Abit NF7 S2

Jocks

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Hi all, ive just aquired the above motherboard and I was hoping to put my 3200+ athlon in it but when I booted it. The board first of all set the FSB to 100mhz and the system booted up saying the CPU was a 1200mhz athlon. When I changed the FSB to 200mhz it booted up and in the post screen said the CPU was running at 2400mhz. Then the system would not boot windows instead it would hang on a black screen after the post screen. Can anyone help anyone know of any issues. I have flashed the bios with the newest version. Also the bios menu has no multiplier option also. I managed to set the FSB to 166 and it booted windows saying it was an athlon 2700+. I have also tried a 2800+ and that seemed to work after I changed the FSB.
 
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Hi all, ive just aquired the above motherboard and I was hoping to put my 3200+ athlon in it but when I booted it. The board first of all set the FSB to 100mhz and the system booted up saying the CPU was a 1200mhz athlon. When I changed the FSB to 200mhz it booted up and in the post screen said the CPU was running at 2400mhz. Then the system would not boot windows instead it would hang on a black screen after the post screen. Can anyone help anyone know of any issues. I have flashed the bios with the newest version. Also the bios menu has no multiplier option also. I managed to set the FSB to 166 and it booted windows saying it was an athlon 2700+. I have also tried a 2800+ and that seemed to work after I changed the FSB.
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Xp3200 + was 11X200 = 2.2ghz not 2.4ghz

So you've got the multiplyer wrong. But that doesn't mean you can't OC it might need extra voltage to get it upto 2.4ghz.

I'd try 1.7V that will do the trick.

sid
 
NF7-S2 wasn't an enthusiast mobo unlike the confusingly similarly named NF7-S V2.0.
By the time that it came out AMD had started locking CPU multis on desktop mobos so iirc the S2 lacked the extra onboard hardware necessary to enable that.

Was this a new OS install?
Is your PSU adequate & your RAM properly set up?
 
new os install

yeah it was a new OS install. The ram is 2gig 400mhz corsair. PSU is a 500watt. Am new to overclocking where do i put the 1.7v on in the bios. Cheers.
 
I'm not sure your CPU is unlocked mate. i don't remember 3200+ being unlocked or perhaps the earlier revisions might be

For overclocking look at the softmenu options.

sid
 
Ah right I see, what should I be setting my FSB to, to get it to run at normal speed 2200 i think that is. I'll give the overclocking thing a go like. Cheers.
 
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Ah right I see, what should I be setting my FSB to, to get it to run at normal speed 2200 i think that is. I'll give the overclocking thing a go like. Cheers.
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FSB should be set to 200mhz
FSB:DRAM ratio should be 1:1 with 400mhz DDR in dual channel mode
Multiplyer should be 11 with vCore of 1.65V
those are ideal stock settings.

sid
 
Doesn't work

It doesn't work when I set it to 200mhz. I have managed to get it up to the same speed as a 3200+ by settin the bus to about 188. In windows I opened a program called nvidia system utility which came with the mainboard. Now this tells me info about CPU etc and its saying my CPU has a multiplier of 12. There is no option to change the multiplier in the bios. So this has confused me lol. Thanks.
 
yeah

yeah thats my chip thats what it says on the chip and I had it in a shuttle for the past 2 years running as a 3200+ so i don't get it.
 
Could it be fake

Does anyone know if my chip might be fake. The code on it is AXDA3200DKV4E. And I have used it in a shuttle for a couple of years as a 3200+ but I could set the multiplier up myself on that bios. cheers.
 
thanks for the reply what is iirc. I bought it ages ago from a computer fair. Is there anyway I can find out whether it is or not.
 
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