Praedor, You might try taking out the sound card, and seeing if you can resolve the problems. I'm still thinking the power supply is a possible culprit.
Which bios have you flashed to? Robert On Wednesday 11 June 2003 17:29, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 00:15, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 07:06 pm, John McQuillen wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 03:18, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > > Well, all is well with the system now but I will still need a new > > > > mobo to take advantage of the CPU. I have finally figured out the > > > > trick to "overclocking" the system and have found that this board > > > > will simply not do an FSB of 133 Mhz. Setting the frequency to 133 > > > > prevents the computer from even attempting to post. I cannot even > > > > get to bios to reset it. I have to unplug the system and pull the > > > > bios battery to reset the bios to defaults so I can boot up again. I > > > > have since successfully bumped the FSB up to a mere 110 Mhz. I will > > > > try bumping it up again and again until it fails and just go below > > > > that. > > > > > > > > This board wont even handle what the MSI sites say it will. It is > > > > supposedly capable of using up to an XP 2600+ which requires an FSB > > > > higher than this thing can actually handle. > > > > > > I haven't been following this thread closely, but are you sure that you > > > haven't got an old sound card, network card, or something else that is > > > not handling the 133MHz bus speed? > > > > > > Just guessing, as I have had a similar problem in the past with older > > > cards. > > > > A soundcard or network card would prevent even getting up to bios? > > I can see how it could happen... Since most BIOS's I've worked with do, > do hardware detecting and IRQ setting (even though the OS then ignores > all this.) As well as card/hardware initialization. I have ages ago had > a sound card that would prevent any box it was inserted into from > booting. > > James > > > My > > soundcard is a SB16 and the network card is a 3com 3C900B-TPO [Etherlink > > XL TPO]. > > > > praedor > > - -- > > The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible > > dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is > > essential to the welfare of the public. > > - --Justice Hugo Black > > > > GnuPG fingerprint: > > D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE+5tcfaKr9sJYeTxgRAp5YAKCf9952wBb7ZOU//XjX0DLm/KmMHwCgkuNh > > w7Q2ofs2qM4uEO8mWPAHNBQ= > > =3oXH > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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