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Electro Brain wrote:
> Before restoring my BIOS to the old version (v3, current v7) I thought
> I would poke around a bit. I noticed that the settings for the memory
> was set to "Manual." I don't remember what the exact manual settings
> were, but I changed it from "Manual" to "by SPD," which reads the
> setting from the SIMMs, and my system is running very solid again.
>
> I've done some soldering, but not enough to trust myself on the
> motherboard, so I'll stick with my current CPU.
>
> I just wish Half Life 2 would run a little better!
>
Well, what can i say...good luck and a new mobo soon...
BTW...try to set your FSB frequency to 140 MHz instead to default 133 - it
will speed up your PC and it won't hurt...it's in COMBO part of BIOS.
>
> "SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message
> news:xa_Td.9575$F6.1862941@news.siol.net...
>> Electro Brain wrote:
>>> "SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message
>>> news:xpMTd.9560$F6.1852327@news.siol.net...
>>>> Electro Brain wrote:
>>>>> Do any of the BIOS upgrades work? I wanted to put new 200 gig
>>>>> hard drive in my system, so I upgraded the BIOS to b6. Windows
>>>>> XP became very unstable, constantly crashing or locking up.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried b7 also and the same thing. What is wrong with these
>>>>> BIOS upgrades? (I did clear the CMOS after flashing).
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone successfully upgraded to the newest BIOS versions?
>>>>> What is wrong with Soyo? Do they realize that their software
>>>>> does not work?
>>>>>
>>>>> eb
>>>>
>>>> you should upgrade only to those versions which are listed under
>>>> SOYO downloads. then only to latest ones. SO, if you have tbred
>>>> CPU, get ver 9, if not get ver 7. I succesfully ran even ver 8,
>>>> which was removed from d/l list, now i have ver 9 and it's OK. Do
>>>> you have two RAM modules by any chance? If so, this is the reason
>>>> for your instability.
>>>
>>> Yes, I have two RAM modules, but I have had those since I put the
>>> system together and it has been very stable.
>>>
>>> Do the later BIOS versions have a problem with two SIMMs that the
>>> earlier versions didn't?
>>>
>>> Also, how to you put a Thunderbird core CPU in, I thought it
>>> supported the Palamino only?
>>
>> Many, if not all users did have problems when using two ram
>> modules... although i did hear that one option is to try put them in
>> slots 1 and 3 and leave middle one empty. But, best option is to
>> replace two RAM's with one... I know i put two modules in and PC ran
>> fine, but i noticed when burning ANY CDR, it burned fine, while data
>> was corrupted...very strange, but true. But, generally many
>> resellers would exchange two modules with one bigger, for maybe very
>> small amount. This board does support tbred, but only if you apply the
>> mod - this
>> means some soldering skills...you must add one capacitor and remove
>> one. if you intend to do it, i can send you more detailed info, but i
>> doubt you'll still get any 133 MHz based CPU out there...but if
>> you do, i was told that 2400 was the biggest, since 2600 was quickly
>> out of production. I made this change and my PC works fine now with
>> 2400+, and i run it on 140MHz fsb, so it shows as 2600+.
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