Gigabyte GA-60X w/ 950Mhz Celeron

[Skeleton Man]

Hi,

I have a GA-60X board, which works great with a celeron 500Mhz CPU, but
which refuses to do anything with a celeron 950Mhz (FC-PGA, 100Mhz FSB)..

I tried the DIP switches for the clock speed set to auto, 100Mhz, and
66Mhz.. none of which make a difference..
According to what I have read, this board will take up to a PIII 1.13Ghz, so
I don't see why 950Mhz is a problem..

Regards,
Chris

 

[~misfit~]

Hi,

I have a GA-60X board, which works great with a celeron 500Mhz CPU,
but which refuses to do anything with a celeron 950Mhz (FC-PGA,
100Mhz FSB)..

I take it the CPU is known to work?

I tried the DIP switches for the clock speed set to auto, 100Mhz, and
66Mhz.. none of which make a difference..
According to what I have read, this board will take up to a PIII
1.13Ghz, so I don't see why 950Mhz is a problem..

It's quite possible that you need to flash the board's BIOS for it to run
the Coppermine CPU. Check Gigabyte's site for the latest BIOS and
instructions.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-6OX.htm

It is also a possibility that the mobo is getting old and flakey. A 950Mhz
Coppermine CPU will put higher demands on it than a 500Mhz Mendicino. There
could be problems with the power circuitry. Check the big capacitors
(cylindrical components) around the CPU socket for any signs of the
tops/sides bulging or any leakage.

 

[kony]

Hi,

I have a GA-60X board, which works great with a celeron 500Mhz CPU, but
which refuses to do anything with a celeron 950Mhz (FC-PGA, 100Mhz FSB)..

I tried the DIP switches for the clock speed set to auto, 100Mhz, and
66Mhz.. none of which make a difference..
According to what I have read, this board will take up to a PIII 1.13Ghz, so
I don't see why 950Mhz is a problem..

Regards,
Chris

Do as ~misfit~ suggested and update the bios with the Celery 500
installed, then pull the AC cord out of power supply, install the Celery
950, use the Clear CMOS jumper, and reattach power cord, try it.
I'd try "auto" dipswitch setting first, but if it doesn't work then you
might want the manually set values.

The above is if there's a bios bug, but the board should've natively
supported coppermine CPUs. That makes me wonder if you have another
problem, perhaps an insufficient power supply. You might try unplugging
anything non-essential (to POST), leaving only the CPU, heatsink/fan, 1
memory module and the least power hungry video card you have.

What power supply make/model are you using?

It's possible the board has a bug in using Celeron CPUs with > 8X
multiplier... I'd never heard of Gigabyte boards having this issue but
some PCChips et al, did. Unfortunately with Intel CPUs you can't set a
different multiplier, it either won't run or won't change it, either way
that multiplier change setting (probalby in your bios setup screens) is of
no use.

Are you certain that 950MHz Celeron is an FCPGA, not a Tualatin, FCPGA2?
The Tualatin would have a nickle-plated heat-spreader on it but the
Coppermine FCPGA will only have a bare core, no heat spreader. The GA-6OX
won't run Tualatins but the GA-6OXT will.

 

[~misfit~]

Do as ~misfit~ suggested and update the bios with the Celery 500
installed, then pull the AC cord out of power supply, install the
Celery 950, use the Clear CMOS jumper, and reattach power cord, try
it.
I'd try "auto" dipswitch setting first, but if it doesn't work then
you might want the manually set values.

The above is if there's a bios bug, but the board should've natively
supported coppermine CPUs. That makes me wonder if you have another
problem, perhaps an insufficient power supply. You might try
unplugging anything non-essential (to POST), leaving only the CPU,
heatsink/fan, 1 memory module and the least power hungry video card
you have.

What power supply make/model are you using?

It's possible the board has a bug in using Celeron CPUs with > 8X
multiplier... I'd never heard of Gigabyte boards having this issue but
some PCChips et al, did. Unfortunately with Intel CPUs you can't set
a different multiplier, it either won't run or won't change it,
either way that multiplier change setting (probalby in your bios
setup screens) is of no use.

Are you certain that 950MHz Celeron is an FCPGA, not a Tualatin,
FCPGA2? The Tualatin would have a nickle-plated heat-spreader on it
but the Coppermine FCPGA will only have a bare core, no heat
spreader. The GA-6OX won't run Tualatins but the GA-6OXT will.

I have a Celeron Coppermine 900Mhz here (cD0?) that has a heat spreader on
it so the 950 could have too.

 

[kony]

I have a Celeron Coppermine 900Mhz here (cD0?) that has a heat spreader on
it so the 950 could have too.

Hmm, interesting. I'd heard of transitional chips but forgot about them.
He should still be able to use Intel's website to properly ID his chip
from the markings on it, or if sent in the original retail box the
relevant details are on the end panel sticker.

 

[DaveW]

You probably need to update the BIOS to get that speed.

 

[Skeleton Man]

I have flashed the BIOS to the latest version and that hasn't made any
difference.
The CPU is definately FC-PGA and not FC-PGA2, as I checked Intel's site and
compared it with the pictures there.
(and it has a bare core)

I can post a photo of the actual chip itself to my site if neccessary..

The markings on it are as follows:

950/128/100/1.75v

Q130A202-0300
Celeron SL5V2

I had read somewhere that the GA-60X doesn't support 1.7V chips ??

Power supply should be aqeute, I don't run anything power hungy.. a 40GB IDE
HDD, and a 24X Burner.
(Video card is only a cheap 8MB thing, so certainly not power hungry)

Regards,
Chris