ATTN: Wes - stump you!

ok maybe i can't.... but i posted this in another thread but wanted to
be sure you read it and i got your opinion on it, my cpu/board/ram run
fine at 11 x 200 (barton 2500), so as mike p suggested i relaxed the
timings to try a higher FSB. i went for 10x210 just to see if the fsb
was attainable, booted fine and everything checked ok...rebooted and
tried 10x220, same thing everything went great. then tried 10 x 225,
rebooted and it posted as 1100mhz! im guessing it reverted to the
original default 11 multiplier x 100mhz fsb the lowest front side bus
the board does, but i retried the previous settings and the same thing
happened... so i had to go back to 11 x 200 and it came up as a 3200
just like it originally did, then i set it to 10x220 and it worked but
after u restert windows and the pc reposts it loses the settings and
goes back to 11x100...wtf is up? the bios is losing the settings and
im stumped, runs fine but wont keep the settings arghh... ever heard
of this?

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 11:57:45 -0800, Steve Vai wrote:

goes back to 11x100...wtf is up? the bios is losing the settings and
im stumped, runs fine but wont keep the settings arghh... ever heard
of this?

Don't have a clue but sounds like a bios bug.

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Steve Vai wrote:

ok maybe i can't.... but i posted this in another thread but wanted to
be sure you read it and i got your opinion on it, my cpu/board/ram run
fine at 11 x 200 (barton 2500), so as mike p suggested i relaxed the
timings to try a higher FSB. i went for 10x210 just to see if the fsb
was attainable, booted fine and everything checked ok...rebooted and
tried 10x220, same thing everything went great. then tried 10 x 225,
rebooted and it posted as 1100mhz! im guessing it reverted to the
original default 11 multiplier x 100mhz fsb the lowest front side bus
the board does, but i retried the previous settings and the same thing
happened... so i had to go back to 11 x 200 and it came up as a 3200
just like it originally did, then i set it to 10x220 and it worked but
after u restert windows and the pc reposts it loses the settings and
goes back to 11x100...wtf is up? the bios is losing the settings and
im stumped, runs fine but wont keep the settings arghh... ever heard
of this?

Stupid I know but have you cleared the cmos with the power cord out?, set
default bios settings, set "update ESCD" in bios then boot to safe mode,
reboot and tweak


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Mark
Twixt hill and high water.
N.Wales, UK.
Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 08:11:07 +0000, baskitcaise
wrote:

Steve Vai wrote:

ok maybe i can't.... but i posted this in another thread but wanted to
be sure you read it and i got your opinion on it, my cpu/board/ram run
fine at 11 x 200 (barton 2500), so as mike p suggested i relaxed the
timings to try a higher FSB. i went for 10x210 just to see if the fsb
was attainable, booted fine and everything checked ok...rebooted and
tried 10x220, same thing everything went great. then tried 10 x 225,
rebooted and it posted as 1100mhz! im guessing it reverted to the
original default 11 multiplier x 100mhz fsb the lowest front side bus
the board does, but i retried the previous settings and the same thing
happened... so i had to go back to 11 x 200 and it came up as a 3200
just like it originally did, then i set it to 10x220 and it worked but
after u restert windows and the pc reposts it loses the settings and
goes back to 11x100...wtf is up? the bios is losing the settings and
im stumped, runs fine but wont keep the settings arghh... ever heard
of this?

Stupid I know but have you cleared the cmos with the power cord out?, set
default bios settings, set "update ESCD" in bios then boot to safe mode,
reboot and tweak

yeah, i guess its something with nforce 2 board where if you overclock
with too high of an FSB it wont boot and clearing cmos wont work and u
have to unplug it, take the battery out of the mobo, put jumper into
clear cmos mode, put battery back in, plug back in, then reset umper
to default LMAO. what does update ESCD do? ill try all that, havent
had a need to restart yet

Steve Vai wrote:


yeah, i guess its something with nforce 2 board where if you overclock
with too high of an FSB it wont boot and clearing cmos wont work and u
have to unplug it, take the battery out of the mobo, put jumper into
clear cmos mode, put battery back in, plug back in, then reset umper
to default LMAO. what does update ESCD do? ill try all that, havent
had a need to restart yet

Well the boards for the last few years keep the power on after shutdown so
that it can monitor activity like keyboard, lan for wakeup events so even if
you pull the battery there will be some juice to keep the bios settings.

ESCD is a small piece of memory in the bios that all the settings for irq`s
and stuff is kept when the bios starts, it is where the o/s can get its
tables on the hardware setup if it wants or the o/s can override it and try
figuring it out itself ( ACPI, APIC ).

In the old days if you put a new card in and it conflicted with the irq`s you
could tell the bios to remap the settings which could solve the problem for
you, it is still handy now if you put a troublesome piece of hardware.

I hope thats make sense I have not had enough coffee yet

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Mark
Twixt hill and high water.
N.Wales, UK.
Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk