In case this question comes up again, yes, the celeron 450 was recognized fine by the GA-E7AUM-DS2H BIOS. Even though it is not listed as supported.
Sometimes, brakes happen! :D
Just an update to thank you guys again. I ended up buying a GA-E7AUM-DS2H as at least they show support for the other Celeron 400s. The worst it could happen is to not let me use the 11x multiplier, but then I would use the 10x which will make it a C440.
Besides on the Asus website, there is...
Thank you all. I hadn't tried the 450 yet till your suggestions. So I went ahead to update to the latest BIOS that supported the 440.
Then I remembered why I had stopped using this board to begin with. The keyboard PS2 port doesn't work. And I couldn't get any USB port to power up another...
Thanks again Larry. That forum seems to be the best source so far. But their posts are far in between.
I don't like to have an unsolved project for more than a few days otherwise they become months.
If it comes to that, I might as well chunk the board (ECS P4M800PRO-M) and buy a new one...
Thanks Larry, no I didn't realize I needed microcode patches.
I was hoping that since the BIOS recognizes up to Celeron 440, that it was just a matter of name validation, like new browser versions and addons.
Guess I have more to research now.
How do I edit the .rom file to add support for a new CPU?
I found this utility (AMIBCP313.exe) that allows me to read and edit the rom file.
But I can't identify where the CPU information is.
Anyone who has done a BIOS mod, could you steer me in the right direction?
Here is a screen...
OK guys I need some help. My board went crazy on me and I need to RMA it. But I don't remember how many sata cables came with the board. The manual says six, but I know it's not true. The Newegg webpage shows only two but I think it is too few, altough possible. Do any of you guys remember how...
And after yet another Vista install, here I am again. But this time trouble free :D
I got two new SATA HD but I wasn't able to successfully ghost the old one. So I went thru the process again.
This time around I didn't install the IR and now I go to sleep fine and wake up only via the case...
lysinger, to tell you the truth I don't know exactly what made the installation work. The whole process was very fudgy as I had the same "install drivers first" popup. For right now, all I can remember was me trying to install some drivers form the cd that were not signed and that Vista didn't...
About overclocking, I found this page at xtremesystems that helped me with my settings.
It turned out that I got my system running at 3200 with less than the default voltage (1.3v) and at 50 degrees idle. Room temp was 75. I'm still impressed.
The main problem I have now is stopping the...
Thanks maeshughes. I'll start looking for the pdf soon.
I think I had some weird bug on my first installation, where one of the buttons on the gadget was actually deleting the gadgets I had listed. After i uninstalled all Asus programs, the DUO install went fine. No special permissions...
Good point on the USB ports. I'm also using an older USB card with three extra ports to help in this area. I'm actually looking for another one that has at least two regular internal ports (the ones with pins) so I can connect my card reader.
Regarding the ASAP, I'm not noticing any speed...
cough! cough! I just made an ass of myself and nobody stopped me. :| Thankfully I am able to edit older posts. So my apologies to those who had the displeasure of reading it before I edited.
Just in case, I did figure out how to make the screenduo work, now I need to learn how to use it...
Well I like to live dangerously (aka "I'm bored") so I enabled JMB IDE for my cdrws even tough I also have a sata dvd burner. So far no real probs.
About the onboard sound, I don't know if it is because and I can't hear too well anymore (second thing that goes with age), but the last sound...
Ok, I think I figured it out. On the AB9 the JMB controller only allowed RAID out of the IDE port. On the PB5 it is out of the eSATA port. Nothing like RTFM.
Since one of my ide/sata adapters is broken, I'm off to fry's now.
Another small problem is with the CD. When I install the audio...
Well... the weirdest thing happened.
The Jmicron chipset didn't do so well. I got a bsod for unaccessible boot device. Even tough it was in a JMB controller before.
Then I put a serial adapter on the HD and changed it to the Intel SATA ports and everything is fine now.
Now I'm trying...
The one I'm dumping is the AB9, and it is not because of the bareness. But because the darn thing does boot or reboot without me switching the PS on/off. The infamous 2A error.
Abit has known about this problem since at least bios 4 and it is still unresolved now on bios 16. Their CS does not...
