AM 2+ Biostar processor switch from Phenom to Phenon II AM3

[suckthebunny]

Power consumption will be a bit higher since old nforce boards don't support digital control of voltages, nor can provide separate voltages for CPU and CPU-NB. Plus there may be a performance loss due to the HT clock being limited to 1000MHz instead of 1800-2200MHz.
Besides that, it will work fine.

Well you are right on all counts but there is 1 reason i could not get the reason I could not get it to work. The Biostar mobo supports am2+ but only to the x4. It does not support the x6 because of the dual ram configuration if i remember that right. thats been a month ago or more and Ive built 2 machines since. my memory is foggy.

Well you are right on all counts but there is 1 reason i could not get the reason I could not get it to work. The Biostar mobo supports am2+ but only to the x4. It does not support the x6 because of the dual ram configuration if i remember that right. thats been a month ago or more and Ive built 2 machines since. my memory is foggy.

i said reason twice. haha. sorry. 1 reason

Well you are right on all counts but there is 1 reason i could not get the reason I could not get it to work. The Biostar mobo supports am2+ but only to the x4. It does not support the x6 because of the dual ram configuration if i remember that right. thats been a month ago or more and Ive built 2 machines since. my memory is foggy.


i said reason twice. haha. sorry. 1 reason

the chip is actually limited to 800mhz but thats amazing you knew that because it took me forever to figure out

 

[GoldenX]

x6 based Phenom II chips are different to the x4 based ones, BIOS support is needed, and Biostar only bothered on some models.

 

[suckthebunny]

I noticed my cpuid has HT Link of 1004.42. This is caused by what?

I was confused about which machine you were commenting on. You were commenting on the one I kept with the Nvidia gpu? I just figured that out. Im a real joy to work with cant ya tell? lol. Can I fix the HT Link issue in the BIOS or is it that the Asrock mobo is generic or can i simply replace the gpu with a newer one?

 

[GoldenX]

Yes, old Nforce chipsets can't do more than 1000MHz, you need the rare 700 to 900 series ones from Nvidia, or the more common 700 to 900 series ones from AMD. That way you get 1800 to 2600MHz.

 

[suckthebunny]

Yes, old Nforce chipsets can't do more than 1000MHz, you need the rare 700 to 900 series ones from Nvidia, or the more common 700 to 900 series ones from AMD. That way you get 1800 to 2600MHz.

thanks Golden X i would have never known that. Is that GPU causing any damage? Do I need to turn this PC off until I can get the new GPU? and i also gotta say thanks for listening to my song. I assume it was you. I could see Argentina in my stats for who has listened and where they are from and i saw Argentina in there

 

[GoldenX]

No, it is fine. Higher power consumption and lower performance, but it will work 100% stable.

 

[suckthebunny]

thanks golden x

Ok Golden X I have 1 more question. This Asrock motherboard (N68C-GS4FX) that I have has integrated graphix...NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a ...but it gave me some visual problems when I first put it together so I stuck that Nvidia 9600GT back in there. Am i better off taking the 9600GT out? Whats the deal here when dealing with integrated graphix?