Salkcin
03-03-2005, 01:26 PM
I recently bougth a Intel Pentium III-S Tualatin 1.4GHz (got it cheap) for some home server purposes, but the motherboard wich I have auto detects the vcore. Unfortunately the vcore is detected 1.325v instead of 1,45v wich should be the default vcore.
Now I searched the FAQ section of the Gigabyte's homepage and found out this is a known problem and have been fixed on 3 of their motherboards, but not mine - I guess it's because there have been no requests.
I also seached a datasheet of the Pentium III-S CPU's to "find out" why it's only getting a vcore of 1,325v:
"2. VID[25mV, 3:0] = ‘11111’ can be used as a ‘No Core’ setting for Pentium® III processor with 512KB L2
Cache platforms to detect the absence of a processor core in a particular PGA370 socket."
- Screenshot of datasheet: http://users.cybercity.dk/~dsl30381/vcore.jpg
This problem was fixed for Gigabyte 6WFE, 6WFL and 6IEM, but not mine 6OXT.
Link for the 6WFE bioses: http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-6IWFE.htm
The board wich needs the fix: http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-6OXT.htm
So is there anyone cool enough to compare the bioses of wich it's fixed and one wich it's not and then implement it to another bios?... if you have an idea of where I can find some help (if not here) then you're welcome to post
Hope there's someone to help cos really bugs me :)
Now I searched the FAQ section of the Gigabyte's homepage and found out this is a known problem and have been fixed on 3 of their motherboards, but not mine - I guess it's because there have been no requests.
I also seached a datasheet of the Pentium III-S CPU's to "find out" why it's only getting a vcore of 1,325v:
"2. VID[25mV, 3:0] = ‘11111’ can be used as a ‘No Core’ setting for Pentium® III processor with 512KB L2
Cache platforms to detect the absence of a processor core in a particular PGA370 socket."
- Screenshot of datasheet: http://users.cybercity.dk/~dsl30381/vcore.jpg
This problem was fixed for Gigabyte 6WFE, 6WFL and 6IEM, but not mine 6OXT.
Link for the 6WFE bioses: http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-6IWFE.htm
The board wich needs the fix: http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-6OXT.htm
So is there anyone cool enough to compare the bioses of wich it's fixed and one wich it's not and then implement it to another bios?... if you have an idea of where I can find some help (if not here) then you're welcome to post
Hope there's someone to help cos really bugs me :)