From NCIX.com
"The ScreenDUO synchronizes information from the PC or websites; displays RSS messages; meeting schedules and other important information. This saves you the time and the hassle to turn on your PC each time you wanted to view vital information."
more info here
I took the plunge yesterday and it should be here today or tomorrow. (Crossing fingers)
Since it is a brand old board with new components I expect some problems but not a ton of them. (Crossing toes and my Crossairs 6400)
Aside from the JMB controller it looks purfect to me. But I think I...
Just wanted to say that I have apparently solved my problem. I got a SATA DVDRW and managed to go thru the installation as supposed.
It proved me that the AB9's IDE location is the least of its problems. Having to boot from an optical SATA to install in an IDE RAID (only one) is beyond...
Thanks moosey. I was actually looking at the P5N-E. Someone at another forum mention that they are not OC friendly, but a good board nonetheless.
The S3 was my other choice before I went with the AB9. How is the RAID BIOS in this board? Do you know if Vista likes it?
Also what other nVidia...
I'm going thru the upgrade pains and I'm getting sick of it already.
First I went with the Fry's ECS special, the P4M800. Everything was fine till the USB, mouse and keyboard ports stopped working. Kicked myself for falling prey to ECS again and made another bad decision in a hurry. Got an...
I'm looking for a midpriced ($50-$150) card that has official support for Vista. Looked at the drivers available in Vista and none of them seemed to be for cards. From what I could see all the chipsets drivers were for motherboards with RAID included, no standalone cards.
Anyone know of a...
Yep, all the weird strings and having to load the tcpip stack to connect 3.11 to the net. How glad was i when the Earthlink guy came up with a program that cut that work in half!!
It is important to know the nuts and bolts of the tools you use. But it sure is a pain in the arse to have to...
Thank you Bozo Galora. Fixboot did it.
By explaining how it had to go to XP first, you took the fear away from messing up somebody else's computer, when it asked me "are you sure you want to fix the boot sector?" And I thought, "yes it is ok to let XP (and not ME) fix the boot sector"...
Thank you so much Bozo Galora. I think I'll be able to learn from you, but please be patient because it seems that I don't know what I thought I knew.
I was missing bootsect.dos at some point as I thought it was a XP file only. But now that you reminded me that ME/98 do not have a multiboot...
This is not my system, but it is my fsck up :o
The actual situation is:
HD0 has WinME
HD1 has XP
I can only boot to XP if I use a booting floppy. The ME choice on the floppy doesn't work.
ME boots straight from the HD but I get no booting choices.
Boot.ini is the same in the...
There is one simple solution for the DRM war. Stop buying music or movies that have DRM, even if all your hardware is DRM friendly.
The only reason they are doing this is because they think that consumers are addicted to their stuff and will put up with any crap they serve.
Corporations...
drag, sorry for being so obtuse but what is the difference in between selling and auctioning? Why is one worse than the other?
And what is that about old machines? Can I only re-sell relatively new machines or there is no re-selling at all?
I understand about not having to worry about...
That's what I thought the law was, but why did he say that?
"you can't transfer a machine or give one away without peeling the certificate of authenticity off"
I just read this article and I'm shocked http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23695
Is this true that I cannot give my old Dell to a friend without forcing him to pay MS for this previlege?
How about any other appliances or vehicles that use software? Is this a MS specific law?
Thanks Virge, how are you doing?
After re-reading the MS site I realized that they have a March 31, 2003 or newer date for the License trade in. I'll have to ask my brother-in-law when they ordered their computer cause form the Dell website it shows a shipping date of Nov 2002.
If I'm...
Do you have to have your 32bit copy registered with MS prior to do the trade?
I just got a Dell freebee with a XP Pro license but I have no idea if it has been registered or not before.
Thanks
What I find disgusting is that this thread was locked for a few hours at FW last night, and now every post is being reviewed for "public consumption".
It used to be that religion was the only way that people would get personally offended when the talk was about a third party(saint, god), but...
Well I spent a good part of the day with Mydoom.f, and it wasn't fun.
I still got 11 out of 500+ files infected left in a Linux server that I would rather have deleted. But got unlink errors while trying that.
If anyone has any suggestions on what to do I'll start a new thread. At least I got...
Well I disagree with you n0cmonkey. For me it is unintuitive and it is different. But I do agree that I needed sleep, so thank you for caring.
Now I have good news and bad news. The good news is that won't lose any more sleep with it. The bad news is that even though I managed to install the...
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