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[bob_the_alien]

Originally posted by clocker@25 November 2003 - 20:14
So Bob, what is your chip running at now?

Right now it's running at 2.2.
but I backed it down a bit, cuz I didn't like the heat I was getting,

[bob_the_alien]

Originally posted by GCNaddict@25 November 2003 - 21:03
last i checked, overclocking the barton cores were a piece of cake (along with all other athlon XPs). if none of you on this thread know how to unlock the cpu multiplier on the XPs,

The Barton cores, well many of them have had the multipliers permanently locked.

[GCNaddict]

Originally posted by bob_the_alien@26 November 2003 - 05:31
The Barton cores, well many of them have had the multipliers permanently locked.

you mean barely any of them! they keep the tabs for stability checks when you take advantage of an RMA.

the tabs are there, on the barton cores, and very easy to deal with.

however, i still think that a64s and p4es are the only option now (just wait for 5 more months for the prices to fall a bit.

[clocker]

The chip prices may well fall in 5 months (historically it is inevitable), but will the corresponding software be available?
I appreciate that the 64 bit CPU will run old programs a little better, but 4 times better?
Until 64bit software is widely released what is the big benefit?

[bob_the_alien]

Doesn't the 64 bit version of Windows get released in February, as soon as it's released I'm sure many software companies will start supporting 64 bit, I know Adobe is has already made some of their products 64 bit for the new Macs.

So, by the time prices get down, 64 bit software should be readily available

[volskid2002]

well everything came in today and it took me forever to get ti right, i didnt know how everthin was supposed to hookup, like pwr or usb.

but it posted and everything so now i gotta copy all my windows xp files from teh old one to the new one so i dont have to reinstall teh whole hard-drive

[volskid2002]

alright all the files copied god, i think. when i change the boot back to hard-drive0, then harddrive1, then hdd2 the load screen comes up and then ges away in like 2 secs then it just sits there and nothng happens.

do i need to do clan install of xp?

[bob_the_alien]

usually No, most of the time xp will just detect everything and start up, as always, but for best results after you built a new system, you should do a clean install. Leaves just the drivers for the current system.

[volskid2002]

alright first i just repiared the xp and it didnt work there were no progs or nothing soi reinstaled it completey and it did the same thing. so now it shows two different xps to boot from.

how can i completey erase the hard-drive, i tried fdisk dont work windows cant find it?

also under my compuer it is reading my processor as a 1900+ and i have a 2500+, is hthat becuz the xp is messed up?

should i just try erase everything and then redownload a copy of xp?

[bob_the_alien]

Originally posted by volskid2002@27 November 2003 - 00:43
how can i completey erase the hard-drive, i tried fdisk dont work windows cant find it?

also under my compuer it is reading my processor as a 1900+ and i have a 2500+, is hthat becuz the xp is messed up?

What I'd do, is just do a format and reinstall.

Of course backup any data first,
and if you need a boot disk with all the utilities. go here
http://www.bootdisk.com

Of course, I'm fairly certain when you boot from the XP cd, it gives you the option to reformat the drive and install xp clean.

It might just be a windows screwed up, but I'd bet the bios is reporting the wrong fsb speed for you cpu. My mobo did this at first, had to set it myself.
So check all your bios setting, and make sure they're all correct.