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Need help with A7N8X BIOS settings

Asked by hmiller8513 in Miscellaneous Hardware, Hardware Components, Video Cards

Tags: a7n8x, bios, deluxe, settings

Hello,
I have an A7N8X Deluxe r1.04 with a freshly updated 1008 BIOS. I am upgrading the system from an Athlon 2100+ to an Athlon 3000+ (400mhz). In BIOS, I set the frequency to 200 and multiplier to 10.5 for the new chip.

I initially got the system to boot recognize the CPU as a 3000+. So far so good. The OS worked great, but had direct 3D stability problems.

I've updated my nforce drivers and geforce drivers. When that didn't work, I upgraded the video card (from ti4600 to 5700LE) and eventually resorted to a fresh install of Windows XP. All this and the 3D stablity problem remains.

Realizing I had pc2700 RAM (2 sticks of 512) and the RAM was not at the same speed as the FSB, I figured this was the cause of the problem. I swapped this out for 2 sticks of pc3200. I set the memory frequency to 100% to sync the RAM and FSB to a speed of 200. I still have instability running 3D applications.

After many hours of trying various combination of settings for CPU External Freq, CPU Frequency Multiple, memory frequency, etc... I decided to try running with the 2100+ chip I started with. I am now unstable with this chip (set at 133x10.5 in BIOS).  I've tried it with both the pc2700 and pc3200 RAM.

Ultimately I'd like to have the 3000+ cpu running smoothly witht he 5700LE graphics card.

 I'm not terribly concerned with overclocking (At this point, I'll be happy to underclock the 3000+ to get this thing working again) - I just want a stable system. Can anyone help with BIOS settings for an A7N8X Deluxe with either a 2100+ or 3000+ (400mhz) or provide any suggestions to get my machine working again?  
Thanks!
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