Mobile Barton 2500+ Not Detected?

[russ_da_bus]

I put my Mobile Barton 2500+ in my NF7-S v2.0 mobo and in the bios Soft Menu it says 'Unknown CPU'. So i had to set the CPU to 'User Define' and manually set the FSB to 133 and the multi to 14 and the vcore to 1.45v. Is this how it should be? I have the official Abit D27 bios. I intend to overclock so i am not that bothered because i will be setting everything manually anyway but i was just curious about why it doesnt detect the CPU as a mobile barton 2500+.

FYI in CPU-Z it picks it up as a Mobile Barton 2500+.

 

[dicecca112]

no your fine, normally if you have the latest bios they recognize it, so I find this odd, but that's fine. That's what I had to do with my DFI Board and my xp-m 2600

 

[mudpark41]

None of the Stock Abit BIOS will correctly recognize the Mobile chips. Once you flash to a Merlin or TicTac BIOS It will be identifyed correctly.

 

[FSBxtreme]

Correct CPU name recognition is not important in overclocking. These cpu are for laptop so they're not included in the Desktop BIOS. It's normal.

Overclock with your current Abit bios first before flash to the modded bios. Keep data at all time.

 

[russ_da_bus]

Thanks for the info guys. I will probably have a go with the standard D27 before i try out the Merlin D27.

 

[mudpark41]

Also something Important to keep in mind, NEVER FLASH WHILE OVERCLOCKED!
Once you are ready to try the Merlin BIOS make sure you even underclock just to make sure your CPU does not mess up the Flash.

 

[russ_da_bus]

Also something Important to keep in mind, NEVER FLASH WHILE OVERCLOCKED!
Once you are ready to try the Merlin BIOS make sure you even underclock just to make sure your CPU does not mess up the Flash.

Cheers for the tip mudpark41

 

[isstern35]

i just got the NF7-s yesturday and it wont recognize my mobile its multipliers are locked also and the chip is unlocked
i dont get it

 

[russ_da_bus]

What bios version are you using - i am running official Abit D27.

Have you set the CPU settings to 'User Define' and tried changing the FSB/Multi?

If you have already tried the above then you could try a modded bios such as Merlin D27.

 

[isstern35]

im about to update the bio's but my multi and fsb are locked for some odd reason

 

[isstern35]

ohh yea and my corsair value ram is recognized as DDr266

 

[russ_da_bus]

Just flash the BIOS and see how you get on. The ram being detected as DDR266 is probably just because its currently running at 266, 1:1 ratio with FSB which is 266 @ stock on the mobile 2500+.

 

[isstern35]

russ i figured it out after 2 hours
thx alot man

 

[isstern35]

ohh yea were do i get the drivers for the network card and everything else from cuz the cd doesnt have it

 

[FSBxtreme]

Download your latest drivers here, it includes everything in there.

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

 

[russ_da_bus]

russ i figured it out after 2 hours
thx alot man

Hey no worries man, let us know how you get on with the overclock.

 

[isstern35]

can you tell me the default setting of a mobile 2500+ like the cpu core voltage and stuff like that
i never used such a complex bios before

 

[isstern35]

my computer wont boot in windows under stock voltage and stock everything else.
this thing is annoying

 

[isstern35]

forget what i said i got my cpu too 3200+ level so im good now gonna try to get it higher

 

[russ_da_bus]

Good effort isstern35, what temps are you getting @ 1.85v vcore?