understand the f-ing switches, which I have never seen before, and if I can't come here for help, then where can I go and not be told to read the f-ing manual?
Did the stuff boot after the changes? If not, it's RMA time. 1.4 tbird huh? Positive it's a 266 fsb cpu and not a 200 fsb cpu? I dont remember if AMD ever made 1.4, 200 fsb cpus, that's why i ask. If 200 fsb cpu, set multi to 14 which is 0 X X 0 X 0
If you have a 266 fsb cpu, its 10,5 that is the multi (10.5*133) if auto doesn't work. 10.5 multi is X X X X 0 0 on those switches.
I think a dead mobo has got to be the hardest thing to troubleshoot IMHO ...so don't let it bother you.
I've had dead mobo's before ...once I got two in a row and they weren't refurbed.
You aren't too old for this forum ...some of us are older than you!
Abit sounds nice. I've never had a problem with Gigabyte. I'm not sure if I'm a fan of the rumors going around about Epox either. Both brands have worked wonderfully for me for years.
But Abit has allways been my favorite motherboard. This morning I turn on my old Abit mobo w/ p3 450. I turn on my current epox system w/ 1800+ at the same time. P3 450 booted up about 60 seconds before my new system :P. (Of course older one runs 98, stripped down quite a bit .. abit..haha =| )
BDR had this to say Sorry Mack. The person I got it from wrote 1.2 g 266 on the chip.
I packed the mobo up for RMA-ing.
Thanks, and sorry for the trouble.
I'm too old for this forum.
:sad2:
O whell, to bad we couldn't try. Good luck wherever you go in the future.
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
edited November 2003
Hey, easy there folks I was born in '55 also.
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited November 2003
I've just found this thread. Sittin' back after church with a glass of wine, I've had one heck of a laugh. This is hilarious, at least from a detached stance.
BDR, we really do love you. You add a lot to the forums. When the frustration is over concerning your motherboard (Lord knows I've had the same frustrations), you'll look back on this thread and laugh too.
I sincerely hope your next board is a 'first time go' when you first install it.
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I had just installed the cpu and hsf, and plugged in the wiring.
(and yes, I did plug in the hsf before I fired it up).
What's confusing about the switches is that the top one is upside down according to the lettering on it.
Vid card I tried in it is an 8X, known good. (I have it running in one of my other towers right now).
I'll try the last ditch attempt tomorrow, before I pull it out of the case to pack up for return.
Wha? It's cold outside!
He-whore.
If your cpu has a multi off 12, set the switches to the following:
0 X 0 0 0 0
If you have 11:
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 is ON and X is off.
If you set them all at X (which is default), it should auto detect what cpu you have. But you MUST set the CLK_SW switch to ON first of all. Otherwise, it won't detect that you have a 266 fsb, 333 fsb or 400 fsb cpu.
RTFM BDR.
CPU is supposed to be a 1.4 tbird, although someone wrote 1.2 on it. (It was given to me)
I was using the cpu in another mobo, and I know it works.
the f-ing manual didn't come the with f-ing mobo.
I had to go to f-ing website and dl the f-ing pdf file, which I hate.
I needed help trying to understand the f-ing switches, which I have never seen before, and if I can't come here for help, then where can I go and not be told to read the f-ing manual?
Thanks :banghead:
We understand your frustration BDR! Please calm down and breath deep. I think Mac should have you covered there. Please keep us posted. If that doesn't work the resort to beer and violence on your board.
FFS, knock it off.
Here's the download link to the manual:
http://america.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/FileList/Manual/manual_7n400pro2_e.pdf
Loosen up please. I refuse to stay on my toes just because you are sensitive to jokes. And you are welcome, i hope this solves the problem.
EDIT**// Seeing now that you actually already have the manual ,so ditch the link.
I have the pdf file already.
and excuse me for not automaticly knowing it was a "joke".
As for the "sensitive" remark.
pfft @you
If you have a 266 fsb cpu, its 10,5 that is the multi (10.5*133) if auto doesn't work. 10.5 multi is X X X X 0 0 on those switches.
I packed the mobo up for RMA-ing.
Thanks, and sorry for the trouble.
I'm too old for this forum.
:sad2:
I've had dead mobo's before ...once I got two in a row and they weren't refurbed.
You aren't too old for this forum ...some of us are older than you!
Have another banana.
so you remember the building of the pyramids n stuff? LOL j/k
remember? I think I was there at the planning stage.
Abit sounds nice. I've never had a problem with Gigabyte. I'm not sure if I'm a fan of the rumors going around about Epox either. Both brands have worked wonderfully for me for years.
But Abit has allways been my favorite motherboard. This morning I turn on my old Abit mobo w/ p3 450. I turn on my current epox system w/ 1800+ at the same time. P3 450 booted up about 60 seconds before my new system :P. (Of course older one runs 98, stripped down quite a bit .. abit..haha =| )
O whell, to bad we couldn't try. Good luck wherever you go in the future.
I've just found this thread. Sittin' back after church with a glass of wine, I've had one heck of a laugh. This is hilarious, at least from a detached stance.
BDR, we really do love you. You add a lot to the forums. When the frustration is over concerning your motherboard (Lord knows I've had the same frustrations), you'll look back on this thread and laugh too.
I sincerely hope your next board is a 'first time go' when you first install it.
Cheers,
Leo