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using E8200 with asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe

ste2425

ste2425

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System Name Ultra 64
Processor NEC VR4300 (MIPS R4300i)
Motherboard proprietary design
Cooling Fanless aircooled
Memory 4.5MB 250 MHz RDRAM
Video Card(s) 62.5 MHz Reality Coprocessor
Storage 32 - 512 Mbit ROM Cartridge
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Audio Device(s) 16-bit CD quality
Power Supply proprietary design
Mouse N64 mouse for use with N64DD
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I appear to have a problem using my E8200 with my Asus P5N32-SLi SE Deluxe. If i put it in it starts to post all dandy goes through the few different screen till it get to checking NVRAM where it will hang in deffinatly. I say that because the longest i have left it is about 20min, i dont no if it will need to take longer but surly not when all it needs to check is like a 4mb bios chip right?

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Ive tried different ram, ive tried just one stick in every channel and two sticks varying channels. Cleard CMOS even bought a new battery for it but no luck. I can get into my bios and change setting etc but i cannot seem to find an option to disable the check. If i run my E2180 all is fine so i no the mobo/ram are compatable.

Any ideas on how to fix this issue guys?

cheers ste
 
BIOS update available? Try that mate.
 
its already at the highest they have released, could there be a problem with the bios that only takes effect under certain cercumstances, like this? is that possible? ill try and reflash the bios tho see how that helps
 
This may sound like a strange question for the scenario, but do you have any IDE drives installed? If so, try disconnecting them and booting. If that doesn't change anything, run some diagnostics on any hard drives installed. I have found this to fix your problem twice in the past.
 
Are you absolutely sure you are using the 1502 BIOS?

It seems very odd that it says Speed: 600MHz(I assume this is the CPU speed). That indicates to me that the CPU isn't being detected or configured properly. If you are sure you are using the latest 1502 BIOS, try going into the BIOS settings and adjusting the CPU settings to the correct multiplier and FSB speed.

Edit: Forget all that. I was looking at the wrong board(I was looking at the 650i based P5N32-E SLI Plus). If you are using the P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe then you are saddly out of luck, and won't be able to fix this issue. It is based on the original nForce 4 Intel Edition, which does not support 45nm CPUs, only the original 65nm dual-cores(no quad support either). Stupid ASUS naming schemes.:banghead:
 
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well i gues that solves the issue i suppose. thanks for your time guys anyway. Its just strange why would it come up with the proc name? isn't it the bios that stores the info for the chips it supports not the individual proc itself?
 
The processor name is stored in a registry on the processor, the board reads that registry and displays the name. I think this registry has been the same on Intel processors for decades, so it is no surprise the board could read from it and display the name. It is other aspects of the processor that the board doesn't support(the 1333 FSB being one).

You can try going into the BIOS settings and adjusting them to 1066FSB and setting the correct multiplier, and might make the machine at least get past the nvram thing and boot. However, it is a long shot and would only make the processor run at 2.1GHz. If it does work though, you might be able to raise the FSB a little bit beyond 1066 to get closer to the 2.66GHz the processor is supposed to run at.
 
ok thanks. assuming it does work would there be much point in running an underclocked E8200 at 2.1 instead of a E2180 at 2.0? i mean would there be any performance difference? plus does underclocking a proc cause any damage?
 
I would think the extra cache and FSB speed would make a noticeable improvement over the E2180. Underclocking the processor shouldn't cause any damage, however there is the possibility that the board is giving the processor too much voltage, and that could cause a problem. If the board has the option to manually adjust the CPU voltage(it should) then you can set that to something like 1.3v and that should keep the processor safe.
 
ok so set FSB to 1066 and voltage to 1.3, ok ill give it a shot, ive searched on the net and found allot of people running 45nm chips on 65nm boards, hopefully ill be one of them
 
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