[Polandspring88]

I have had this problem pretty much for the entire life of my desktop that was built back in the December-January time frame. Whenever I boot up my computer it kicks me directly into the BIOS and says that there was a hang-up due to an incorrect CPU setting. Motherboard is an ASUS A7V600-x and my processor is an AMD Athlon 2500+. I have the clock speed set at 1833 Mhz, yet if I try and boot with this speed it gives me the error and I have to up it to 2200 Mhz. When I try and boot with the clock speed at 2200 Mhz it has the same error and will only boot up once I change the clock speed back to 1833 Mhz. Once in Windows, the computer will not restart, I tell it to restart yet it just seems to shut down Windows but is still running. A little background though, this motherboard was given to me by my older brother. He had run an AMD Athlon 3200+ on the same board but had overclocked it, so when I first installed my CPU the board had it overclocked and I had to down clock it. I am not quite sure how to go about resolving the problem, and neither are my father or brothers. Tips or suggestions?

 

[ÆX]

can your ram handle the cpu speed setting?

how much and what speed ram?

 

[Polandspring88]

It should be able to handle it, I have a 512 Mb chip, not overclocked at all. Yes, it is compatible with the motherboard.

 

[Crazy Sweeper]

It's been a while since I've overclocked, but there are two settings that goes into that MHZ rating: a speed and a multiple. Try using some basic math and getting your desired MHZ with a different multiple.

 

[firetoole]

Stop trying to G-ride your CPU!!!

a 1992 ford Escort with rims and a Turbo is still a Ford Escort
just face reality and drive it!

 

[Polandspring88]

Stop trying to G-ride your CPU!!!

a 1992 ford Escort with rims and a Turbo is still a Ford Escort
just face reality and drive it!

I didn't do anything to my CPU. My brother was the one that originally overclocked his. I do not see the need to overclock.

 

[firetoole]

Are you changing the clock speed with BIOS or a program?

there should be a auto setting to detect your chipset, if that doesn't work I would say the Chip or board had some burnage.
if you have access to another chip try to pop it in there and see what happens.

 

[Polandspring88]

Are you changing the clock speed with BIOS or a program?

there should be a auto setting to detect your chipset, if that doesn't work I would say the Chip or board had some burnage.
if you have access to another chip try to pop it in there and see what happens.

I am changing the clock speed in the BIOS. I guess I can try a different chip when I get home.

 

[Kornphlake]

It almost sounds like your CMOS battery is dead or going dead. Have you tried replacing it? Also some of those 2500+ CPUs came with locked multipliers and overclockers would break off one pin to unlock the multiplier for some reason. If you aren't the first owner of the CPU you might check the pins to make sure they're all there. I can't imagine missing a pin would make for a stable CPU.

 

[H8R]

It almost sounds like your CMOS battery is dead or going dead.

Or the northbridge, etc are toasty. A chipset in a mobo that was o'clocked like that...well it's hard to pin down a problem w/ a board that has been through the ringer.

Have you tried the 2500 in a newer mobo?

 

[H8R]

Just a double check...

It's all set as stock, right?


Core Voltage 1.65v
Frontside Bus 166 MHz
Multiplier 11x
Clock Speed 1883 MHz

 

[Polandspring88]

The motherboard is not very old, perhaps 8 months at the most. We tried resetting the CMOS, but that did not do much. All of the BIOS settings were returned to default after toying around a little bit and that still did not solve it. The CPU was purchased new in December, so I doubt it was damaged to begin with unless it was a factory defect.

 

[H8R]

The motherboard is not very old, perhaps 8 months at the most. We tried resetting the CMOS, but that did not do much. All of the BIOS settings were returned to default after toying around a little bit and that still did not solve it. The CPU was purchased new in December, so I doubt it was damaged to begin with unless it was a factory defect.

If you can get a hold of another mobo, try that. I bet that this one got brain damage after 8 months of heat.