asus a7a266 motherboard "opportunity" 2

[henrymalega]

I just recently got an ASUS A7A266 motherboard with an Athlon 950 cpu attatched. I flashed the bios chip and started it with the minimum peripherals, ie: floppy, cd, formatted 1.2 gig hard drive and 1 stick of 64 meg sdr. I know about the heat issues that the 960 create so I installed a cpu fan on a short heat sink connected to the hard drive power plug. also I have a fan from an old power supply wired externally for 24 volts mounted about 3 inches from it and a fan mounted on the housing to exhaust the heat. My first boot was in the jumperless config. I got an error message saying that there was a conflict in the speed settings. ie: cpu/clock. The board is a 133/33. I would appreciate any input that anyone might have as to what I am doing wrong. I await your replys with baited anticipation.

 

[micker377]

http://www.techspot.com/reviews/hardware/asus_a7a266/index.shtml

Complete review of the board. Do you have the manual? From what I read on another site, the CPU/clock is a balance between the bios and a dip switch settings.

 

[Freestone]

From what I can determine, the Athlon 950 has a 200MHz FSB, so your CPU clock should be set to 100MHz.

 

[AyyTee1]

the manual for that motherboard is wrong. set the jumpers to the opposite of what the manual says.

 

[paparazi]

Definately select 100 for CPU as others have pointed out, not so sure about putting 24volts through a 12volt fan, it is sure to burn out very soon.
Martin

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