But the CPU is not new . . .

[Don Phillipson]

After fitting a new power supply, this 2.8 GHz PC
running Win98SE reports at every boot:
"New CPU installed! Please enter Setup . . . "
(Defaults are NBG since Win98 counts as a
"legacy" OS so hyperthreading must be disabled.)

The CPU is original (used since purchase June
2004 with ASUS P4P800S motherboard. We
checked the CMOS battery (also original) when
replacing the power supply and it tested OK.
Why does it (seem to) fail to hold BIOS settings?

(I never saw this "New CPU" message before, not even
when the unit was actually new.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[philo]

"Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
news:O4GA0hEiIHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> After fitting a new power supply, this 2.8 GHz PC
> running Win98SE reports at every boot:
> "New CPU installed! Please enter Setup . . . "
> (Defaults are NBG since Win98 counts as a
> "legacy" OS so hyperthreading must be disabled.)
>
> The CPU is original (used since purchase June
> 2004 with ASUS P4P800S motherboard. We
> checked the CMOS battery (also original) when
> replacing the power supply and it tested OK.
> Why does it (seem to) fail to hold BIOS settings?
>
> (I never saw this "New CPU" message before, not even
> when the unit was actually new.)
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>


Possibly a bad connection.
Clean the contacts and as a precaution put in a new battery.
Also be sure the spring tension is good.

Now , re-setup the bios
then exit and *save*

Hopefully it will now stay where you've set it

 

[MEB]

"Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
news:O4GA0hEiIHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
| After fitting a new power supply, this 2.8 GHz PC
| running Win98SE reports at every boot:
| "New CPU installed! Please enter Setup . . . "
| (Defaults are NBG since Win98 counts as a
| "legacy" OS so hyperthreading must be disabled.)
|
| The CPU is original (used since purchase June
| 2004 with ASUS P4P800S motherboard. We
| checked the CMOS battery (also original) when
| replacing the power supply and it tested OK.
| Why does it (seem to) fail to hold BIOS settings?

Hmm, did the OS re-do its settings for some reason after installing the new
power supply?

Did you or the re-set {if applicable} make any changes to the system files
recently, like installing an OLDER update.sys?

OR have you tried installing a newer update.sys [contains newer processor
setttings/support]?

OR, was a processor related update [there were a few] or registry setting
over-written by something installed [or a file re-set] recently?

Was the processor, maybe, setup originally via a SoftMenu-like setting in
the BIOS/CMOS, which may now be set to defaults with a BIOS upgrade or with
this complete power failure/replacement?

|
| (I never saw this "New CPU" message before, not even
| when the unit was actually new.)
| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)

* MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
--
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[Buffalo]

Don Phillipson wrote:
> After fitting a new power supply, this 2.8 GHz PC
> running Win98SE reports at every boot:
> "New CPU installed! Please enter Setup . . . "
> (Defaults are NBG since Win98 counts as a
> "legacy" OS so hyperthreading must be disabled.)
>
> The CPU is original (used since purchase June
> 2004 with ASUS P4P800S motherboard. We
> checked the CMOS battery (also original) when
> replacing the power supply and it tested OK.
> Why does it (seem to) fail to hold BIOS settings?
>
> (I never saw this "New CPU" message before, not even
> when the unit was actually new.)

One other question. Why did you install a new PSU?
Old one not powerful enough?
Old one fried itself?
New equipment add that required more power? (new vid card, etc)
???
Since a new mb battery usually only costs a couple of dollars at a store
like Wal-Mart, I would buy one, clean the battery contacts and go through
the BIOS settings to make sure they are all correct, esp the cpu bus freq
and multiplier.
Hell, I might even try installing the latest Asus BIOS update.
http://support.asus.com/download/download_item.aspx?product=1&model=P4P800S

 

[Lee]

On Mar 17, 10:02 am, "Don Phillipson" <e...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote:
> After fitting a new power supply, this 2.8 GHz PC
> running Win98SE reports at every boot:
> "New CPU installed!  Please enter Setup . . . "
> (Defaults are NBG since Win98 counts as a
> "legacy" OS so hyperthreading must be disabled.)
>
> The CPU is original (used since purchase June
> 2004 with ASUS  P4P800S motherboard.  We
> checked the CMOS battery (also original) when
> replacing the power supply and it tested OK.
> Why does it (seem to) fail to hold BIOS settings?
>
> (I never saw this "New CPU" message before, not even
> when the unit was actually new.)
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)

There is a very strong chance that your so called test of the CMOS
battery was somehow deficient. A new battery would fix that without a
test and since they are generally under $5, I really have to wonder
why your first approach to the problem wasn't a new battery? Any
chance somebody fiddled with the CMOS battery jumpers when you weren't
looking? I recently read of one persistant case where the insides of
the jumper somehow got removed from the plastic carrier such that it
looked for all world to be a good jumper but since the guts of it were
on some other post on some other motherboard it was not working as it
should have been. What a gotcha that would be.

Different behaviors with different power supplies doesn't exactly
speak well to the Techs who swapped out the power supply, nor of the
new power supply itself. I would be prone to try yet another power
supply to see if I can find even more different behaviors. Seriously,
get professional help now as your very next symptom might be nothing
ever again.