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A7V133 & Athlon XP2100
Name: Ed Nusser Date: January 24, 2003 at 15:05:13 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: 1.73 GHz/384 MB
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I need some help with this CPU upgrading. I have a Asus A7V133, and am trying to upgrade from a 700 MHz Duron to a 1.73 GHz Athlon XP2100. With the Duron, I had the motherboard set at jumperfree mode and it detected the processor. But with the Athlon, the motherboard is not able to detect the processor. I'm thinking the BIOS needs updated; I went to the Asus website and found the latest BIOS that supports up to XP2200+. Problem is I never updated a BIOS before and wondering how hard is it. Could someone give me directions for this procedure. On a side note, if I were to set the CPU External Frequency Setting to 133.30 MHz and the BUS Frequency Multiple to 12.5x, that would give me 1667 MHz, not the 1.73 GHz but close, would the CPU work?
Name: 666 Date: January 24, 2003 at 19:35:38 Pacific
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the multiplier is locked so setting the multiplier manually would have no effect.
I would recomend to try to flash the BIOS with the duron in and then clear the cmos via the jumper. then try to put in the XP in and see what happens
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Response Number 2
Name: Ed Nusser Date: January 24, 2003 at 21:06:35 Pacific
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Once I flash the BIOS I could still keep this in jumperfree mode, right? Also in the BIOS there is a CPU frequency setting that can be user defined, problem is I don't know what the multiper is locked at. I downloaded the latest BIOS, but I'm not sure how to make a bootable floppy with Windows ME; need help?
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Response Number 3
Name: ExemptX2000 Date: January 24, 2003 at 21:17:35 Pacific
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Go here for boot disks www.bootdisk.com
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Response Number 4
Name: 666 Date: January 25, 2003 at 17:52:04 Pacific
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the multiplier is locked at 13x
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Response Number 5
Name: Ed Nusser Date: January 25, 2003 at 18:05:10 Pacific
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I flashed the BIOS, had Windows ME detect the XP2100 at the correct speed, but the BIOS was detecting it at 1400 MHz. Anyways, I made some changes in the BIOS: primary vga bios form PCI to AGP, set as PNP O/S, reset configuration data; saved changes and now the computer does not work! I think the BIOS is dead so I'm going to order a new Award BIOS chip. Fun part should be getting out the old BIOS. Hope this works, any suggestions!
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Response Number 6
Name: rleon Date: February 2, 2003 at 17:13:54 Pacific
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I had a similar problem: Iīm overclocking my xp1700 now itīs running at 1850mhz (150*12.5) but i canīt go with a multiplier of 13X, I flashed the bios but when I select 13X the processor run at 5X. ANYONE HAS A SUGGESTION i think this baby can make 1.9 2.0Ghz thanks from Chile
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Response Number 7
Name: James Kirkland Date: February 3, 2003 at 13:15:10 Pacific
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I am having the same problem as rleon. I have a nice new XP 1700+ Tbred-B, at 1825Mhz simply rock solid stable, but I cannot get my multiplier to go over 12.5. When I select the 5X/13X option, the multiplier defaults to 5X. If anyone knows how to force the 13X+ multipliers I would be very greatful for the info. Thanks.
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