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Anyone had experience of the Soltek QBIC EQ3702
I'm in the process of putting together a System based around the Soltek
QBIC EQ3702 barebones system coupled with an AMD 2500+ (barton core) running at 333FSB. The memory is a single stick of 512MB Crucial PC2700 RAM. The Hard Drive is a Samsung SP1213N 120GB ATA100 drive configured and detected as the primary device on IDE channel #1 and the CD-RW/DVD is a MSI X52P 52x speed drive detected and configured as the secondary on IDE channel #2. I'm having a couple of problems with this at the moment. 1# CPU not Recognised First is the CPU isn't being recognised as the correct CPU. Now I know that I can change these settings in the BIOS, however if I go into the BIOS to change the CPU Ratio and FSB Frequency to the correct settings and then reboot, well...... .....All that happens is that the machine continually reboots without even displaying the BIOS screen. The cycle is as follows, machine is switched on, the CPU fan powers up to full speed, then it powers down to low speed, then the machine reboots at which point the cycle starts again. 2# Machine reboots during Windows XP Setup If I configure the BIOS defaults after clearing the CMOS RAM, I can boot the machine up and go into the BIOS to look at things. Everything appears to work OK. I can even boot off of a CD, have booted KNOPPIX successfully, however when I boot of the Windows XP CD it usually copies of all of the files into memory and just before the graphical stage part of the installation kicks in it reboots!!!!! Any ideas out there? I've already looked at the Soltek website for further documentation/help. The BIOS has been already updated to F1.9L and Checking the supported processors datasheet indicates that the 2500+ Athlon has been tested OK with a CPU Ratio of 11 and a FSB Frequency of 166, so this should work on my system ;-( Thanks, Jason |
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Did you try a little more CPU voltage?
Jim "JasonB" wrote in message ... I'm in the process of putting together a System based around the Soltek QBIC EQ3702 barebones system coupled with an AMD 2500+ (barton core) running at 333FSB. The memory is a single stick of 512MB Crucial PC2700 RAM. The Hard Drive is a Samsung SP1213N 120GB ATA100 drive configured and detected as the primary device on IDE channel #1 and the CD-RW/DVD is a MSI X52P 52x speed drive detected and configured as the secondary on IDE channel #2. I'm having a couple of problems with this at the moment. 1# CPU not Recognised First is the CPU isn't being recognised as the correct CPU. Now I know that I can change these settings in the BIOS, however if I go into the BIOS to change the CPU Ratio and FSB Frequency to the correct settings and then reboot, well...... ....All that happens is that the machine continually reboots without even displaying the BIOS screen. The cycle is as follows, machine is switched on, the CPU fan powers up to full speed, then it powers down to low speed, then the machine reboots at which point the cycle starts again. 2# Machine reboots during Windows XP Setup If I configure the BIOS defaults after clearing the CMOS RAM, I can boot the machine up and go into the BIOS to look at things. Everything appears to work OK. I can even boot off of a CD, have booted KNOPPIX successfully, however when I boot of the Windows XP CD it usually copies of all of the files into memory and just before the graphical stage part of the installation kicks in it reboots!!!!! Any ideas out there? I've already looked at the Soltek website for further documentation/help. The BIOS has been already updated to F1.9L and Checking the supported processors datasheet indicates that the 2500+ Athlon has been tested OK with a CPU Ratio of 11 and a FSB Frequency of 166, so this should work on my system ;-( Thanks, Jason |
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I've tried upping the voltage a little, but this doesn't appear to make
a difference at the moment. Looking at the BIOS there are several settings that can be tweaked, in what order should they be adjusted? At the moment I'm trying to get the system to work on base settings, hence I'm adjusting the CPU Ratio and the FSB Frequency first. Getting this to work in a stable manner though is proving difficult. Jim wrote: Did you try a little more CPU voltage? Jim "JasonB" wrote in message ... I'm in the process of putting together a System based around the Soltek QBIC EQ3702 barebones system coupled with an AMD 2500+ (barton core) running at 333FSB. The memory is a single stick of 512MB Crucial PC2700 RAM. The Hard Drive is a Samsung SP1213N 120GB ATA100 drive configured and detected as the primary device on IDE channel #1 and the CD-RW/DVD is a MSI X52P 52x speed drive detected and configured as the secondary on IDE channel #2. I'm having a couple of problems with this at the moment. 1# CPU not Recognised First is the CPU isn't being recognised as the correct CPU. Now I know that I can change these settings in the BIOS, however if I go into the BIOS to change the CPU Ratio and FSB Frequency to the correct settings and then reboot, well...... ....All that happens is that the machine continually reboots without even displaying the BIOS screen. The cycle is as follows, machine is switched on, the CPU fan powers up to full speed, then it powers down to low speed, then the machine reboots at which point the cycle starts again. 2# Machine reboots during Windows XP Setup If I configure the BIOS defaults after clearing the CMOS RAM, I can boot the machine up and go into the BIOS to look at things. Everything appears to work OK. I can even boot off of a CD, have booted KNOPPIX successfully, however when I boot of the Windows XP CD it usually copies of all of the files into memory and just before the graphical stage part of the installation kicks in it reboots!!!!! Any ideas out there? I've already looked at the Soltek website for further documentation/help. The BIOS has been already updated to F1.9L and Checking the supported processors datasheet indicates that the 2500+ Athlon has been tested OK with a CPU Ratio of 11 and a FSB Frequency of 166, so this should work on my system ;-( Thanks, Jason |
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I would double check that the CPU and heatsink are seated properly.
