MB/CPU Upgrade Gone Bad

[LeeJend]

I stumbled into a lot of annoying new problems during this last upgrade from KT333/XP2000 to NF2Ultra/Barton 2600 so I figured I'd write it up and share.
It gets a little lengthy so I attached it as a text file.

It will also be an opportunity for anyone I ever slammed to get their vengeance.

 

[Dubbin1]

I stumbled into a lot of annoying new problems during this last upgrade from KT333/XP2000 to NF2Ultra/Barton 2600 so I figured I'd write it up and share.
It gets a little lengthy so I attached it as a text file.

It will also be an opportunity for anyone I ever slammed to get their vengeance.

Is this just a lesson you learned or do you have a problem. I started reading your text file but you was rambling too much for me to stay with it.

 

[LeeJend]

Lessons learned actually.

The CMOS reset is getting to be high risk due sensitivity of bios to getting wiped.

Some test results on how Dual DDR does not seem to be worth much (FSB limited)

Overclocking the CPU is a waste of effort for gaming.

 

[Krux]

I've never seen bios' wiped out from trying to boot with the cmos jumper off must have been some kind of freak happing in the twilight zone

 

[LeeJend]

It's happened to me twice now (ECS and Gigabyte) and to a friend who builds systems for sale twice also (ggiabyte and PCChips). All occurences within the last 8 months.

ECS web site now recommends disconnecting the power cable from the MB before doing the CMOS reset.

If you don't beleive do a few reboots on your system with the CMOS jumper off or installed on the reset side.

 

[ElementalDragon]

i had a problem with my new GigaByte Mobo when i bought it. installed everything and the computer wouldn't show anything on the monitor. here the CMOS settings had to be reset to default using the jumper. which kinda makes you wonder why they wouldn't have been at default to begin with when it's a brand new mobo.

and about Dual channel DDR... not sure about how exactly this would be for AMD since the only AMD system i have is my laptop, but my desktop is a P4 2.4 GHz w/ Hyper threading (800MHz Frontside bus) and i'm running 2 sticks of 256MB DDR400. so for the P4 it's not really a FSB limit. that is unless you kinda spent boatloads of money for the brand new..... DDR550 is it that we're up to now?

 

[Krux]

It's happened to me twice now (ECS and Gigabyte) and to a friend who builds systems for sale twice also (ggiabyte and PCChips). All occurences within the last 8 months.

ECS web site now recommends disconnecting the power cable from the MB before doing the CMOS reset.

If you don't beleive do a few reboots on your system with the CMOS jumper off or installed on the reset side.

I would cept I have an nforce board and I have no cmos header it resets itself I also had a gigabyte board (with dual bios) that I overclocked quite a bit and had to reset quite a bit. I never said it wasn't possible just that I had never seen it happen.

 

[LeeJend]

That's what I said until two weeks ago. Now I'm a beleiver...

Sheesh 2 in one day. Musta been a full moon.

 

[Sazar]

my mobo just refuses to boot unless cmos jumper is set properly.. sort of a nice feature... if it comes to that