3200 XP id'd as 1100mhz cpu? (7NNXP)

Hi,

I put a new 3200 XP Barton (CPUID 06A0 according to the POST message). It used to show as 3200 XP on POST but I flashed
with PR3ACHXP's F14 BIOS getting ready to do some more serious
tweaking and OC. I just put a water block on the CPU.
Now when I POST it says "Athlon 1100" and my Seti@home is
running somewhere between my 1900XP and my 2800XP in speed
(almost 3 hrs per WU!).

I flashed back the the latest BIOS I've seen on Gigabyte's site -
7NNXP.F15 and I get the same POST message. I've tried
setting the BIOS from "optimal" and mem at SPD - Auto -- and 100%
thinking they all should still show 400mhz DDR with this 200 FSB
CPU. I've set the cpu at "auto", and 200mhz and I <CTL-F1> into
the extra menus and tried tweaking it up a bit to 210mhz with
memory at 100% to run in synch. Left the multiplier at 11, then
lowered it a bit to 10 to try a higher FSB clock, and then finally put
it all back to "optimal" and 200mhz. Still no change in the POST
message on the cpu ID.

Always now POST's at 1100mhz!? I don't get it....
Any ideas appreciated.

GA-7NNXP
Geil Platinum PC4000 2x512M
1 80G IMB/Hitachi drive
danger den maze4 with external radiator and 2 120mm fans
cooling the cpu only so far....
etc, etc.

/amgthis

amgthis,
Maybe I just missed it, but what is the status of the fsb switch
(between the northbridge and the agp slot)???

What method did you use to flash?

When you flashed did you clear dmi in the flash menu?

Hi 3sixes,

I originally had the fsb switch in the wrong position (on) for
the 200mhz fsb support. The 3200 XP would post but windoze 2k
would crash or BSOD quickly on startup. I realized the switch was
in the wrong position and switched it to off - and now it boots fine
when BIOS is set for 200mhz.

I flashed using "FLASH872.exe" that came in the archive with
the gigabyte bios update "7NNXP.F15" off a boot floppy.
I've flashed back and forth using the gigabyte F15 bios and
Preacher's F14.

I did not clear the dmi in the flash menu, AFAIK. I'll have to look
at that when I get home. This option is in the flash menu that
you enter with one of the Fx keys when you boot??

Thanks for your input and suggestions....... I'll take a look.

/amgthis

As a follow up - last night even though the board reports "athlon 1100" on POST, I started jacking up the fsb speeds looking for
a limit. At the normal 11x multiplier for the 3200XP (at least I HOPE
that's the correct "stock" multi) I started raising the fsb clock from
200mhz. in 10 mhz increments. I couldn't get the box to hang or
crash all the way up to 300mhz! I find this a little hard to believe,
that this box is running at 3300 fsb stable! This morning I checked on
my seti@home progress before leaving for work and it's still taking
3.5 - 4 hrs to process one work unit so I know this number can't be
for real.......... (!!)

/amgthis

amgthis,
Well that's amazing, You are the first ive ever heard of with fsb at 300

Im gonna spot you a couple links all about the giga nforce2 boards.

http://www.amdforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=266766
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29691
http://mysite.freeserve.com/hoodspages/useful_links_page.htm

There is the most gigabyte nforce2 information that you will find all grouped together.

If ya need something, Holla

Thanks for that, 3sixes. I've read some of them but I'll make sure
I've looked at them all. I might try rolling back to an older bios
if nothing else works. And I'll definitely check out the clear dmi
deal in the flash menu.

tnx again,

/amgthis

Hey 3sixes,

Yo da man! I had changed the FSB switch to "off" thinking that was
correct for my 3200XP and that the fsb speed is really only 200mhz even though it is doubled in the cpu. Wrong.
I switched it back to auto and it reported a 3200 cpu. I did some minor
tweaking and I'm running at 11 x 225 for 2475 with the DDR dimms
.1v over and all other V unchanged. I had to relax the timing on the
DDR to 8-5-5-2.5 for now but I'll play with it more this weekend and
see how far I can push it with normal core V. I flashed the BIOS back to Preacher's F14 and all is well. My cpu is running right around
110 F which I'd like to see a little lower, but I have 2 x 120mm fans
(AC) in series on this radiator and I'll put them back in parallel so they run full speed this weekend - then it will be tweak city.

Thanks so much for your help this forum is the greatest.....

/amgthis

amgthis,
Well thats real good to hear
Now you can help to dispel the statements by those who like to claim that gigabyte boards are poor overclockers

Have fun, enjoy your new project

what was the subject of this thread
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29691

it says it does not exist anymore

3sixes said:

amgthis,
Well thats real good to hear
Now you can help to dispel the statements by those who like to claim that gigabyte boards are poor overclockers

Have fun, enjoy your new project

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I second that 3sixes nothing wrong with gigabyte boards at all. which is probably why we do not get that many postings coz we do not get that many problems

How do I adjust Vcore on a GA-7n400S-L???

I think you might have a counterfit chip. the only way to be sure is to buy a retail box ( I think I made the same mistake ,bought my 3200 barton off and ebay its always run really hot ) so I did some investigating and found this on the amd site ( answered alot of my questions) Now I have to pull my system down and do a fine check but I figure I got screwed because of the high high heat (57c at idle with a thermaltake heatpipe unit and fan )

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=35855

bummed me out, but I am now taking action through ebay to get my money back