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CPU upgrade 2.4 to 3.06 = new XP?
I thought that I would up my performance so I bought a P4-3.06 HT and was
going to replace the P4-2.4 in my ASUS P4T533 motherboard, which is a revision 1.03 with BIOS 1.06, heat sink on chipset not fan. PC Power and Cooling 450 ATX-PFC watt power supply. Well the BOIS recognized it just fine, XP started once and I was able to see the P4-3.06 showing as 2 processors as it does with an HT cpu, and then all kinds of problems began, blue screens, looping restarts, etc. Has anyone ever been successful upgrading from a non-HT processor to an HT processor? Thanks, Mike |
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Thanks BIOS, sorry
"John Smith" wrote in message ... I thought that I would up my performance so I bought a P4-3.06 HT and was going to replace the P4-2.4 in my ASUS P4T533 motherboard, which is a revision 1.03 with BIOS 1.06, heat sink on chipset not fan. PC Power and Cooling 450 ATX-PFC watt power supply. Well the BOIS recognized it just fine, XP started once and I was able to see the P4-3.06 showing as 2 processors as it does with an HT cpu, and then all kinds of problems began, blue screens, looping restarts, etc. Has anyone ever been successful upgrading from a non-HT processor to an HT processor? Thanks, Mike |
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John Smith wrote: I thought that I would up my performance so I bought a P4-3.06 HT and was going to replace the P4-2.4 in my ASUS P4T533 motherboard, which is a revision 1.03 with BIOS 1.06, heat sink on chipset not fan. PC Power and Cooling 450 ATX-PFC watt power supply. Well the BOIS recognized it just fine, XP started once and I was able to see the P4-3.06 showing as 2 processors as it does with an HT cpu, and then all kinds of problems began, blue screens, looping restarts, etc. Has anyone ever been successful upgrading from a non-HT processor to an HT processor? Thanks, Mike If Windows XP borrows a page from the Windows NT/2000 playbook, then the HAL is for a multi-processor machine is different from that of a uniprocessor machine. A HT CPU would force a re-install (or repair) to replace the single processor HAL. (HAL==Hardware Abstraction Layer.) |
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In article , "John Smith"
wrote: I thought that I would up my performance so I bought a P4-3.06 HT and was going to replace the P4-2.4 in my ASUS P4T533 motherboard, which is a revision 1.03 with BIOS 1.06, heat sink on chipset not fan. PC Power and Cooling 450 ATX-PFC watt power supply. Well the BOIS recognized it just fine, XP started once and I was able to see the P4-3.06 showing as 2 processors as it does with an HT cpu, and then all kinds of problems began, blue screens, looping restarts, etc. Has anyone ever been successful upgrading from a non-HT processor to an HT processor? Thanks, Mike Does this have something to do with the HAL used on the OS install ? This article mentions the types, and maybe the multiprocessor version is required ? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=234558 The other possibility is you have one of the boards that cannot handle a 3.06GHz processor. Possibly a Vcore power problem. Search in groups.google.com for "P4T533 Serial Number" to see the comments about production date and the possibilities of running a 3.06GHz properly. Look at the bottom of this post for a sample comment: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...rr.com&rnum=11 The theory goes, that the more power drawn from an early rev board, the more unstable it gets. Disabling HT might cut the power a bit, for example. Or reducing the FSB etc. If the board is still under warranty, you might RMA it to get one that will work with a 3.06GHz HT processor. HTH, Paul |
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Were you running Intel Application Accelerator prior to installing the
3.06 CPU? If not you need to now that you are running it. Not sure if this will help the situation tho. -- ______________________________ ASUS P4T533 / P4 2.8 @ 3.0 GHz ASUS Ti 4600 / 1 Gig 1066MHz RAMBUS / Audigy 2 / XP Home |
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Also refer to the following post in this group
Asus P4T533 memory and stability problems Date: 2 Apr 2004 06:34:46 -0800 -- ______________________________ ASUS P4T533 / P4 2.8 @ 3.0 GHz ASUS Ti 4600 / 1 Gig 1066MHz RAMBUS / Audigy 2 / XP Home |
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 05:13:06 GMT, "John Smith"
