Things NOT to do with a P4C800 Deluxe BIOS Rev 1016

[Bob Bobsen]

First of all, don't try this if you cannot stand sudden shocks, rapid
increases of blood pressure or are suffering a mild, yet throbbing
hangover.
After manually setting my memory speed to 400 in the BIOs and
upgrading said BIOs to 1016 to fix a recurring 'disk not found'
problem at boot up (previous version was 1006). I discovered the bios
menu and noticed a setting under the jumper free setting called
'Turbo'. While the manual clearly states that it 'could' make the
system unstable, I none the less decided, 'what the heck', I could do
with a performance boost. This came after I had set my memory timings
manually and began to experience strange 'hangs' with IE6. Related?
Dunno, but the weren't happening prior to the memory 'adjustment'.
Anyway, I changed the setting to 'Turbo', hit F10 and......
Nothing! Screen went into power saving mode, machine was totally dead
(albeit for a flickering of lights from the front of my box) and my
heart stopped. I believe in the next few minutes I was clinically
dead. My heart had stopped after all and that mild hangover suddenly
kicked itself into 'Turbo'. I tried restating the machine four times,
nada, nix, nein, njet, nothing.... I remembered all those times I
swore I would do a full back up of my system, tomorrow. All the files
and address gone. Sniff and oh F**K.
I waited five minutes and re booted (again), praying silently to the
great silicon God and got a boot up. I quickly changed all settings
back to their former glories and that was that.
Moral of the story?
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!

System specs:
P4c800 Deluxe bios rev 1016
P4 2.6
1 GB Samsung PC 3200 ram
2 x Sata RAID Maxtor 120 fluid drives running on the promise
controller
1x 120 Sata Maxtor
1x 80 Sata Maxtor
SB Aud2
Asus G4 ti4600 graphics card

 

[Rich]

Is the Turbo mode the same thing as Intel's PAT?

(Performance Accelerating Technology or something like that)

 

[Bob Bobsen]

Dunno. It was just a setting option within the bios menu.

 

[Darkfalz]

Anyway, I changed the setting to 'Turbo', hit F10 and......

Nothing! Screen went into power saving mode, machine was totally dead
(albeit for a flickering of lights from the front of my box) and my
heart stopped. I believe in the next few minutes I was clinically
dead. My heart had stopped after all and that mild hangover suddenly
kicked itself into 'Turbo'. I tried restating the machine four times,
nada, nix, nein, njet, nothing.... I remembered all those times I
swore I would do a full back up of my system, tomorrow. All the files
and address gone. Sniff and oh F**K.
I waited five minutes and re booted (again), praying silently to the
great silicon God and got a boot up. I quickly changed all settings
back to their former glories and that was that.
Moral of the story?
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!

This is normal. It's the CPR (CPU Paramater Recall) feature. It happens
every time I tried to enable Turbo or clock too high as well. I think most
of us with P4C800/P4P800 have experienced this!

 

[Bob Bobsen]

Thank God, I always feel like it is just me experiencing these
outbursts of illogical problems.

 

[Darkfalz]

Thank God, I always feel like it is just me experiencing these
outbursts of illogical problems.

Motherboard manufacturers take into account the overclocking craze of geeks
these days. Half the features on the box are related in some way to
overclocking.