Background: I finally built my first computer from scratch. I've always purchased from DELL. This machine's built to my spec. Here's what I have:
Gigabyte GA-8IRXP - BIOS REV F6
P4 2.0A
Kingston ValueRAM PC2100 512MB
2 - Maxtor D740X (40GB) Hard Disks
Creative Audigy Gamer
PNY TI4400
Problem 1: When I increase the FSB to 133 and up the voltage to 1.65, 1.70, 1.75, etc. the system will not boot the OS. My only option is to get into the BIOS and default the settings back. When I increased to 1.8 and 1.85, the system is totally locked-up on reboot. I have to unplug the ATX, take out the battery and short the battery termals to restore the out of box BIOS settings. I purchase the 2.0A in conjunction with the 8IRXP to overclock my CPU. I'll try a FSB of 120 tonight and leave the voltage alone. Any comments are appreciated!
Problem 2: When I use the default mobo settings and have the mobo working (without trying to overclock), I cannot get the Promise RAID to work. I can create my stripe set (RAID 0) then when I go into WinXP, I press F6 during the load to use the Promise drivers for this chipset (20276). WinXP load states that the driver will be used, the install continues, then when "Windows XP Startup), I receive an error that no hard disks can be found. I cannot get WinXP during installation to see either the RAID or disks. Any thoughts here?
Stressed in Saginaw...
Thank You,
Brian Chapman
Gigabyte GA-8IRXP - BIOS REV F6
P4 2.0A
Kingston ValueRAM PC2100 512MB
2 - Maxtor D740X (40GB) Hard Disks
Creative Audigy Gamer
PNY TI4400
Problem 1: When I increase the FSB to 133 and up the voltage to 1.65, 1.70, 1.75, etc. the system will not boot the OS. My only option is to get into the BIOS and default the settings back. When I increased to 1.8 and 1.85, the system is totally locked-up on reboot. I have to unplug the ATX, take out the battery and short the battery termals to restore the out of box BIOS settings. I purchase the 2.0A in conjunction with the 8IRXP to overclock my CPU. I'll try a FSB of 120 tonight and leave the voltage alone. Any comments are appreciated!
Problem 2: When I use the default mobo settings and have the mobo working (without trying to overclock), I cannot get the Promise RAID to work. I can create my stripe set (RAID 0) then when I go into WinXP, I press F6 during the load to use the Promise drivers for this chipset (20276). WinXP load states that the driver will be used, the install continues, then when "Windows XP Startup), I receive an error that no hard disks can be found. I cannot get WinXP during installation to see either the RAID or disks. Any thoughts here?
Stressed in Saginaw...
Thank You,
Brian Chapman