Sorry to post in two sections, but the lack of posts make me think maybe someone here might have this board and this problem before.
Are there locked SATA Ports on the A8N32? I see an option to change the PCI speed. Do I need to mess with that?
I've had my old Opteron 146 over clocked to 2.9 Ghz (290 FSB X 10) for over a year now without incident, but this weekend, I migrated the 146 from my computer over to one I'm building for my son. I ordered an Opteron 165 for mine to get dual core.
The max multiplier for the DC Opty is 9 though. I found my highest FSB at 315 and I didn't find the max for the processor. I maxed out at 315 x 9 for 2835. I also have my RAM lowered to 133 which should take it out of the equation. I had my Windows drive on SATA port 3 and after I rebooted it didn't see that drive. Not in the BIOS either. So I moved it to port one and my storage drive to port 2. So now I get to the "windows is loading" screen and it just restarts.
I have a good feeling its hard drive related. The CPU was prime stable at its speed, and I had several good boots at the current FSB. I have Corsair 3500LLPro 1028 x 2 set close to stock speeds too(This RAM has overclocked pretty poorly for the model and price it was....but thats for another post).
I'm sure I'm over looking it somewhere, but just am not seeing it. Not sure weather I have locked ports or not or should lower the PCI speed setting (or what would be a good speed with the settings I have now)
Thanks guys for any light you can shed on my problem. Sorry, if its a noob question.
Are there locked SATA Ports on the A8N32? I see an option to change the PCI speed. Do I need to mess with that?
I've had my old Opteron 146 over clocked to 2.9 Ghz (290 FSB X 10) for over a year now without incident, but this weekend, I migrated the 146 from my computer over to one I'm building for my son. I ordered an Opteron 165 for mine to get dual core.
The max multiplier for the DC Opty is 9 though. I found my highest FSB at 315 and I didn't find the max for the processor. I maxed out at 315 x 9 for 2835. I also have my RAM lowered to 133 which should take it out of the equation. I had my Windows drive on SATA port 3 and after I rebooted it didn't see that drive. Not in the BIOS either. So I moved it to port one and my storage drive to port 2. So now I get to the "windows is loading" screen and it just restarts.
I have a good feeling its hard drive related. The CPU was prime stable at its speed, and I had several good boots at the current FSB. I have Corsair 3500LLPro 1028 x 2 set close to stock speeds too(This RAM has overclocked pretty poorly for the model and price it was....but thats for another post).
I'm sure I'm over looking it somewhere, but just am not seeing it. Not sure weather I have locked ports or not or should lower the PCI speed setting (or what would be a good speed with the settings I have now)
Thanks guys for any light you can shed on my problem. Sorry, if its a noob question.