cpu underclocking/weird bios warning message

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Sun Aug 15 19:58:53 EDT 2004


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ok so then make sure the jumper on the disk is set right...on that 
kind of cable it doesn't matter which connecter the disk is plugged in 
to.
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 04:55:39PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
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> As far as I know its a standard cable. There are no twists in it or anything. I should see if the cable is keyed...Not sure if it was plugged in backwards, it could have been. And yeah the 
> disk spins up just fine...I tested that last night actually.
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 01:17:32PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
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> > Hi Igor,
> > First, does your board support the xp 3200? can it handle the 2200mhz 
> > cpu speed?
> > 
> > About the hard disk cable: are you using a cable select or standard 
> > cable? The way to tell if you are or not is to look at the end 
> > connecters. if one has a little twist in the wire slightly below it 
> > it's cable select. if so make sure your disk is jumpered as cs. if 
> > it's not a cs cable then set the jumper to master, or if it has a 
> > setting for one single device and you don't want any others on that 
> > controler the use that. also, if your cable isn't keyed try reversing 
> > it in the ide controler. if it's in backwards weird stuff can 
> > happen...does the dis spin up?
> > On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 12:02:33PM -0400, 
> > Igor Gueths wrote:
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> > > Hi all. I finally got my new box built yesterday, and powered it up to see what the bios had detected for hardware. I first noticed that my CPU had been detected as clocked at 1100 MHZ, which 
> > > is exactly 1100 MHZ off. I purchased an XP3200, which should be clocked at 2200 MHZ as far as I know. I know that possible reasons for this are the FSB being set incorrectly, however according 
> > > to my motherboard manual, if the jumper is uncapped it should be able to support anything that operates above 266 up to 400 MHZ. And as far as I know the jumper is uncapped. Could it also be 
> > > the vcore isn't set correctly? I also got a warning message that said something like: "80-conductor cable not installed." I remember it saying that pretty much right below where it printed 
> > > that it was attempting to find the hard disk. Could the fact that I used a round cable have to do with it? Bc it managed to find my TDK CDRW drive that's on a regular ribbon. The round cable 
> > > that I have has 3 connectors on it...As far as I know, the 2 end connectors are supposed to connect to the IDE controller and the master device, and the middle connector to any slave devices? 
> > > Assuming that is correct, I will have to check if I may have messed that one up. Does anyone know of any othe reasons I may be getting that warning message? Btw the board I have is an Asus 
> > > A7n8x-x, with an Award bios on it. Thanks! 
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