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Computer won't boot with 2000+ Athlon, 2100+ Athlon works just fine
I have a really strange problem going on. I have two chips, an AMD
2000+ and an AMD 2100+. They both work (they'll both boot the system just fine). However, after the whole detecting RAM/IDE drives stage, the 2100+ goes on to successfully boot into Windows while the 2000+ just hangs at a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left. This computer originally had the 2000+ processor in it and it worked just fine. Then, I upgraded it to the 2100+ processor temporarily and it detected the increase in processor speed and worked fine. Now, when I'm trying to go back down to the 2000+, it's not working. Could this be a driver compatibility issue with Windows - i.e. the 2000+ driver would allow higher-rated chips, but now that it's auto-detected the 2100+, it won't function with anything less? I.e. upwards compatible but not downwards compatible? If you could tell me some way to change the drivers on this system so that it would boot correctly with the 2000+ CPU, that'd be great. Thanks in advance for the help. -- Usenet is a strange reality where you see people beating up a patch of grass where nine years ago there used to be a horse. -Nuke |
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