Hi,

I just update my A64 3000+ with Opteron 165. My mainboard is Soltek B9D-FGR.
It recognizes the 165 CPU correctly. The problem I have now is that "PowerNow!"function isn't working. The VID/FID could be changed, but somehow it becomes unstable while "shifting" (as using RMClock). When I only turn the power management into "Max Battery", nothing happens.

The CNQ works fine with my previous 3000+. I installed the latest CPU driver, MS dual core hotfix, ACPI hotfix, even reinstall my XP, still doesn't work. Soltek doesn't support this mainboard anymore. Any suggestion? Thanks!

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Originally posted by: rhinocero_tw
Hi,

I just update my A64 3000+ with Opteron 165. My mainboard is Soltek B9D-FGR.
It recognizes the 165 CPU correctly. The problem I have now is that "PowerNow!"function isn't working. The VID/FID could be changed, but somehow it becomes unstable while "shifting" (as using RMClock). When I only turn the power management into "Max Battery", nothing happens.

The CNQ works fine with my previous 3000+. I installed the latest CPU driver, MS dual core hotfix, ACPI hotfix, even reinstall my XP, still doesn't work. Soltek doesn't support this mainboard anymore. Any suggestion? Thanks!

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Do you have processes running that would not allow PowerNow to trigger? Did you activate it in the CMOS and power management settings? Do you need a BIOS rev upgrade to get it to work? PowerNow is usually on server boards. Are you sure its a fully supported function on that board?

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Tyan Thunder K8WE
Dual AMD 280 Opterons
8GB NUMA enabled DDR333 2.5-3-3-7 RAM
PCI-X SCSI RAID
http://69.14.190.80

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Originally posted by: mckennma
Do you have processes running that would not allow PowerNow to trigger? Did you activate it in the CMOS and power management settings? Do you need a BIOS rev upgrade to get it to work? PowerNow is usually on server boards. Are you sure its a fully supported function on that board?

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I'd activated the CNQ in the BIOS and update everything relative I could. Some people said CNQ is equal to PoweNow!, but I saw many cases that people's Opteron just can't open this function.

http://forum.rightmark.org/topic.cgi?id=6:551

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Originally posted by: rhinocero_tw
I'd activated the CNQ in the BIOS and update everything relative I could. Some people said CNQ is equal to PoweNow!, but I saw many cases that people's Opteron just can't open this function.

http://forum.rightmark.org/topic.cgi?id=6:551

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CnQ is usually on computers. PowerNow! is on servers.

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Tyan Thunder K8WE
Dual AMD 280 Opterons
8GB NUMA enabled DDR333 2.5-3-3-7 RAM
PCI-X SCSI RAID
http://69.14.190.80