improper CPU Internal Frequency setting

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Hi

I have an Asus CUSL2 motherboard with an Intel 866 MHz Pentium III
processor. I've had this board for just over three years now and recently I
have been getting the following message on booting the system:

"During the last boot-up, your system hung for an improper CPU Internal
Frequency setting. Your system is now working in safe mode. To optimize the
system performance and reliability, make sure the CPU internal frequency
conforms to the specifications of your CPU."

What happens is that if I power off the system and leave it overnight, then
the following day when I start it as I watch the boot messages on screen I
see that the processor comes up as 433 MHz and the system immediately shuts
itself down. I start it up again and the same thing happens. After several
attempts the processor finally registers as 866 MHz and I am dropped into
the BIOS where I see the above message. After I confirm the settings and
exit out of BIOS the system continues to boot normally with no problems.

I'm not attempting to overclock the processor or any or weird stuff. The
board was set in jumper-free mode. I have tried taking out the processor and
re-seating it and the heat sink/CPU fan, but to no avail. I have swapped
batteries with other motherboards that have no problems, but again no
success (admittedly, I haven't tried a brand new battery).

As a last ditched attempt to resolve this, I updated the BIOS from version
1002 to 1009A and set the board in jumper mode. This certainly clears the
error message as the board has no choice now but to recognise the processor
as 866 MHz, however, on powering up the system the first couple of times I
find that the system displays the processor as 866 MHz and then switches
itself off again.

I've googled this error and every time I've found something relating to this
it always seems to be an Asus motherboard. Does anyone have any ideas on
this - have I got a faulty motherboard or CPU? Unfortunately, I don't have
another socket 370 board available to try the processor in. Anybody had this
message themselves and actually found a solution?

Thanks for any help

John
 
CPU's do NOT tend to have intermitent faults. They either work or they
don't. It sounds like your older motherboard is failing.
 
"JohnC" said:
Hi

I have an Asus CUSL2 motherboard with an Intel 866 MHz Pentium III
processor. I've had this board for just over three years now and recently I
have been getting the following message on booting the system:

"During the last boot-up, your system hung for an improper CPU Internal
Frequency setting. Your system is now working in safe mode. To optimize the
system performance and reliability, make sure the CPU internal frequency
conforms to the specifications of your CPU."

What happens is that if I power off the system and leave it overnight, then
the following day when I start it as I watch the boot messages on screen I
see that the processor comes up as 433 MHz and the system immediately shuts
itself down. I start it up again and the same thing happens. After several
attempts the processor finally registers as 866 MHz and I am dropped into
the BIOS where I see the above message. After I confirm the settings and
exit out of BIOS the system continues to boot normally with no problems.

I'm not attempting to overclock the processor or any or weird stuff. The
board was set in jumper-free mode. I have tried taking out the processor and
re-seating it and the heat sink/CPU fan, but to no avail. I have swapped
batteries with other motherboards that have no problems, but again no
success (admittedly, I haven't tried a brand new battery).

As a last ditched attempt to resolve this, I updated the BIOS from version
1002 to 1009A and set the board in jumper mode. This certainly clears the
error message as the board has no choice now but to recognise the processor
as 866 MHz, however, on powering up the system the first couple of times I
find that the system displays the processor as 866 MHz and then switches
itself off again.

I've googled this error and every time I've found something relating to this
it always seems to be an Asus motherboard. Does anyone have any ideas on
this - have I got a faulty motherboard or CPU? Unfortunately, I don't have
another socket 370 board available to try the processor in. Anybody had this
message themselves and actually found a solution?

Thanks for any help

John
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Have you tried reseating the processor ? Maybe some of the pins
are making bad connections to the socket. If you use thermal grease
on a processor, it should be freshened up yearly anyway, giving you
an opportunity to reseat the processor.

HTH,
Paul
 
JohnC said:
Hi

I have an Asus CUSL2 motherboard with an Intel 866 MHz Pentium III
processor. I've had this board for just over three years now and recently I
have been getting the following message on booting the system:

"During the last boot-up, your system hung for an improper CPU Internal
Frequency setting. Your system is now working in safe mode. To optimize the
system performance and reliability, make sure the CPU internal frequency
conforms to the specifications of your CPU."

What happens is that if I power off the system and leave it overnight, then
the following day when I start it as I watch the boot messages on screen I
see that the processor comes up as 433 MHz and the system immediately shuts
itself down. I start it up again and the same thing happens. After several
attempts the processor finally registers as 866 MHz and I am dropped into
the BIOS where I see the above message. After I confirm the settings and
exit out of BIOS the system continues to boot normally with no problems.

I'm not attempting to overclock the processor or any or weird stuff. The
board was set in jumper-free mode. I have tried taking out the processor and
re-seating it and the heat sink/CPU fan, but to no avail. I have swapped
batteries with other motherboards that have no problems, but again no
success (admittedly, I haven't tried a brand new battery).

As a last ditched attempt to resolve this, I updated the BIOS from version
1002 to 1009A and set the board in jumper mode. This certainly clears the
error message as the board has no choice now but to recognise the processor
as 866 MHz, however, on powering up the system the first couple of times I
find that the system displays the processor as 866 MHz and then switches
itself off again.

I've googled this error and every time I've found something relating to this
it always seems to be an Asus motherboard. Does anyone have any ideas on
this - have I got a faulty motherboard or CPU? Unfortunately, I don't have
another socket 370 board available to try the processor in. Anybody had this
message themselves and actually found a solution?

Thanks for any help

John
Click to expand...
Have you tried swapping out the power supply? Maybe it can't provide
enough power when it is cold, or you have another component drawing more
power on startup.
 
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