CPU Type Question

[GDW]

Ok ever get the feeling you might have wasted some money?

Well a while back I asked someone on this forum what was the fastest CPU I could run on an older ASUS A7V266 motherboard and was told it would run an XP 2400 at 266 MHZ. So now I've bought the thing the max I can set the multiplier to is 12x . Now if my calculations are correct I need a multiple of x15 in order to run it at 2000mhz.

The latest MB BIOS (one up from my current one) doesnt mention that it increases the multiplier only DRAM inprovements.

Is anyone else here running a similar spec who can help or is 1600mhz the fastest this MB will let me run it at.

Cheers

 

[adams901]

What Bios version you got?, I know the latest BIOS 1011 supports up to XP2600, BIOS 1010 only supports XP2200

 

[GDW]

Thanks Ive just found that. My problem now is that I dont know how to create a bootable floppy. Im running XP Prof and when i type 'format A:/ s' in the command prompt it doesnt want to play.......any suggestions?

 

[adams901]

on Win XP all you need to do is put the disk in, right click on A drive, select format and tick the "create an MS-DOS startup disk".

Once you have created the startup disk all you need to do is put AFLASH.EXE onto that disk and the bios onto another (or that one if there is room)

once you have booted into DOS with the disk just run AFLASH.EXE

 

[GDW]

Your the daddy .


Ive just flashed sucessfully and the processor is now recognised correctly . Thanks again dude.

 

[adams901]

NP, makes a change for me to help someone, usually im asking all the questions lol

 

[(Shovel)]

Originally posted by GDW
Thanks Ive just found that. My problem now is that I dont know how to create a bootable floppy. Im running XP Prof and when i type 'format A:/ s' in the command prompt it doesnt want to play.......any suggestions?

Just for reference, the format command line is actually:

format a:

Minus the / (or, \ in fact, this being DOS). The presence of / will have confused it

However, creating the MS DOS startup disk from the GUI is what you needed to do, and format wont have done that for you.

 

[Will]

I tend to go to Bootdisk.com and get something from there.

 

[GDW]

Shovel, in dos to make a system disk you type 'format a:/ s'

Typing 'format a:' only formats the disk only

I need needed a system disk to run the Bios flash programme

....just for the record