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P4 Peed settings problem
My brandnew shuttle XPC ST62K equipped with a 2800mhz P4 1gb L2 cache, 800 mhz FSB has problems to accept it as a 14 x 200 mhz = 2.8GHz speed cpu.
If the bios is set to auto it will accept it as such the first time it boots, but the second time it is reset to 166 x 14 = 2,32 GHz.
If it is manually set to FSB 200 then it will see it as 14 x200, but again, only at 1st boot.
The cpu is correctly described as a 2,8 mhz (also in Sisoft Sandra) but sometimes running @2.32 other occasions @ 2,80 GHz.
Nor mainboard, nor BIOS have an option to det the multiplier
The bios is dated feb 27th and there has been no revision or update since.
The CPU is identified by Intel as being the one described.
Shuttle blames Intel, Intel blames Shuttle as usual....
Has anyone experienced similar trouble or knows a solution?
If the bios is set to auto it will accept it as such the first time it boots, but the second time it is reset to 166 x 14 = 2,32 GHz.
If it is manually set to FSB 200 then it will see it as 14 x200, but again, only at 1st boot.
The cpu is correctly described as a 2,8 mhz (also in Sisoft Sandra) but sometimes running @2.32 other occasions @ 2,80 GHz.
Nor mainboard, nor BIOS have an option to det the multiplier
The bios is dated feb 27th and there has been no revision or update since.
The CPU is identified by Intel as being the one described.
Shuttle blames Intel, Intel blames Shuttle as usual....
Has anyone experienced similar trouble or knows a solution?
My recommendation would be to clear the CMOS, in case it has some bad values. If that doesn't do anything, you may need to replace the CMOS Battery, as LucF says, or it could be a more serious problem of a faulty CMOS circuit, in which case you need to get an exchange of the motherboard.
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it remembers all other settings and IS BRANDNEW, so I wouldn't bet on the battery... BTW yes I tryied faill safe settings; didn't help.
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To answer your feedback, that things are "Brand new" doesn't mean they're not bad...
LucF
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it remembers all other settings and IS BRANDNEW, so I wouldn't bet on the battery... BTW yes I tryied faill safe settings; didn't help.
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To answer your feedback, that things are "Brand new" doesn't mean they're not bad...
LucF
Along with trying a new battery. Are your bios up to date? There maybe a bios update to make your processor work.
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I apreciate you try to help buckeyes33, but you really should read the question before you answer.
On the CMOS battery matter: I wrote to the support desk of the vendor to ask if this is a possib le solution; this being an integrated case/motherboard shuttle combination, I don't want to risk to void the warranty on a $400 product buy messing with it without their consent.
But again: I bet that if it would be the battery it would lose other settings or show other malfunctions too.
On the CMOS battery matter: I wrote to the support desk of the vendor to ask if this is a possib le solution; this being an integrated case/motherboard shuttle combination, I don't want to risk to void the warranty on a $400 product buy messing with it without their consent.
But again: I bet that if it would be the battery it would lose other settings or show other malfunctions too.
Does your clock in windows (or whatever operating system your running) loose time at all if you shut down for a while? Because if it was your CMOS battery, that would be another symptom.
Are you saying the memory is incompatible with your motherboard?
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Thar's what Shuttle emailed me yesterday and I verified at the Ati site... No1 warned me upfront... not the vendor nor the review sites I visited b4 buying it.... Now it's going to cost xtra bucks to get the thing to function how it should.... SOS = shame on shuttle
Well, since you found the solution yourself, you can post a note in Community Support and ask for a refund. This is a good bit of information to know.
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Sounds like your bios isn't able to remember the settings, which could be caused by a bad CMOS battery, have you tried replacing it?
Greetings,
LucF