Prolak

I hear people having trouble with power supplies all the time, and yet I am using no-name generic power supplies in my machines and have had no trouble with them. I run a 2500+ Mobile at 2.5Ghz (200FSB x 12.5) at 1.75v, RAM at 2.7v. Operating temp is less than the 2400+ at stock settings sitting right next to it. I am using cheap 2 x Samsung 512MB DIMMS. I am not trying to say that the caution on cheap stuff is not warranted, but you would be better off to tell people what to look for in thier euipment that may be wrong rather than just categorically dismissing parts. Since boards like the DFI LanParty and others can show you all your line voltages etc, it is very easy to TEST a power supply and see whetner or not it is having difficulty. For example in my machine the +3v is slightly weak, but has not caused me any problems yet, it is still within 'normal operating parameters. I also have a bit of a problem with saying, that at normal settings, you may have to jump your voltages to 3.2v to use 3 dimms. The board is made to run 3 dimms, I assume (it has 3 slots) so if your saying that putting in 3 dimms is beyond the capability of the RAM controller or the voltage regulators on board, I would have to ask what kind of garbage DFI is building. I don't think DFi is making junk boards, or I wouldn't own them.

Now you know how I feel. I spent a couple of hours trying to figure out that I had the wrong CPU voltage! Your tips are still valid, though, for tweaking my system, so it's not time wasted. Thanks

Lol, I figured it out, and the answer is in my post above, can you spot it? Remember I was doing this at 6am....

Hi there, first post. I have been reading through the forum here, and find problems close, but not quite the same. I have the DFI Lanparty NF2 Ultra B with 1GB RAM, and a Mobile Athlon 2500. I have been running this system at 2.5GHz (200FSB X 12.5, 1.175vCPU, 2.7V RAM) for a couple of months. The system worked fine until last night, when I noticed a new BIOS update with 'enhanced support for 55 watt Mobile Athlon CPUs). It's the 11/24 version. Like an idiot I flash my BIOS, and now I cannot get the sytem to recognize the chip over 1.2Ghz. I change the settings and it just ignores them. The chip recognizes at 800mhz to start, then after I change to the 200FSB and 12.5 it will recognize as 1.2Ghz, and I can't get it to go above that? I have gone back down the BIOS list and have the 6/19 one installed now, but it does the same thing. Any ideas? :confused: