A "slight" problem with 8KRAi's CPU Clock settings

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Hiya,

Already made a similar post to the Hardware - Motherboards - Epox
forum but maybe more experts would reach my problem if I posted it
here :D

I try to make this as short as possible :)

As you can see, I'm using 8KRAi motherboard and AMD Athlon XP 2400+ as
my processor and I have the following problem with the system setup:


Earlier today, when I was configuring my system for the very first
time I noticed that my motherboard recognized my processor as a
Athlon XP 1500+ (or something like that, can't remember accurately) I
took a look at the PowerBIOS settings which hold the configuration to
the FSB and CPU Clock settings, and I noticed that the multiplier was
configured as "Auto" or similar and the system bus was operating only
at 100 MHz. So I came into the following conclusion: as the CPU:s
operating frequency is supposed to be 2.0 GHz I changed the
multiplier to 10x and the system bus to 200 MHz. (10 x 200 = 2000
aight?) After that my system wasn't bootable. The manual stated that
if a problem occurred due false overclocking configuration (which
mine apparently was?) the screen goes blank and can be returned to a
initial configuration by instantly pressing Insert. Unfortunately I
didn't have that part of the manual open at that moment and when the
screen just went blank I rebooted. The question is that should I have
pressed Insert at the very moment that the screen went blank? Is
there anything to do to revive my system back to life?

Thanks in advance ;)

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You can restore the BIOS settings to default by removing the battery for a
few seconds or moving the CMOS reset jumper if you have one.
The Athlon XP2400 should run at a mobo frequency of 133Mhz so the setting
you used of 200Mhz was some overclock! (If they released a Barton 2400 then
that would be 166Mhz). I am not familiar with your board, but Epox mobo's I
have used have the frequency set by jumper - but either way, they always
default to 100Mhz as that is safe with all the CPU's

Sorgemus said:
Hiya,

Already made a similar post to the Hardware - Motherboards - Epox
forum but maybe more experts would reach my problem if I posted it
here :D

I try to make this as short as possible :)

As you can see, I'm using 8KRAi motherboard and AMD Athlon XP 2400+ as
my processor and I have the following problem with the system setup:


Earlier today, when I was configuring my system for the very first
time I noticed that my motherboard recognized my processor as a
Athlon XP 1500+ (or something like that, can't remember accurately) I
took a look at the PowerBIOS settings which hold the configuration to
the FSB and CPU Clock settings, and I noticed that the multiplier was
configured as "Auto" or similar and the system bus was operating only
at 100 MHz. So I came into the following conclusion: as the CPU:s
operating frequency is supposed to be 2.0 GHz I changed the
multiplier to 10x and the system bus to 200 MHz. (10 x 200 = 2000
aight?) After that my system wasn't bootable. The manual stated that
if a problem occurred due false overclocking configuration (which
mine apparently was?) the screen goes blank and can be returned to a
initial configuration by instantly pressing Insert. Unfortunately I
didn't have that part of the manual open at that moment and when the
screen just went blank I rebooted. The question is that should I have
pressed Insert at the very moment that the screen went blank? Is
there anything to do to revive my system back to life?

Thanks in advance ;)

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