hi all,
i have an A7V333 with an Athlon XP 2100+ and 1 GB of Corsair XMS DDR333 (two stick of 512 MB each). this board is not over clocked, as it is a work computer and i need maximum reliabilty. power is a 550-watt Enermax, and there are plenty of fans for cooling. i have run this combo for about 2.5 years now, and was looking to upgrade the CPU and add more RAM.
recently, i bought one more stick of the same Corsair RAM (same stuff but newer version than the other 2 sticks) and put it in. worked fine for the afternoon, so i turned to updating the BIOS to support the new Athlon XP 3000+ CPU i bought. i went from BIOS version 1015 to 1017, which was what i was supposed to need to run the new CPU.
after flashing, the computer would no longer boot up with the 2100+ set at the proper speed of 1733 MHz (13x133). it would crash, freeze, spontaneously reboot, etc as if it had been overclocked (but it was not). when i set the machine down to 1300 MHz (10x133), it seemed to work.
anyway, long story short, i found out the 3000+ CPU will not work with the version of the A7V333 i have, so i have set that aside. i never even unmounted the old CPU from the board, i just pulled the RAM out and re-seated it.
i reflashed the BIOS back to the 1015 version, which seemed more stable. but, i still cannot run the CPU at the regular speed. i have to run it at 1300 to keep the machine from rebooting. like i said, the symptoms are exactly like it was overclocked, but it is not. i even took out the 3rd (new) stick of RAM to put the config back to exactly what it was, but still no. so, currently, i am running with 512 MB of RAM (one stick) at 1300 MHz for stability.
i need advice! what else might have gone wrong here? since i put everything back as it was, why can't i run at the normal speed? since the machine has been running so well, so long, i am truly sorry i even messed with it. murphy's law seems to get me every time. and, what's with this board not supporting these newer CPUs. its a 1.01 version and the newer CPUs are only supported by version 2.0 or higher.
any advice?
i have an A7V333 with an Athlon XP 2100+ and 1 GB of Corsair XMS DDR333 (two stick of 512 MB each). this board is not over clocked, as it is a work computer and i need maximum reliabilty. power is a 550-watt Enermax, and there are plenty of fans for cooling. i have run this combo for about 2.5 years now, and was looking to upgrade the CPU and add more RAM.
recently, i bought one more stick of the same Corsair RAM (same stuff but newer version than the other 2 sticks) and put it in. worked fine for the afternoon, so i turned to updating the BIOS to support the new Athlon XP 3000+ CPU i bought. i went from BIOS version 1015 to 1017, which was what i was supposed to need to run the new CPU.
after flashing, the computer would no longer boot up with the 2100+ set at the proper speed of 1733 MHz (13x133). it would crash, freeze, spontaneously reboot, etc as if it had been overclocked (but it was not). when i set the machine down to 1300 MHz (10x133), it seemed to work.
anyway, long story short, i found out the 3000+ CPU will not work with the version of the A7V333 i have, so i have set that aside. i never even unmounted the old CPU from the board, i just pulled the RAM out and re-seated it.
i reflashed the BIOS back to the 1015 version, which seemed more stable. but, i still cannot run the CPU at the regular speed. i have to run it at 1300 to keep the machine from rebooting. like i said, the symptoms are exactly like it was overclocked, but it is not. i even took out the 3rd (new) stick of RAM to put the config back to exactly what it was, but still no. so, currently, i am running with 512 MB of RAM (one stick) at 1300 MHz for stability.
i need advice! what else might have gone wrong here? since i put everything back as it was, why can't i run at the normal speed? since the machine has been running so well, so long, i am truly sorry i even messed with it. murphy's law seems to get me every time. and, what's with this board not supporting these newer CPUs. its a 1.01 version and the newer CPUs are only supported by version 2.0 or higher.
any advice?
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