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HELP! asrock 775dual-vsta bios flash problem

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reharlan

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I just recently flashed my bios to 3.17a (with winflash 4.2) from pctreiber.net and I have a few problems I hope someone can help me with. First off my cpu is an e6600 and at the beginning it shows it at 1ghz only, when it should be 2.4ghz. I've tried my hardest to get it to recognize the full thing but whenever I reboot I get a checksum error regardless.

I can't get beyond that point, so I load with default settings just to get into windows. If I can't get it to work, is there any way I can reliably reflash an old bios onto the board. I already did attempt this , by flashing to 3.10 and it read my cpu just fine, but it was very unstable(would shut off eventually). I really could use some help on getting this in working order. Please help!
 
Ok I did that and got rid of the cmos error and even the cpu speed got straightened ,but now I have a new problem. The puter turns off randomly! Have any ideas on that? It can be before the bios even cycles completely, or within windows. I tried a differently power supply, so it can't be that. Settings in the bios perhaps? Please help.
 
Ok ill do that when i'm off work. Did reset it around the time I flashed as well. And yes I did changed some cpu settings so I could get the mobo to properly recognize my cpu's full speed.
It was only seeing my e6600 as a 1ghz chip when I believe it clocks at 2.4 or around that.
 
Ok I reset the cmos but it still shutdown in windows after about 2minutes. Any other suggestions? Do you think I should try flashing back to a previous version of the bios? Maybe 3.15a or something?
 
Ok i've installed the 3.15a, and I think the problem isnt the bios version but something in my configuration. Using default settings my computer only will read 1.00 ghz and it will run fine (supposed to be 2.4ghz). If I tinker with the cpu settings, and get it to read 2.4 at post, it will eventually turn off. So I'm guessing there's something I don't have configured properly. I wonder where to start here.

I have an e6600 cpu, so the multiplier should be at 9, but at default settings the board will choose a 6 multiplier. I'm beyond confused.
 
Well I found out that Speedstep was causing the lower clock speeds , but it's been disabled yet still only using a 6 multiplier. Im using cpu-z to determine that. It's a problem because when I run a movie, it's laggy and can't keep up, and the processor is being used 100 percent. At that time, cpuz-z shows 1.6ghz instead of 2.4. I heard somewhere to disable the c1e, but not sure where that is exactly in the 3.17 bios(which is now working). I disabled something that said Enhance Halt State(which i heard could be equivalent to c1e).

I also made sure to use high performance under power saving in vista.
 
I should've checked this earlier, but my temps were too high even at idle. I watched it in the bios and it went up to 78 C. So I can only assume that the SpeedStep was kicking in due to that, to try and compensate for the high temps. I can't image how high the temp would go with the full clock speed.

I went ahead and ordered a better heatsink/fan combo and hopefully that'll fix the issue. Thanks for all your help, and I'll leave a note if that works.
 
I was running that exact setup (775DUAL-VSTA w/ E6600 v3.17a) and didn't notice any unusually high temps or have any issues with my CPU being recognized. I was using the stock cooler from a Pentium 4 520. I did have excessive temps on my North Bridge as reported in HWMonitor though.

You might want to check you TIM application if you have ridiculously high temps.

As far as the CPU detection, have you tried going back to an AsRock BIOS to see if it remains?
 
Originally posted by: reharlan
I should've checked this earlier, but my temps were too high even at idle. I watched it in the bios and it went up to 78 C. So I can only assume that the SpeedStep was kicking in due to that, to try and compensate for the high temps. I can't image how high the temp would go with the full clock speed.

I went ahead and ordered a better heatsink/fan combo and hopefully that'll fix the issue. Thanks for all your help, and I'll leave a note if that works.
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Yes, random shut downs are most frequently caused by over heating or bad ram. Since you've determined that it is a heat issue, it's most likely that your original CPU fan was not installed properly or you were missing the thermal paste between the CPU and heatsink.

You should probably get some new paste and reinstall your old CPU fan + heatsink because they shoudl be sufficient to keep your CPU cool
 
Originally posted by: bobross419
I was running that exact setup (775DUAL-VSTA w/ E6600 v3.17a) and didn't notice any unusually high temps or have any issues with my CPU being recognized. I was using the stock cooler from a Pentium 4 520. I did have excessive temps on my North Bridge as reported in HWMonitor though.

You might want to check you TIM application if you have ridiculously high temps.

As far as the CPU detection, have you tried going back to an AsRock BIOS to see if it remains?
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Sorry I'm not sure what TIM stands for. As for reflashing back to an original AsRock bios,I did that(3.10), and yes it shows the 2.4 ghz at POST, but then when I get into Windows, it'd downclock again. I was checking the temps from the bios.
 
Originally posted by: torsec7g
Originally posted by: reharlan
I should've checked this earlier, but my temps were too high even at idle. I watched it in the bios and it went up to 78 C. So I can only assume that the SpeedStep was kicking in due to that, to try and compensate for the high temps. I can't image how high the temp would go with the full clock speed.

I went ahead and ordered a better heatsink/fan combo and hopefully that'll fix the issue. Thanks for all your help, and I'll leave a note if that works.
Click to expand...

Yes, random shut downs are most frequently caused by over heating or bad ram. Since you've determined that it is a heat issue, it's most likely that your original CPU fan was not installed properly or you were missing the thermal paste between the CPU and heatsink.

You should probably get some new paste and reinstall your old CPU fan + heatsink because they shoudl be sufficient to keep your CPU cool
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Yes I probably didnt seat it properly, so I went ahead and took off the heatseak to take a look at the cpu. Doesn't look like the thermal grease was unIform across the cpu. I've already ordered the new cpu fan/heatsink so I'll be using that regardless. I took some alcohol and q-tips and wiped the cpu clean in preparation for the new heatsink. This one has it's owner layer of thermal grease on the heatseak, but I ordered an additional tube of it just in case. Thanks for the input.
 
Finally got my heatsink/fan in and installed and that certainly fixed the problems. Thanks for all the help and suggestions from theAnimal, as well as bobross419, and torsec7g . TY
 
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