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GA-7N400-L
Hi All,
I recently purchased (new) a GA-7N400-L mainboard, and pupulated with an Athalon 3200+ and 512MB PC3200 DIMM. This is replacing my GA-71XE. Or is trying to... Here's the problem: After installing the new MB/CPU/RAM into my case according to specs, attaching the HD's with the IDE cable provided w/ the MB, my system refuses to boot if set the FSB to anything above 100MHz (only 1.1GHz!). The system tries running for a few moments, I hear an alarm, and everything powers down. All alarms are disabled in the BOIS however. I even went so far as to clear the CMOS and reflash the factory defaults. Setting the FSB to 100MHz, I am able to play in the BIOS, and even begin to boot, however I get STOP screen after STOP screen, and Windows (2003 and ME on seperate partitions) refuses to boot. I once had the same problem when using a UDMA IDE cable for my HD's. I replaced the IDE cable with the cable from my old MB, and had the same problem. I then suspected the power supply... but after reinstalling my old MB, my system works flawlessly. SOOOO... I'm perplexed. Could my PS just be getting weak, and what is suficient to power my GA71XE with a 900MHz Athalon is just not powerful enough to power the Athalon 3200+? Any help or tips are greatly appreciated! Ryan |
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there is a jumper on the board, next to the AGP slot i think. needs to be
moved to multiply bus x 2 (1100 x 2 = 2200mhz, the speed of the 3200XP) "Ryan J. Paque" wrote in message ... Hi All, I recently purchased (new) a GA-7N400-L mainboard, and pupulated with an Athalon 3200+ and 512MB PC3200 DIMM. This is replacing my GA-71XE. Or is trying to... Here's the problem: After installing the new MB/CPU/RAM into my case according to specs, attaching the HD's with the IDE cable provided w/ the MB, my system refuses to boot if set the FSB to anything above 100MHz (only 1.1GHz!). The system tries running for a few moments, I hear an alarm, and everything powers down. All alarms are disabled in the BOIS however. I even went so far as to clear the CMOS and reflash the factory defaults. Setting the FSB to 100MHz, I am able to play in the BIOS, and even begin to boot, however I get STOP screen after STOP screen, and Windows (2003 and ME on seperate partitions) refuses to boot. I once had the same problem when using a UDMA IDE cable for my HD's. I replaced the IDE cable with the cable from my old MB, and had the same problem. I then suspected the power supply... but after reinstalling my old MB, my system works flawlessly. SOOOO... I'm perplexed. Could my PS just be getting weak, and what is suficient to power my GA71XE with a 900MHz Athalon is just not powerful enough to power the Athalon 3200+? Any help or tips are greatly appreciated! Ryan |
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Hevey Cleckley wrote: there is a jumper on the board, next to the AGP slot i think. needs to be moved to multiply bus x 2 (1100 x 2 = 2200mhz, the speed of the 3200XP) When I switch that jumper to the "auto" position, instead of simply failing to successfully boot to Windows, the MB "alarms" and then the entire system shuts down after 10-20 seconds. When in the "on" position, the system attempts to boot, but I get several read errors. Half the time on a reset the hard drives aren't even recognized properly. Actually, come to think of it, I had this problem once when I attempted to activate UDMA transfers on my old system... Maybe the new MB can't "degrade" itself to use my old HD's? Ryan "Ryan J. Paque" wrote in message ... Hi All, I recently purchased (new) a GA-7N400-L mainboard, and pupulated with an Athalon 3200+ and 512MB PC3200 DIMM. This is replacing my GA-71XE. Or is trying to... Here's the problem: After installing the new MB/CPU/RAM into my case according to specs, attaching the HD's with the IDE cable provided w/ the MB, my system refuses to boot if set the FSB to anything above 100MHz (only 1.1GHz!). The system tries running for a few moments, I hear an alarm, and everything powers down. All alarms are disabled in the BOIS however. I even went so far as to clear the CMOS and reflash the factory defaults. Setting the FSB to 100MHz, I am able to play in the BIOS, and even begin to boot, however I get STOP screen after STOP screen, and Windows (2003 and ME on seperate partitions) refuses to boot. I once had the same problem when using a UDMA IDE cable for my HD's. I replaced the IDE cable with the cable from my old MB, and had the same problem. I then suspected the power supply... but after reinstalling my old MB, my system works flawlessly. SOOOO... I'm perplexed. Could my PS just be getting weak, and what is suficient to power my GA71XE with a 900MHz Athalon is just not powerful enough to power the Athalon 3200+? Any help or tips are greatly appreciated! Ryan |
