Just to make sure:

ojrules · 5 Feb 2008 at 20:57

at the moment ive got a "Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2" with a p4 on Xp.. and am next week will be getting a e2180.. just to make sure, will this be fine, and will i need to do anything in preparation?..

MeatLoaf · 5 Feb 2008 at 21:12

Assuming your board is LGA775 then it may be ok with a BIOS update, id check the website to be sure before you buy

RJC · 5 Feb 2008 at 21:20

According to Asrock you will need BIOS P1.30 to run the 2180.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=4COREDUAL-SATA2&s=

Rob

ojrules · 5 Feb 2008 at 21:29

arghh... any chance that ive already got it?.. how can i check?

ojrules · 5 Feb 2008 at 21:46

oohh yess.. just check bios version 1.30 .. yey dont have to update the bios.. its liek christams all over again

Vir · 5 Feb 2008 at 23:11

lol

bios updating ain't THAT hard though

anyway gratz. E2180 is good processor, to bad you can't really overclock with that board you have.

ojrules · 6 Feb 2008 at 16:37

yeh, that does suck a bit, i've just gotta stick with it cus ive got a x1950 agp card... however i think i will be able to get it to 2.9ghz on stock volts.. fingers crossed

Artic7 · 6 Feb 2008 at 17:47

ojrules said:
yeh, that does suck a bit, i've just gotta stick with it cus ive got a x1950 agp card... however i think i will be able to get it to 2.9ghz on stock volts.. fingers crossed

I have the same board in another system could only get a e2200 to max stable overclock of 2.6 from a stock speed of 2.2.
I`ve read the only way that you can overclock it further is by doing a volt mod or something
i`m currently using a x1950 pro agp card with this board and it runs games at decent settings(apart from Crysis) which i have running at 1680x1050 medium settings running at about 18-23 fps!!
Steve

Contacted Asrock support about the lack of overclocking and they basically said it runs at your stock speed of 2.2ghz so it`s working properly

ojrules · 6 Feb 2008 at 21:16

ugh.. that doesnt sound too good.. well anyway im sure itl be better than my 3.8ghz single core? (will it? :~ ).. could that crap overclock be due to your ram?.. (what stuff have you got?)

Artic7 · 6 Feb 2008 at 22:10

Just cheap ddr ram,i have some ddr2 ram coming tm,don't know if that will be any better.
I know on some Asrocks i have had,you can set fsb maybe to 290-300 and it will boot up and then fail Orthos after about 30 minutes,but on this if i go above fsb of 242 it fails to even get past the Bios screen.
i've read on forums that people have got 280 -290 on this board,but i`m not one of them :mad:

ojrules · 7 Feb 2008 at 16:20

i think it may be because of your ram, not built to handle the fsb, and yes the not great motherbaord