gpd 3.0

[tsman]

just received my new gpd 3.0 plugged it on my athlon 750 and the switches don't seem to be working, still at 7.5 in cmos. if i turn it around and plug onto cpu, system won't boot, so i think i have it on right, could it be a faulty gpd. Help

123*7.5

[tsman]

sorry was the GFD 3.0 device

[Murphy]

tsman (Mar 17, 2001 04:27 p.m.):
just received my new gpd 3.0 plugged it on my athlon 750 and the switches don't seem to be working, still at 7.5 in cmos. if i turn it around and plug onto cpu, system won't boot, so i think i have it on right, could it be a faulty gpd. Help

123*7.5 !?

Hi tsman!

In order to help you: tell me what mobo you've got and if you have used another GFD berfore to OC. Are you using the FSB and multiplyer I read here? They are very wrong!
Would you mind setting your FSB back to 100 first, before trying to set you multiplyer (any higher)? In general, first you start oc'ing your multiplyer and then your FSB. Also try to set voltage switches to 1.8V first, I had to do that for mine to work (I use TweakingDevice rev. 2.0, no external voltage, they are known to have some problems with certain mobo's especially the ASUS K7V kx133). After that you can set voltage in the bios to desired value to override. I don't use FSB oc'ing, it causes problems and my sys being unstable, but if you need to...
Sometimes my system won't boot after plugging the device on, then shut down power, pull it off, set it back on and try again. Just some of the fingers not connecting, but if you can boot, this is not the problem.

Maybe it's me not getting it. Is it that when you set to (for instance) 8.0 you still boot up in 750? Hope to hear from you.

[tsman]

Rob,
Thanks for you reply,
i have raised my fsb to 123, which the system is very stable at locked 7.5
Yes when i put the fingers on, set it to 8.0, it still reads at 7.5, not sure if that is suppose to happen i didn't think so. Right now i am very happy at running arond 920 mhz, but i know i can reach a gig. Any more help would be great, i havet hte abit ka7 100..

[Murphy]

tsman (Mar 18, 2001 09:06 a.m.):
Rob,
Thanks for you reply,
i have raised my fsb to 123, which the system is very stable at locked 7.5
Yes when i put the fingers on, set it to 8.0, it still reads at 7.5, not sure if that is suppose to happen i didn't think so. Right now i am very happy at running arond 920 mhz, but i know i can reach a gig. Any more help would be great, i havet hte abit ka7 100..
... "it still reads at 7.5, not sure if that is suppose to happen" No, this should not be happening, when you set mult. to 8.0 and FSB, you should have normal boot with a reading of athlon 800MHz and all of your appz. (WCPUID) telling it's a athlon 800.

I'm back. Well, the 920 is nice of course, but we can do higher. I assume you have tried to set back FSB to 100 and try again and it failed again. I'm not familiure with GFD 3.0 (yet), what brand is it, does it need external voltage? I don' think so, as it's a third revision. You've tried changing voltage with your GFD, did it work? There could be something odd with your GFD, in that case you can better do some quick research instead of waiting until the people you got it from won't help you anymore.
Maybe you've got some sort of bios block enabled. Got optimal CPU freq. enabled? I'm not familiure with KA7 100 mobo's, just know their quite good. Main cause could be the mobo, check your bios settings / jumpers, if you are not familiure with editing your bios, read your manual REAL well before doing this. Also try (if it's only just for one minute) if 1.8V will solve the problem.

If none of these tricks work, there's definitely something wrong with your GFD and you better return it soon! Also tried some other setting than 8.0 (try 6.5 or 7.0). Well, that's about the last idea I've got. Actually I never have seen this kind of problem before, but I'm sure we can solve it!

Succes, clock on!

[diehrd]

To change the multiplyer on the slot a athlons you need to set the L2 cache as well.The settings are 1/3 1/2 and 2/3.To know which to use this rule applies. The L2 cache will not run faster than 350mhz.That would be 1/2 L2 on the 700 slot processor.

Does that mother board allow you to set the L2 cache ?? If not go to tweak files.com and download it.

Also if I remember when you set the gfd to say 8 and the voltage to like 1.8,go into the bios and manually set the bios to match the goldfinger settings.

[Murphy]

diehrd (Mar 18, 2001 05:02 p.m.):
To change the multiplyer on the slot a athlons you need to set the L2 cache as well.The settings are 1/3 1/2 and 2/3.To know which to use this rule applies. The L2 cache will not run faster than 350mhz.That would be 1/2 L2 on the 700 slot processor.

Does that mother board allow you to set the L2 cache ?? If not go to tweak files.com and download it.

Also if I remember when you set the gfd to say 8 and the voltage to like 1.8,go into the bios and manually set the bios to match the goldfinger settings.

Ok, if you want to set L2 cache, go here: http://www.amdzone.com/files.cfm
Get mathlon V3.00beta, and when setting up your floppy you can use optimum ****, it runs stable for me, regardless which multiplyer you choose.

And the 350MHz max for L2 cache is just a rule of thumb, I do 800 now and can do 812MHz with further increased voltage stable with 1/2 cache, so mine can do 406MHz, it is 3.3ns rated at a week43 athlon with 650 core :D
Good thing about the voltage in the bios, as it overrides your hardware settings anyway. (for me) It doesn't have to match hardware settings, I leave my GFD to 1.8 always, setting it any lower (regardless of bios voltage setting) WON'T post! It's a flaw between the TD2.0 and K7V.

[Murphy]

hmm, amdzone page is acting weird, it should be under CPU utilities. If you can't get it, here's another link, just in case :)
http://www.nexus.hu/plusabit/english/index.html
use the direct download thingie on top of the page.