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Ryan J. Paque wrote:
Hi All, I recently purchased (new) a GA-7N400-L mainboard, and pupulated with an Athalon 3200+ and 512MB PC3200 DIMM. This is replacing my GA-71XE. Or is trying to... Here's the problem: After installing the new MB/CPU/RAM into my case according to specs, attaching the HD's with the IDE cable provided w/ the MB, my system refuses to boot if set the FSB to anything above 100MHz (only 1.1GHz!). The system tries running for a few moments, I hear an alarm, and everything powers down. All alarms are disabled in the BOIS however. I even went so far as to clear the CMOS and reflash the factory defaults. Setting the FSB to 100MHz, I am able to play in the BIOS, and even begin to boot, however I get STOP screen after STOP screen, and Windows (2003 and ME on seperate partitions) refuses to boot. I once had the same problem when using a UDMA IDE cable for my HD's. I replaced the IDE cable with the cable from my old MB, and had the same problem. I then suspected the power supply... but after reinstalling my old MB, my system works flawlessly. SOOOO... I'm perplexed. Could my PS just be getting weak, and what is suficient to power my GA71XE with a 900MHz Athalon is just not powerful enough to power the Athalon 3200+? Any help or tips are greatly appreciated! Ryan The alarm leads me to believe that you have a heat issue. However, if you have a Power Supply of less than watts, I recommend that you upgrade the Power Supply first. I would check to see that the heat sink is properly fitted. It is easy to install the wrong way and leave a slight gap underneath. PWY |
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Ryan J. Paque wrote:
Hevey Cleckley wrote: there is a jumper on the board, next to the AGP slot i think. needs to be moved to multiply bus x 2 (1100 x 2 = 2200mhz, the speed of the 3200XP) When I switch that jumper to the "auto" position, instead of simply failing to successfully boot to Windows, the MB "alarms" and then the entire system shuts down after 10-20 seconds. When in the "on" position, the system attempts to boot, but I get several read errors. Half the time on a reset the hard drives aren't even recognized properly. Actually, come to think of it, I had this problem once when I attempted to activate UDMA transfers on my old system... Maybe the new MB can't "degrade" itself to use my old HD's? Ryan "Ryan J. Paque" wrote in message ... Hi All, I recently purchased (new) a GA-7N400-L mainboard, and pupulated with an Athalon 3200+ and 512MB PC3200 DIMM. This is replacing my GA-71XE. Or is trying to... Here's the problem: After installing the new MB/CPU/RAM into my case according to specs, attaching the HD's with the IDE cable provided w/ the MB, my system refuses to boot if set the FSB to anything above 100MHz (only 1.1GHz!). The system tries running for a few moments, I hear an alarm, and everything powers down. All alarms are disabled in the BOIS however. I even went so far as to clear the CMOS and reflash the factory defaults. Setting the FSB to 100MHz, I am able to play in the BIOS, and even begin to boot, however I get STOP screen after STOP screen, and Windows (2003 and ME on seperate partitions) refuses to boot. I once had the same problem when using a UDMA IDE cable for my HD's. I replaced the IDE cable with the cable from my old MB, and had the same problem. I then suspected the power supply... but after reinstalling my old MB, my system works flawlessly. SOOOO... I'm perplexed. Could my PS just be getting weak, and what is suficient to power my GA71XE with a 900MHz Athalon is just not powerful enough to power the Athalon 3200+? Any help or tips are greatly appreciated! Ryan Can you install the the chipset drivers for the new board? |
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