wrote/replied to: I thought that I would up my performance so I bought a P4-3.06 HT and was going to replace the P4-2.4 in my ASUS P4T533 motherboard, which is a revision 1.03 with BIOS 1.06, heat sink on chipset not fan. PC Power and Cooling 450 ATX-PFC watt power supply. Well the BOIS recognized it just fine, XP started once and I was able to see the P4-3.06 showing as 2 processors as it does with an HT cpu, and then all kinds of problems began, blue screens, looping restarts, etc. Has anyone ever been successful upgrading from a non-HT processor to an HT processor? Thanks, Mike I can tell you that when I changed MBs with the same CPU that I had a buggar of a time booting. I had to temporarily install another hard drive. The reason was the I couldn't get the CDRom drive recognized to reinstall or repair windoze. My old windoze rescue floppy disks refused to work. If you're having a problem getting to the point where you can repair windoze or reinstall from the CDRom, then you might have to install another HD temporarily. Or in your case, your windoze floppy booter should work. You did make one, right? -- Need a brighter headlight the safe way? Get a MOTORCYCLE HEADLIGHT RELAY KIT at: http://jimdavis.oberro.com/html/bike_acc_.html I'm a BMW rider and enthusiast. |
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Paul, thanks for that information. The upgrade is more complicated than it
used to be I see. I think I will buy a new hard drive for C and experiment with this a bit, Thanks for the information, Mike "Paul" wrote in message ... In article , "John Smith" wrote: I thought that I would up my performance so I bought a P4-3.06 HT and was going to replace the P4-2.4 in my ASUS P4T533 motherboard, which is a revision 1.03 with BIOS 1.06, heat sink on chipset not fan. PC Power and Cooling 450 ATX-PFC watt power supply. Well the BOIS recognized it just fine, XP started once and I was able to see the P4-3.06 showing as 2 processors as it does with an HT cpu, and then all kinds of problems began, blue screens, looping restarts, etc. Has anyone ever been successful upgrading from a non-HT processor to an HT processor? Thanks, Mike Does this have something to do with the HAL used on the OS install ? This article mentions the types, and maybe the multiprocessor version is required ? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=234558 The other possibility is you have one of the boards that cannot handle a 3.06GHz processor. Possibly a Vcore power problem. Search in groups.google.com for "P4T533 Serial Number" to see the comments about production date and the possibilities of running a 3.06GHz properly. Look at the bottom of this post for a sample comment: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...rr.com&rnum=11 The theory goes, that the more power drawn from an early rev board, the more unstable it gets. Disabling HT might cut the power a bit, for example. Or reducing the FSB etc. If the board is still under warranty, you might RMA it to get one that will work with a 3.06GHz HT processor. HTH, Paul |
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Hawkeye, yes I was running the most current IAA, Thanks, Mike
"Hawkeye" wrote in message ... Were you running Intel Application Accelerator prior to installing the 3.06 CPU? If not you need to now that you are running it. Not sure if this will help the situation tho. -- ______________________________ ASUS P4T533 / P4 2.8 @ 3.0 GHz ASUS Ti 4600 / 1 Gig 1066MHz RAMBUS / Audigy 2 / XP Home |
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Jim Thanks, Mike
"Jim Davis Nature Photography" wrote in message . ne.jp... On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 05:13:06 GMT, "John Smith" wrote/replied to: I thought that I would up my performance so I bought a P4-3.06 HT and was going to replace the P4-2.4 in my ASUS P4T533 motherboard, which is a revision 1.03 with BIOS 1.06, heat sink on chipset not fan. PC Power and Cooling 450 ATX-PFC watt power supply. Well the BOIS recognized it just fine, XP started once and I was able to see the P4-3.06 showing as 2 processors as it does with an HT cpu, and then all kinds of problems began, blue screens, looping restarts, etc. Has anyone ever been successful upgrading from a non-HT processor to an HT processor? Thanks, Mike I can tell you that when I changed MBs with the same CPU that I had a buggar of a time booting. I had to temporarily install another hard drive. The reason was the I couldn't get the CDRom drive recognized to reinstall or repair windoze. My old windoze rescue floppy disks refused to work. If you're having a problem getting to the point where you can repair windoze or reinstall from the CDRom, then you might have to install another HD temporarily. Or in your case, your windoze floppy booter should work. You did make one, right? -- Need a brighter headlight the safe way? Get a MOTORCYCLE HEADLIGHT RELAY KIT at: http://jimdavis.oberro.com/html/bike_acc_.html I'm a BMW rider and enthusiast. |
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