P4T-E jumper settings for 2.6 P4

[Christian Sarti]

I have a P4T-E mobo which I need to update to the latest 1007 bios in order
to use it with a 2,6 P4 FSB400. As I've discovered the screen remains black
, as the bios does not recognize the CPU. I've not found a friend who could
lend me a compatible CPU for me to boot up and run the update.I've seen some
postings that it could be possible to boot up in jumper mode and then run
the update.

My questions are: Is that correct, does that work?
I my case, I have a 2,6 P4, which is the maximum my mobo can take. My
problem is that the multiplier can be set to max. 24.0x which give me a CPU
clock of

The CPU having a fixed ratio, it will probably not work? Would it work with
13.0x in which case I would have half the CPU speed? or overclocking it to
reach 2.6?

Can somebody to me what would be safe to do and what would work. Thanks!!

 

[R. Pazderski]

Henry,

I don't mind eating a little crow. Hats off to your correct answer. Glad I
qualified my post with the "to the best of my knowledge" statement (LOL).

As you know, the actual P4T-E manual gives very little information
concerning Jumper Mode. I based my post answer on page 20 of the older P4T
manual which shows the highest jumper multiplier setting available as 24.
This would (normally) have been the highest value supported by the Bios
also. At some point I guess starting with Bios 1007, Asus added 2.6 CPU
support and of course the older P4T manual would not have the documented
Jumper Mode settings for the change.

As a matter of interest, I have a Brand New P4T-E (ICS) running on my
network with a 2.53/533 CPU and (1) Gig of 1066 Rdram. Runs Sweet ! It was a
RMA replacement last month for one that a bad PS fried. My dealer just
happened to have one of the LAST P4T-Es made still in an un-opened new box.
A nice free surprise.

A P4T-E (ICS) can be extremely O/Ced BUT one will start to notice available
memory will decrease as O/Cing is increased. Also, the statement I made
concerning stability and passing Prime95 with only the Bios setting of 133
is Correct because I did run experiments on the machine out of curiosity.

Since you found that the P4T-E Bios will support a P4 100/400 1.6 CPU, all
Christian has to do is upgrade his Bios with an older CPU installed and then
drop in the 2.6 CPU. As it is a Locked processor, jumper settings are a moot
point again if I understand his question (LOL).

Regards and Thanks for the Correction,

Rick P.
(e-mail address removed)
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According to the ASUS CPU support site,
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
The P4T-E supports up to a P4 2.6 400 Mhz FSB CPU with bios 1007 or higher.
I am currently running a 2.6 in a P4T-E with the latest beta bios without
any trouble. It is fully recognized.

Christian,

SECOND ANSWER:

The Jumper Multiplier Settings have (NO) meaning when used with a LOCKED
frequency standard CPU. Only the FSB Jumper settings work.

2600 / 100 = 26 multiplier. The P4T-E Bios does not recognize a 26
multiplier to my knowledge. The jumper setting for the P4T-E can only be
found in the old P4T manual which may be downloaded from the Asus TW site.
If you have a high speed connection, I can also send it to you.

//snip

 

[Henry]

No problem. When I originally upgraded my system, I knew the 2.6 - 400
would be about the highest 400 Mhz processor Intel was going to produce, and
it still took me almost a week to finally find out the P4T-E would support
it. The dip switches only go to 24 x. You just let the bios do the work.

Unfortunately, I have one with the CPY ??? chips and can't get more than
about 15 percent OC. I must say that it's one of the fastest and most
stable MB's I've ever owned.

Henry

Henry,

I don't mind eating a little crow. Hats off to your correct answer. Glad I
qualified my post with the "to the best of my knowledge" statement (LOL).

As you know, the actual P4T-E manual gives very little information
concerning Jumper Mode. I based my post answer on page 20 of the older P4T
manual which shows the highest jumper multiplier setting available as 24.
This would (normally) have been the highest value supported by the Bios
also. At some point I guess starting with Bios 1007, Asus added 2.6 CPU
support and of course the older P4T manual would not have the documented
Jumper Mode settings for the change.

As a matter of interest, I have a Brand New P4T-E (ICS) running on my
network with a 2.53/533 CPU and (1) Gig of 1066 Rdram. Runs Sweet ! It was a
RMA replacement last month for one that a bad PS fried. My dealer just
happened to have one of the LAST P4T-Es made still in an un-opened new box.
A nice free surprise.

A P4T-E (ICS) can be extremely O/Ced BUT one will start to notice available
memory will decrease as O/Cing is increased. Also, the statement I made
concerning stability and passing Prime95 with only the Bios setting of 133
is Correct because I did run experiments on the machine out of curiosity.

Since you found that the P4T-E Bios will support a P4 100/400 1.6 CPU, all
Christian has to do is upgrade his Bios with an older CPU installed and then
drop in the 2.6 CPU. As it is a Locked processor, jumper settings are a moot
point again if I understand his question (LOL).

Regards and Thanks for the Correction,

Rick P.
(e-mail address removed)

//snip