Start over or stay the same?

[stealth17]

I just purchased:

DFI Ultra Infinity
Mushkin PC3200 512mb dual-channel ram
AMD 2500 Barton Mobil

Upgrading from:

PcChips M811Lu
Kingston 256mb PC2100
AMD 2400

I am using a 80gig Western Digital w/ 8mb chache HDD and I was wondering if I can just switch the HDD over to the new board without any problems or reinstalling the OS? Even if I can, would you recammend it?

Thanks

[Rob R.]

This is a recipe for problems. Sometimes it will boot up and install all the new hardware and run and other times it will not even do that. Either way, as a basic rule of thumb, you want to back up your stuff and do a fresh install to avoid all of the headaches that will be lying there in wait for you.

[kevrob1]

Ditto, what Rob R. said

[Direct1]

Agreed with Rob R. What OS?

[crossedup]

Agreed with above opinions, especially depending on o/s.

Recommended or not, it would usually work on the older o/s's. With the newer ones, you are pretty much out of luck.

Have tried it twice out of curiuosity and no go either time. This doesnt say it will never work but the way the newer ones operate i doubt it.

[stealth17]

The os is XP...do you think it will work?


Thanks

[Direct1]

No, Clean Install of Windows XP -- good luck!

[stealth17]

Alright...guess i have alot of backing up to do

owell I was thinking about a clean install anyways just so everything is fresh!

No **** in the registry and stuff


Thanks

[cybertoolzz]

hi - a little ot but maybe some1 knows - i bought a new pcchips m811lu v.3.1 from newegg.com along with a AMD ATHALON MP PALOMINO 1.2 / 266fsb

put everything together (256 - pc2100) - fired it up - it booted for about 10 secs then went blank - nothing no way no how.

of course i did the cmos short pin 1-2 and set fsb to 100 (just to be careful).

i saw it POST and i went to enter setup - it died before i hit the delete key. taking off the heatsink, i noticed the cpu was quite hot for 10 secs and even the heatsink was warm to touch - in about 10secs!!

reading reviews for PCCHIPS M811LU mobo on newegg - it looks like about 20-30% of the ppl get a "bad board" and have to RMA.

my question is THIS;

1. does the M811LU specifically support the ATHALON MP 1.2ghz/ 266fsb PALOMINO? can i run this cpu in a M811LU?

all the specs i see for M811LU say ahtalon XP/ Duron - the specs never mention MP specifically - i cant find a huge difference between the MP and XP - die size, l2 cache, etc . shouldn't this mobo take a MP??

2. i suspect that what happened is the M811LU over-volted the athalon MP 1.2 /266 i put in it. i didnt want to risk another cpu so i RMA'ed both mobo and cpu back to newegg.


3. does nebody know the voltgage specs for M811LU? is there a jumper/setting for voltage on the M811LU?

thx

[Direct1]

Here is the manual... ftp://ftp.pcchips.com.tw/manual/m811/811s31.zip Download and RTFM.

Good luck!

[cybertoolzz]

Originally posted by Direct1
Here is the manual... ftp://ftp.pcchips.com.tw/manual/m811/811s31.zip Download and RTFM.

Good luck!

ty Direct1 - same manual that came w/ the mobo i rec'd from newegg - u might have noticed, as i did, that this manual is just the basics - no real deep info - pretty thin, imho.

example; according to this manual there are only 2 jumper settings - but looking at the mobo - there are quite a few more - what do all these jumpers do? hmmm - like maybe a voltage settings??...

[Direct1]

Sorry, most here do not read the freakin manual.

You could try e-mailing PC Chips or you're going to have to hope that someone here has that board and knows what you want? I would return the MB anyway and get a better one that does support the MP chip. Good luck!