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8IEXP Upgraded to 2.8Northwood but "Check System Health!" when bootup
Hi all,
Hoping someone can help me. I have a gigabyte 8IEXP mobo that previously had a 1.8ghz Intel P4 Northwood CPU. I've upgraded the CPU to a 2.8Ghz Northwood but everytime it does a cold boot (eg first boot of the day) the Award Bios always goes: Check System Health! Vcore = 1.525V Now my CPU is supposed to run at 1.525V (according to the box). The odd thing is this: If I go to Bios, but do not change anything, and reboot, the system health shows: Check System Health OK. Vcore = 1.525V I tried upping vcore to 1.550 but everytime I do a cold boot I get the same warning on system health. When I reboot from within Windows, no problem. From Bios, no problem. It seems the problem occurs only when the computer starts for the first time during the day. Doing a hard switch on/off/on after using the computer - no probs either. Is this something I should worry about? I have an Antec Trupower 480Watts PSU (recently replaced my old one when it died on me), and a Nvidia fx5900 (not sure if the cpu and the nvidia care share the +12v rail?) Cpu-z shows the following: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80Ghz Voltage 1.472 - 1.488v Northwood mPGA-478 Core Speed 2813.6Mhz Multiplier x21.0 FSB 134.0Mhz Bus Speed 535.9Mhz Mobo: 8IEXP Rev 2.0 Award Bios 6.00PG 11/01/2002 (Updated to f9 bios) Anyone knows if this is something I should worry about please reply! Ad-thanks-vance, saidean |
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8IEXP Upgraded to 2.8Northwood but "Check System Health!" when bootup
Have you updated your BIOS settings?
Have it auto-detect any new hardware you have installed (ie, your CPU). Have everything on auto since there might have been a manual setting that was once configured for your older P4 1.8Ghz Northwood. Sounds like some of the old P4 1.8Ghz Northwood Vcore settings are somehow still being recalled during POST. Not sure also if this BIOS is one of Gigabyte's weird one's that allows for the "additional features" to be shown when you press the "CTRL & F1" keys. If so, this might show some additional feature that is causing (or could fix) your issue. Best wishes. GB wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, Hoping someone can help me. I have a gigabyte 8IEXP mobo that previously had a 1.8ghz Intel P4 Northwood CPU. I've upgraded the CPU to a 2.8Ghz Northwood but everytime it does a cold boot (eg first boot of the day) the Award Bios always goes: Check System Health! Vcore = 1.525V Now my CPU is supposed to run at 1.525V (according to the box). The odd thing is this: If I go to Bios, but do not change anything, and reboot, the system health shows: Check System Health OK. Vcore = 1.525V I tried upping vcore to 1.550 but everytime I do a cold boot I get the same warning on system health. When I reboot from within Windows, no problem. From Bios, no problem. It seems the problem occurs only when the computer starts for the first time during the day. Doing a hard switch on/off/on after using the computer - no probs either. Is this something I should worry about? I have an Antec Trupower 480Watts PSU (recently replaced my old one when it died on me), and a Nvidia fx5900 (not sure if the cpu and the nvidia care share the +12v rail?) Cpu-z shows the following: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80Ghz Voltage 1.472 - 1.488v Northwood mPGA-478 Core Speed 2813.6Mhz Multiplier x21.0 FSB 134.0Mhz Bus Speed 535.9Mhz Mobo: 8IEXP Rev 2.0 Award Bios 6.00PG 11/01/2002 (Updated to f9 bios) Anyone knows if this is something I should worry about please reply! Ad-thanks-vance, saidean |
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8IEXP Upgraded to 2.8Northwood but "Check System Health!" when bootup
Hi,
Bios is updated to latest patch (F9) for 8IEXP. Bios was able to detect new CPU at POST Everything is on auto for most settings in any case... I checked the additional features but didn't see anything that might have been configured for the 1.8. The Vcore setting is on 'default' which is 1.525V. I tried upping it one notch but no luck still on cold boot. I don't know why the first POST always shows as check system health but afterwards it's alright. Subsequent cold boots and reboots are alright. The important thing for me is that so long as it isn't potentially damaging for my CPU or mobo, I don't mind if the cold boot error shows up as a 'fluke'. (Not enough voltage going into vcore at immediate startup? Maybe this is some new fangled safety feature in new PSUs?) |
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