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Hi everyone,
I'm currently running 1800+@stock w/ L5 mod on Asus A7M266-D. It has been running great, and rock solid on Windows XP SP1 (my school is giving them for free
).
This afternoon, when i decide to install Gentoo on my system. I've been a Gentoo user for sometime and feel very comfortable about the installation. I booted SMP kernel from the liveCD. It hanged. I got it pass the CPU detection then it hanged. It did detect 2 CPU at 1.53ghz.
So then i booted non-SMP kernel after several times of trying SMP kernel. It booted fine, my LiveCD is 1.4 athlonXP version (2 CDs).
So hmmm i wondered why, and start to dig for the cause. I checked the bios make sure it sets the CPU speed at default. Then reboot, carefully looked at the boot screen, and:
Yes thats what it showed me, i started to see why there is a "*" there. (Correct me but i cant recall if thats the way it should be, i wasnt paying any attention since the L5_mod was done) . So i "think" the Mod doesnt work now. I went to the bios again, check the CPU speed to "Manually" and make sure FSB runs at 133mhz (1.53ghz for the CPUs). Rebooted again, and:
This time it showed "MP", and there was still a "*" there.
I let it booted to WinXP, i checked the TaskManagement. It did show 2 CPUs usage bars. Hmmm... However the weird thing was that, the usage seemed to be at the same level . I'm sorry if that sounded stupid but i really didnt pay attention when i was using it b4 (Well i dont have much time, CS assignments keeps me real busy).
I went to check on WCPUID, it showed "XP" but there're "Processor1" and Processor2".
So, my questions are : Does this mean the L5mod has gone bad? or Does it mean my board has recognized only 1 CPU? I think probably last time when i mounted the HSFs, i cleaned the CPUs with too much alcohol .
Any inputs are very much appreciated. I'm very sorry for such a long post, but i want to describe my problem as clear as i cant.
Thanks in advance
MameXP
PS. the LiveCDs are fine. I used it to install Gentoo on a Quad Xeons system (Dell Poweredge)
I'm currently running 1800+@stock w/ L5 mod on Asus A7M266-D. It has been running great, and rock solid on Windows XP SP1 (my school is giving them for free
).This afternoon, when i decide to install Gentoo on my system. I've been a Gentoo user for sometime and feel very comfortable about the installation. I booted SMP kernel from the liveCD. It hanged
. I got it pass the CPU detection then it hanged. It did detect 2 CPU at 1.53ghz.So then i booted non-SMP kernel after several times of trying SMP kernel. It booted fine, my LiveCD is 1.4 athlonXP version (2 CDs).
So hmmm i wondered why, and start to dig for the cause. I checked the bios make sure it sets the CPU speed at default. Then reboot, carefully looked at the boot screen, and:
Yes thats what it showed me, i started to see why there is a "*" there. (Correct me but i cant recall if thats the way it should be, i wasnt paying any attention since the L5_mod was done) . So i "think" the Mod doesnt work now
. I went to the bios again, check the CPU speed to "Manually" and make sure FSB runs at 133mhz (1.53ghz for the CPUs). Rebooted again, and:This time it showed "MP"
, and there was still a "*" there.I let it booted to WinXP, i checked the TaskManagement. It did show 2 CPUs usage bars. Hmmm... However the weird thing was that, the usage seemed to be at the same level
. I'm sorry if that sounded stupid but i really didnt pay attention when i was using it b4 (Well i dont have much time, CS assignments keeps me real busy).I went to check on WCPUID, it showed "XP" but there're "Processor1" and Processor2".
So, my questions are : Does this mean the L5mod has gone bad? or Does it mean my board has recognized only 1 CPU? I think probably last time when i mounted the HSFs, i cleaned the CPUs with too much alcohol .
Any inputs are very much appreciated. I'm very sorry for such a long post, but i want to describe my problem as clear as i cant.
Thanks in advance
MameXP
PS. the LiveCDs are fine. I used it to install Gentoo on a Quad Xeons system (Dell Poweredge)
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