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Err
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:44 am
by Hunter
Sometimes when I boot my computer up, the BIOS comes up thinking the computer is an Athlon 1150mhz (its a XP2000). I have to go into the BIOS settings to change it back again. Also, sometimes it thinks its a Duron 1050mhz, and the only way to change that is to pull the power and wait a few seconds before starting up!
I love my compy!
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:02 am
by CIH
Isn't the BIOS 'sposed to save info like that ? (fear the knowledge)
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:39 am
by aldo
sometimes. IIRC, you can either save your specific FSB, multiplier, etc values or let the BIOS auto-detect on startup.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:21 pm
by Taristin
My desktop only cuts the speed when it was recoverring from a failed OC attempt....
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:49 pm
by Hunter
It could be just a faulty / low battery, but I doubt it. The clocks fine, and it only seems to occur once every so often. Are computers capable of getting colds?
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:27 pm
by Robo
Hunty, I get that too on
both of my machines. Like you said, every so often. They are identical, being powered by Athlon 1800 XP's.
It also resets the clock and turns off SMART for hard disks, strangely enough.
We've tried changing batteries but that seems to have no effect
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:29 pm
by Hunter
I sometimes don't notice it at first, but the giveaway sign is when none of my USB devices are working. Then I reboot and notice the changed CPU. Probably just the cheapness shining through
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:13 pm
by Robo
Yeah.
Do you know which motherboard you have?
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:04 pm
by Hunter
It's too embarrasing to say. So we'll leave it there.
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:28 pm
by Robo
For god sake, Hunty
Is it a K7S5A?
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:43 pm
by Stryker
You might check the battery on the motherboard. There's a small battery that sometimes goes dead, causing the machine to lose its BIOS settings.
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:38 pm
by Robo
Robo wrote:We've tried changing batteries but that seems to have no effect
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:39 pm
by aldo
Robo wrote:For god sake, Hunty
Is it a K7S5A?
The HORROR!
*faint*
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:54 pm
by Hunter
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:25 am
by Taristin
I had a BIOSTAR once. That thing sucked. The AGP slot's casing broke, and the video card fried out a few wires on the bottom of the mobo......
then the PSU went out and somehow fried the rest of it.