Sometimes either the CPU is not fully in the ZIF socket, or the heatsink is not in full contact w/ the CPU. In such cases, the system will continually and spontaneously reboot under stress (or when it overheats), whichever happens first. Remove the CPU and heatsink and start over. Jim "JasonB" wrote in message ... I've tried upping the voltage a little, but this doesn't appear to make a difference at the moment. Looking at the BIOS there are several settings that can be tweaked, in what order should they be adjusted? At the moment I'm trying to get the system to work on base settings, hence I'm adjusting the CPU Ratio and the FSB Frequency first. Getting this to work in a stable manner though is proving difficult. Jim wrote: Did you try a little more CPU voltage? Jim "JasonB" wrote in message ... I'm in the process of putting together a System based around the Soltek QBIC EQ3702 barebones system coupled with an AMD 2500+ (barton core) running at 333FSB. The memory is a single stick of 512MB Crucial PC2700 RAM. The Hard Drive is a Samsung SP1213N 120GB ATA100 drive configured and detected as the primary device on IDE channel #1 and the CD-RW/DVD is a MSI X52P 52x speed drive detected and configured as the secondary on IDE channel #2. I'm having a couple of problems with this at the moment. 1# CPU not Recognised First is the CPU isn't being recognised as the correct CPU. Now I know that I can change these settings in the BIOS, however if I go into the BIOS to change the CPU Ratio and FSB Frequency to the correct settings and then reboot, well...... ....All that happens is that the machine continually reboots without even displaying the BIOS screen. The cycle is as follows, machine is switched on, the CPU fan powers up to full speed, then it powers down to low speed, then the machine reboots at which point the cycle starts again. 2# Machine reboots during Windows XP Setup If I configure the BIOS defaults after clearing the CMOS RAM, I can boot the machine up and go into the BIOS to look at things. Everything appears to work OK. I can even boot off of a CD, have booted KNOPPIX successfully, however when I boot of the Windows XP CD it usually copies of all of the files into memory and just before the graphical stage part of the installation kicks in it reboots!!!!! Any ideas out there? I've already looked at the Soltek website for further documentation/help. The BIOS has been already updated to F1.9L and Checking the supported processors datasheet indicates that the 2500+ Athlon has been tested OK with a CPU Ratio of 11 and a FSB Frequency of 166, so this should work on my system ;-( Thanks, Jason |
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Hmm, think i might owe you a couple of virtual beers ;-)
Despite checking the documention and following it through it would appear that I *still* managed to put the HSF on the wrong way around - Doh! The system does now boot up properly and stay running for longer, not surprising though..... Intend running Prime95 for a couple of hours now just to make sure that everything is ok. Jim, many thanks for your help, I'm a much relieved man! Jim wrote: I would double check that the CPU and heatsink are seated properly. Sometimes either the CPU is not fully in the ZIF socket, or the heatsink is not in full contact w/ the CPU. In such cases, the system will continually and spontaneously reboot under stress (or when it overheats), whichever happens first. Remove the CPU and heatsink and start over. Jim "JasonB" wrote in message ... I've tried upping the voltage a little, but this doesn't appear to make a difference at the moment. Looking at the BIOS there are several settings that can be tweaked, in what order should they be adjusted? At the moment I'm trying to get the system to work on base settings, hence I'm adjusting the CPU Ratio and the FSB Frequency first. Getting this to work in a stable manner though is proving difficult. Snip |
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