p4gpl-x + dothan 740 problems
 

Hi all ,

I've bought myself a sparkling new asus p4gpl-x + ct479 conv + dothan 750m and 2gb of ocz 3200 memory,
I have been struggling now an entire day to get it to boot above 100 fsb (while the dothan is 133), but nothing helps :(,
100 fsb seems to be rockstable, anything above 100 seems crap,
even booting at 200 (for pci lock) doesnt help,
clockgen + eist with lowering mp to 6 and upping fsb to 200 results in immediate freeze,
i have changed my pci freq in bios to 33.33, ddr volt to 2.9, ratio to 5/4 (but memory goes good in other pc), pci-e freq to 90, cpu voltage to 1.7 in bios (1.45effective) but nothing seems to help,
i have also flashed 3 other bioses (last one now is official latest one)
anybody has a clue to help me out here?

greets,
Gert

Those dothans are strange animals indeed :).

- Did you change the jumper on the convertor?
- Try booting @ 201 FSB.

jumper is still at 100fsb, changing it to 133 doesnt help a thing,
201 fsb is not doable for the dothan at 1.45v,
i think it has to do with pci-locks, but i dont understand 133 isnt even doable,
also i have the another p4gpl also with a 730 and that one has the same problem also with other mem/psu/graphic card ...

greets,
Gert

is that dothan a D1 version ?

nope geen van beiden, en tis dus nen 740 en 750 met code sl7sa en sl7s9

Very strange problem.

Both his dothans are C0. His 740 is the same as mine, and I can run perfectly 133fsb. Jumpers at 100 / 133 or not at all, no problem.

what does it say when u plop in u normal P4?

Mainboards work perfect.
Convertors work perfect.

With my cpu.

His two cpu's on my mainboard, same shitthy thing. This sux, as those chips came out a batch of 20 en most of them will be ****ed....

final result: 2 borked cpu's :(

make that 15 cpu\'s ...