Bios help needed

Paulie · 08-09-2004, 13:06

Hi guys,
Ive just installed a Asus A7N8X-X, 512mb pc 3200 ddr ram and a new athlon 2800 chip. On the cpu z i got earlier my readings are as follows
core speed 2079.6 MHz
multiplier x12.5
fsb 166.4 MHz
bus speed 332.7 MHz
voltage 1.680v

My question is... does this seem ok ? Or do i need to adjust some bios stuff? This is the first board that doesn`t set up automatically and i am totally ignorant in all matters bios.

Paul K · 08-09-2004, 13:11

Have you got a manual with the motherboard? Most of them have a table with all the necessary settings to use for CPU speed etc. More often than not, unless the board auto-sets your settings for the CPU and RAM, you will need to adjust the BIOS settings.

Bifta · 08-09-2004, 13:15

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Originally Posted by Paulie

Hi guys,
Ive just installed a Asus A7N8X-X, 512mb pc 3200 ddr ram and a new athlon 2800 chip. On the cpu z i got earlier my readings are as follows
core speed 2079.6 MHz
multiplier x12.5
fsb 166.4 MHz
bus speed 332.7 MHz
voltage 1.680v

My question is... does this seem ok ? Or do i need to adjust some bios stuff? This is the first board that doesn`t set up automatically and i am totally ignorant in all matters bios.

Those settings are fine, don't try manually adjusting your FSB up to 200mhz or you might fry your processor, you should be able to alter the memory speed manually to 200mhz though, not that it'd make a pile of difference.

Paulie · 08-09-2004, 13:16

Hi Paul
Yes i do have a manual, but no tables to say of.....

Paulie · 08-09-2004, 13:19

Thanks Bifta
I do tend to get a bit worried sometimes lol Bios seems to be a bit of a minefield though.

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Originally Posted by Bifta

Those settings are fine, don't try manually adjusting your FSB up to 200mhz or you might fry your processor, you should be able to alter the memory speed manually to 200mhz though, not that it'd make a pile of difference.

Paul K · 08-09-2004, 13:24

Just looked at a .pdf version of your manual and the board will auto-detect CPU speeds and adjust the settings acordingly, it also detects the speed of your ram automatically unless you manually change that setting in the BIOS

jtwn · 08-09-2004, 13:30

Ive got the exact same mobo, the earlier model never detected the cpu correctly, but the newer revision (had to return it) worked properly straight out of the box.

Oh...and another thing, setting the ram timings to 'performance' mode actually showed a big difference to me, biggest difference would have to be HD videos in 1080i didn't stutter all the time, they run perfectly, also stuttering between different scene changes on doom3 was eliminated...hmm...

Paulie · 08-09-2004, 13:33

If i leave it on auto the cpu external frequency stays at 100 MHz and thinks it`s a 1250MHz chip. I set it to look by SDP and the results are what followed.

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Originally Posted by Paul

Just looked at a .pdf version of your manual and the board will auto-detect CPU speeds and adjust the settings acordingly, it also detects the speed of your ram automatically unless you manually change that setting in the BIOS