Athlon XP 2200+ (Model 8) on ASUS A7V266

[Cornelius Drautz]

Hi!

I have got the ASUS A7V266 and wanted to upgrade my CPU to an Athlon
XP 2200+ (running at 1800 Mhz).
My Board Revision is 1.06, BIOS is Revision 1011. According to the
ASUS CPU-Compatibility-List it should work with Board-Revision 1.05.
and BIOS 1010.
Unfortunately it didn't seem to work here...
Multiplier was automatically set to 20x resulting in 20 x 100 Mhz =
2000 Mhz and 20 x 133 Mhz = 2666 Mhz in the BIOS.
Manual setting to 13,5 x 133 = 1800 Mhz didn't work either (no boot,
strange flashing lights on the CD-ROM drives).
I haven't tried jumper-mode yet, 'cause I'm a bit afraid I might break
something, but obviously Jumper-Free mode didn't do it.

Can anyone verify that it is possible to use this CPU on this
Mainboard? Does anyone have this/my combination working? And if yes,
what did I do wrong? Or what might I try before I return the CPU?

Thanx for any help!

Cornelius

--
"Ich brauche keine Bequemlichkeiten. Ich will Gott, ich will Poesie,
ich will wirkliche Gefahren und Freiheit und Tugend. Ich will Sünde."
"Kurzum", sagte Mustafa Mannesmann, "Sie fordern das Recht auf Unglück."

(Aldous Huxley - Brave New World)

 

[Cornelius Drautz]

Can anyone verify that it is possible to use this CPU on this
Mainboard? Does anyone have this/my combination working? And if yes,
what did I do wrong? Or what might I try before I return the CPU?

Apparently noone here can help me :-(
Can anyone tell me where else I might find an answer for my problem?

Thx,
Cornelius

--
"Ich brauche keine Bequemlichkeiten. Ich will Gott, ich will Poesie,
ich will wirkliche Gefahren und Freiheit und Tugend. Ich will Sünde."
"Kurzum", sagte Mustafa Mannesmann, "Sie fordern das Recht auf Unglück."

(Aldous Huxley - Brave New World)

 

[John Boy]

I ran a 2100+ on an A7V266. I believe that the A7V266 can take up to a
2600+ on the last BIOS (1015?)

 

[Cornelius Drautz]

I ran a 2100+ on an A7V266. I believe that the A7V266 can take up to a
2600+ on the last BIOS (1015?)

Thx for your reply
My problem seems to be my board-revision which is 1.06. With
board-revision 1.07 everything would be fine (I suppose) But (as I
wrote) according to the ASUS-CPU-compatibility-chart the 2200+ (model
8) should be working, but it's not being recognized correctly by the
BIOS. It always sets the multiplier automatically to 20x which results
in 2666 (20x133) or 2000 (20x100) Mhz. Actually the 2200+ is running
at 1800 Mhz, so there's something wrong and I don't know what to try
else :-/

Cornelius

--
"Ich brauche keine Bequemlichkeiten. Ich will Gott, ich will Poesie,
ich will wirkliche Gefahren und Freiheit und Tugend. Ich will Sünde."
"Kurzum", sagte Mustafa Mannesmann, "Sie fordern das Recht auf Unglück."

(Aldous Huxley - Brave New World)

 

[John Boy]

I also had a 1.06. The XP 2200+ clock speed is 1.8GHz. If you're having
problems with the multiplier, check that the jumpers are set for the
Palomino card and set the multiplier manually. Watch the vcore voltage as
the Thoroughbred core takes a lower voltage than the Palomino core.

I had the reverse problem with an A7V8X deluxe and a Palomino cored 2100+
where the BIOS set the voltage for a Thoroughbred. Fine with Win98SE but it
crashed during every installation of XP Pro. I didn't work that out until I
saw an on load CPU temperature of 33 deg C. Changed the BIOS manually and
now the mobo automatically detects the need for a higher vcore.

John

 

[Cornelius Drautz]

..., so there's something wrong and I don't know what to try
else :-/

I probably found the solution: There is a special "palomino-jumper" on
the A7V266, which must be set accordingly. (Actually it seems to be
pretty unimportant which board-revision the A7V266 has got...)
Interesting, that www.a7vtroubleshooting.com (great page btw!) seems
to know more about that motherboard than ASUS itself and VERY
interesting, that there is no information about that jumper in the
ASUS-A7V266-FAQs...

I hope I can try this tomorrow (got to get the CPU back ;-), if
there's interest in here, I'll post my results.

Cornelius

--
"Ich brauche keine Bequemlichkeiten. Ich will Gott, ich will Poesie,
ich will wirkliche Gefahren und Freiheit und Tugend. Ich will Sünde."
"Kurzum", sagte Mustafa Mannesmann, "Sie fordern das Recht auf Unglück."

(Aldous Huxley - Brave New World)

 

[Cornelius Drautz]

I hope I can try this tomorrow (got to get the CPU back ;-), if
there's interest in here, I'll post my results.

Well, well, well. One jumper set correctly and everything is working
fine I can now say, that an XP 2400+ Thoroughbred is working fine
on the A7V266 Board-Revision 1.06, BIOS-Revision 1011. I don't get it,
why ASUS isn't able to put the right information on their homepage!

(Thx for your help, John Boy!)

Cornelius

--
"Ich brauche keine Bequemlichkeiten. Ich will Gott, ich will Poesie,
ich will wirkliche Gefahren und Freiheit und Tugend. Ich will Sünde."
"Kurzum", sagte Mustafa Mannesmann, "Sie fordern das Recht auf Unglück."

(Aldous Huxley - Brave New World)

 

[John Boy]

Your welcome. I know how frustrating it is when kit doesn't do what is
expected and there seems to be no answers to your problems.

John