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My motherboard is a bit old, it cant run AMD Athlon xp 2200+..
Here is the story:
I went on ebay.com and buyed a AMD Athlon xp 2200+, 5 days later it was in my mailbox (at home), then i installed it in my PC and turned it on... Then, nothing turned on, not boot menu or loading screen... On internet it said that my motherboard only supported cpu with the name: 2000+
... hmpf....
so the question is: how can i make my motherboard run 2200+, REALY NEED HELP...nuFF3
Complete waste of money. Your system is old/outdated. Even with the 2200+, you'd only be gaining 133MHz. It's certainly not worth whatever you paid for it, unless you got it for $5 w/free shipping? Even with your crappy motherboard, you should have been able to overclock your 2000+ to 1800MHz (same speed as the 2200+) simply by raising the FSB from 133MHz to 144MHz..
You're just spinning your wheels. You're not gonna turn that old rig into a modern gaming machine no matter how much money you throw at it.
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MSI says it will support that processor...and faster processors too.
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?...
Good chance you bought a pooched cpu?
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BIOS settings to overclock to 2000+ to 1800MHz:
Spread Spectrum = disabled
CPU FSB Clock (Mhz) = 144
CPU:DRAM Clock Ratio = 1:1
CPU Vcore Adjust = increase as necessary to stablize the overclock.
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thanks for helping me with my old and rusty computer... but one thing, on my other forum thingy: ati radeon hd 2600 xt, that agp 4x and 8x... i changed it to 1x, on audiosurf, no lag... thanks... :D
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For vCore when overclocking crappy overclocking chipsets like via and SiS, I usually wind up raising the vCore .050 to .075v.
For a Tbred with default of 1.650, my first adjustment is to 1.675, then to 1.700 and then 1.725. Watch temperatures closely.
If you start with a 1.75v vCore processor, remember they run hotter to begin with and going to 1.800v can really heat things up with stock coolers.
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ok... the BIOS update din't work, "This system does not support fullscreemmode. Choose 'close' to terminate the application."
? the update failed me =,(
and when i changed the FSB to 144Mhz, the system failed... hmm...
but now i'm running the FSB on 140Mhz works better... A little better.thanks.
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"the BIOS update din't work"
Did you follow the BIOS Flash instructions exactly?
Did you create a new folder in the root directory (C:) & name it "TEST", then copy the fles A6561SMS.170 & amifl827.exe to the TEST folder?
Did you create a Win98 boot floppy, boot off it, then using your DOS skills, go to the C:\TEST folder & run the executable?
C:\test>amifl827 A6561SMS.170 <ENTER>
"when i changed the FSB to 144Mhz, the system failed... hmm..."
Did you increase the CPU voltage? If so, by how much? You never did answer as to whether your CPU is a Palomino or a Tbred...each overclock differently & they have different voltage requirements. If you don't provide all the info we ask for, we can't give you the answers you need.
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My CPU is a Tbred. But now its working like the AMD Athlon xp 2200+, on 1,8Ghz... w00t, only the Ghz is on 1,786 etc, almost 1,8Ghz
I will try TEST folder thingyThe help so far help much, thanks...
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Don't just try the test folder thingy.
Follow bios flash instructions to the letter. You do anything else and you stand the chance of owning a new doorstop instead of a computer.
Think I'm kiddin'...assure you I'm not. Many of us have missed one step in the bios upgrade process and ruined a motherboard.
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Ok... But soon I'll bye a new computer
Here is the link:http://www.ernis.no/konfigurer.php?maskin_id=12
Its on norwegian... :P
its a over-powered PC, check your self...
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Choose a different board, different RAM, different video card & different power supply & you'll have a decent machine...lol. Seriously, it's not a bad config, but it could (& probably should) be better.
Why?
1. the board is OK but the P35 chipset is already showing it's age. P45 would be a better choice.
2. the RAM leaves no room for overclocking. IMO, there's little reason to run less than PC2-6400 (DDR2-800) these days, even if you have to underclock it.
3. video card is questionable. Not that the HD4870 is a bad card, but the 1GB version cost at least $50 more than the 512MB version & that 1GB is *usually* clocked slower. Compare the specs.
4. the power supply is the "life's blood" of any system. Maybe Chieftec's quality has improved, but they used to be a lower end brand best to be avoided.
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The ATI HD4870 is very vast, if you down know the memory clock speed on it, 3,6Ghz... hehe. but the ram sucks balls, on komplett.no they cost 400kr (Ca 50 dollars, new)... and the power supply is, hmm. BAD... but the motherboard is good enough.
harddrive is good too.. cpu, the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3,16Ghz L2 6Mb Cache) is also good.
The whole thing cost Ca: 1200 dollars, and its new, never used.
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"3,6Ghz... hehe"
Actually it's 900MHz but they love to use theoretical ratings to make it appear faster.
"The whole thing cost Ca: 1200 dollars, and its new, never used"
That's a lot of money considering the configuration, but it's your money. Did you look into the Core i7?
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Yeah, it is a lot of money. The AMD rig we've been talking about will cost about 200 bucks US for motherboard, processor, 4Gb 1066 memory, and hsf. I'm sure a case, hdd, optical drive, floppy, a good psu, and a HD4870 512Mb GDDR5 card would only eat up another 300.
Although that's more video card than I need or want (would probably start with a HD3450 Xfired with the motherboard graphics), the entire machine would come in at about 700CAD. Knock off another $125US for my different graphic card choice and I think I could run with the above core2Duo rig for about $500CAD/
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