On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 04:30:42 GMT, "Jaggz"
wrote:

Hi,

I have a friend who just recently decided to upgrade his Alienware-made
computer with a faster cpu and motherboard. He went out and bought both and
installed everything correctly, however, chaos struck. When first started
the system would not recognize the cpu at the right speed and after attempts
to make it closer or the actual cpu speed the computer became unstable and
eventually wouldn't load at all. He sent it to a shop to be looked at and
they couldn't figure out what the problem was (a well lost 60 dollars ),
and now the computer won't load up past the bios screen. If anyone has any
insight or knows of any problem or can help us get this machine working I'd
appreciate it greatly, as my friend is at the point of just going out and
spending a few grand just cause this rather good machine he has now isn't
cooperating...Thanks in advance...


His Old Specs:
-AMD Athlon XP 2200 CPU
-Asus A7N266-C DDR Motherboard
-1 Gigabyte of PC2100 133mHz (unsure of speed, perhaps 266) DDR Ram
-Nvidia Geforce4 TI4600 128 Ram
-Audigy 1394 Soundcard

His New Specs:
-AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU
-Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard
-1 Gigabyte of PC3200 400mHz DDR Ram
-Nvidia Geforce4 TI4600 128 Ram
-Integrated Sound Card (Onboard)

-Jaggz

I have mellowed a bit, so despite I have no idea what info you're
probing for, and I don't have any 3200 myself, I'm gonna at least
loose what I think would be about right:

The XP3200+ correctly should run at close to 2.2GHz.

I think it should be:
external clock 200MHz
cpu multiplier 11

But I suppose you've already tried that? So:
external clock 166 MHz (gives you 333FSB which might be max for the
mobo.)
cpu multiplier (try auto first) 13.25 if available (I don't think it
is, so stick to 13 for a start, try 13.5 later)

memory frequency 200 MHz == DDR 400 MHz
precharge delay 8 (for starters)
RAS to CAS delay 3 (for starters)
RAS precharge delay 3 (for starters)
CAS latency 2.5 (for starters)
Do a reinstall/repair-reinstall of the OS and install new mobo
drivers.

Getting to the bios is really nice, and your problems should be
possible to fix. Take heart, grit and show some stamina.

What do you mean by "the computer won't load up past the bios screen."
Could this be a boot issue rather than a cpu/ram?
Can the bios see your harddrive?


ancra