Recent content by davidave

shouldn't the mhz be higher though? i did some reading on the soyo site and they say the kt333 doesn't support bartons http://www.soyousa.com/kb/kbdesc.php?id=16 i'm probably going to get the 2600+thoroughbred (which is listed as a 333mhz on outpost.com) but my mobo info says the kt333 only...

i have a soyo dragon lite kt333 motherboard and i just upgraded from a 2100+ to a barton 2500+ cpu and i get a unknown cpu at bootup. everything else is booting up fine. it recognizes my cpu as an "unknown 1466mhz cpu". do i need to upgrade bios? if so, is it worth the risk? thanks for the...

edit: i double checked the wires and the only set of wires out of the power source not connected to anything is a bundle of orang, red and black wires. i don't recall these being connected to anything, i could be wrong :/. i tried to find the same cpu at the local computer shop and it's been...

thanks for the reply nick, there is actually no beep and a friend of mine suggested it was due to a busted cpu. the thermal pad(sticker kind) i'm using is a little larger than the center metal bit. i trimmed it down to just around the impression on the pad. the heatsink runs fine as i am...

okay before i get into the nature of the problem here is some background information on my system 2100+ amd athlon soyo dragon lite (? not certain of this, but it is soyo) motherboard 512 crucial ram 80 gig maxtor/ 120 gig wd harddrives santa cruz sound card ati radeon 8500 all in wonder dv...