j.burgdoff,
Thanx for your suggestions. I will look for another AGP card and then see if
the ASUS board will work in a machine at our summer camp. It currently has a
8MB SIS card. It is an older machine with an K2-550 processor on a
Micro-Star MS - 5169 board.
I have limited access to BIOS features that allow for overclocking, voltage
adjustment and safety limits. I'm not sure if it's my lack of knowledge or
if this SOYO board has been severely crippled. The SOYO site seems to
indicate that all Dragon2 boards have a great deal of flexibility it the
areas of overclocking, etc..
Wayne
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> GuessWho wrote:
>> Actually I have two issues:
>>
>> I have a Celeron D 2.4 running on a SOYO SY-P4i865PE Plus v 1.0 with
> XP PRO
>> SP2 fully up to date.. I've replaced the retail box fan with a
> Thermaltake
>> P4 Spark 7+. I used the included thermal paste and I've checked to
> make sure
>> all the fans are running, the thermal paste is applied properly and
> the CPU
>> is seated correctly.
>>
>> First, all the various temp monitors (MBM 5, Aida32 and SiSoft
> Sandra)
>> indicate a cpu temp of 70 C at startup and while idle. Several hours
> of
>> heavy cpu usage ( PVR work or coding and burning while surfing) bumps
> the
>> temp up to 72C. During these operations the CPU usage is almost 100%.
>
>> However, the BIOS temp indicates 42C at idle. The heat sink is not
> even warm
>> to the touch at heaviest usage and the CPU is running very near it's
> stated
>> rating of 2.4. These same monitors indicate correct chassis fan and
> CPU fan
>> speeds and they are consistent with the BIOS reading.
>>
>> Second, my Soyo i865 board has the LED (AGP monitor - I think) lit.
>> According to the manuals this indicates a wrong voltage and the
> system
>> shouldn't work. The AGP card is an older ASUS 4x v8170 with a nVidia
>> GeForce4 MX420. It is running at 4X and, according to the manual
> diagram, it
>> appears to be a 1.5 V card.
>>
>> While my system seems to be working fine, I'd some suggestions as to
> what
>> might be causing the abnormalities.
>>
>> Wayne
>
>
> Wayne,
>
> The Asus v8170 video card may be a problem, the card is notched to work
> with 1.5V systems. But this card will also work in AGP1X which is
> 3.3Volt. These cards were auto sensing the power requirements of the
> motherboard. The improper voltage warning light is being tripped most
> likely because the card is operating close but not exactly to the
> required 1.5V spec. This in time could cause you motherboard problems
> and I would recommend a newer video card that supports AGP8X, you will
> see some that support AGP2X,4X,8X these are fine as well. As long as it
> supports AGP8X you know its working with the correct power specs for
> the board. Plus in 8X your getting more bandwidth out of your video
> card.
>
> As for your temp readings I would believe the BIOS temp reading. Aida32
> & SiSoft Sandra free versions have been known to give false readings.
> The only true way to get a correct temp reading is by installing a
> thermal sensor between the cpu and fan. In your BIOS settings you can
> set the board to shut down when it reaches a set temp. If your really
> worried just set it to shut down at 50c or 55c. Even though I have
> installed the thermal sensor I still have my P-4 set to shut down at
> 50c in the BIOS and it's never been tripped.
>
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