System won't boot
with the TD2 attached?:
Try
this first. Simply change the core voltage to 1.8 in BIOS before
attaching the TD2. The TD2 should work as normal.
Here's
how Ken Keating used this on his ABIT KA7:
"I bumped up the CPU core voltage to 1.8, along with matching
the setting in the BIOS and everything is working fine!!
One
tip which might come in handy to others is to start at 1.8, then
back down in .05v increments until the system won't boot. Then go
up a notch, and you will be running at the lowest voltage you
can."
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Overriding
the TD2's voltage influence:
Most
motherboards have core voltage jumpers or voltage adjustments are
supported in BIOS.
You
can override the voltage adjustments on the TD2 to make the core
voltage adjustments on the motherboard or in BIOS.
This
is done by simply setting switches 5 through 8 to the center,
neutral position.
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Alarms
going off?:
Go
into BIOS and check the hardware monitoring feature and see what's
out of spec. Most likely the alarm you hear is voltage monitoring,
because GFD's change the core voltage from the default setting.
Setting voltage monitoring to Disable or Ignore should do the
trick.
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Primarily
For Asus K7V rev.1 owners:
A.) In
addition to the hint above, if you experience problems set the
core voltage with the TD2 to 1.8v. Then set it back to 1.6v in the
BIOS. But you have do disable the core voltage monitoring. Then
everything should work fine.
B.)
You just have to remove the jumper which switches the motherboard
from jumper- to jumper free mode. It's located at the lower right
part of the motherboard, just below the two IDE-connectors.
position
1-2 : jumper mode
position 2-3 : jumper free
jumper removed : GFD-mode
This
should work with every K7V revision and every BIOS Version.
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Abit
KA7 Voltage tweak:
For
users of the Abit KA7 (and probably the KA7-100 also):
Normally
the bios limits the maximum setting to 1.8V, when you set the
TD2 to 1.8V, it will unlock the voltages above 1.8V in the bios
(up to 2.00V). This is a small bug in the Abit BIOSes...not sure
why they haven't fixed it yet (I am using the TY BIOS (latest)).
This will essentially allow you to change the voltage setting in
the bios instead of using the TD2 (Note: the TD2 must be plugged
into the Athlon for this to work).
Derek Thorson
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RE:
Realtek Network Interface Cards:
Any
incompatibility issue with the TD2 is fixed by simply updating the
driver for your network card.
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Submitted
by visitors:
I have
a Asus K7V mobo and Athlon 700 @ 850mhz. To get the cpu running
stable I had to set the FSB to 100 and the voltage to 1.8 using
the mobo jumpers. I was then able to make my adjustments with the
TD2.
OK, I
found a work-around. 1st of all the voltage setting in the BIOS
must be set equally to those set on the GFD. 2nd the speed must be
equal or it boots to the speed set in BIOS.
All I
did is that I flashed my BIOS to 1005 and that I adjusted to the
voltage on the GFD to 1.75 V (first I used 1.8 V, but it also
works on 1.75 V). Below this voltage my computer doesn't boot when
the GFD is attached.
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