Asus A7v600 detects 3200+ as 1700+

[JohnnyAMD]

My Asus A7V600, for some reason, detects my Athlon AMD 3200+ barton as a 1700+. And because of this I changed my bios settings to the cpu multiple 11x and the extrenal bus to 200 which is 2200mhz. So, now I have a heating problem because I "overclocked" the 1700. Sometimes the temperature gets up to 60C at max.

I tested the cpu on a different motherboard and it detected it as a 3200+ 400fsb,so I know it's a real 3200+ chip.Also my L2 cache is only detected as 128kb when it's really 512.If anyone can help, that would be great. Thanks in advance

 

[Harvey]

For something quick to try, power down, and manually clear the CMOS with the jumper. Then, reboot, and see if it detects your CPU correctly.

 

[JohnnyAMD]

I tired that, but no go. And for the record I have the latest bios

 

[Harvey]

Can you manually set the BIOS to the correct settings?

 

[JohnnyAMD]

If you mean, can I set the cpu frequencies(like multipler and external frequency) to match the 3200+ in the bios then yes. There are no jumpers on this mobo,everything is in the bios. I never touched the multipler(it was 11x by defualt) but I did change the external frequency to 200mhz.

 

[BigMoe]

what kind of heatsink? did you use thermal paste? i have a 2500 barton at 11x200 and my temps are 38c 43c on a slk800a and a 80mm adda fan 35cfm 30dba. whats your case temp?

was the L2 cache test on other pc?

 

[JohnnyAMD]

My heatsink is a manhattan cpu cooler probably nothing great, but I tested the chip on a different motherboard with the heatsink and it stayed around 30C. My system temp I never seen go higher then 32C most of the time its around 23 to 25. I believe the reason for the overheating is because the cpu is not detected correctly and because I have a so-called 1700+ chip "overclocked" to a 3200+ . By the way 60C is the highest it ever got at heavy loads it's around 50C(but sometimes not even on heavy loads.)As soon as I turn on the computer I'll watch the temperature and it seems to raise a degree every few seconds till it reachs around 40C then it'll stop most of the time.

 

[JohnnyAMD]

Sorry didn't see that last part of your post. Yes the L2 cache was detected as 512 when I tested it on a different motherboard.

 

[Harvey]

It sounds like a motherboard issue to me. Try e-mailing Asus tech support.

Good luck.

 

[JohnnyAMD]

Yeah, I tired calling them up this afternoon but there tech support was closed, I guess i'll just have to wait till monday .

 

[BigMoe]

is board a new buy a RMA might be better i've heard asus tech support takes time to reach anyway good luck.

 

[Boonesmi]

sounds like a defective board... i have several systems running an a7v600 with barton 2500+ and barton 3200+ cpu's and they all were correctly identified on the initial post

since yours is identifying incorrectly, and showing the wrong L2 cache i would really suspect a bad board

 

[myocardia]

I believe that board requires a bios update to be able to detect Bartons.

 

[Boonesmi]

Originally posted by: myocardia
I believe that board requires a bios update to be able to detect Bartons.

my first thought was the same(needing a bios update)..... but even the original bios has proper support for the barton.. plus in an earlier post he mentioned he already updated to the latest bios

 

[Peter]

60 degrees Celsius, actual CPU chip internal temperature, is absolutely OK. People just aren't used to these numbers because most other boards either measure the socket temperature _under_ the processor, which is lower of course, or display a bogus temperature to avoid this kind of panic at their support desk.
Athlon-XP is allowed a core temperature up to 90 degrees. It's safe at 60. Don't bother.