Depending on what you use your computer for, the XP's are just fine. You ordered the Mobile version so I asume you want to do some overclocking. If you have PC3200 (400fsb) RAM this is a very easy task to take the 2500+ 1.83ghz to 2.4ghz.
I've got myself a MSI K8N Neo2 and have recently traded my 3200+ (Maxed @ 2.5) for a 2.8+ 3000+. I am using 2x512 KingstonValueRAM PC3200. One stick is kingston branded while the other is inferion, but they work just fine in dual channel. The sticks are rated cas 3 at 200mhz, but they're 100%...
desperate bump -- nobody else had such an issue? i've heard stuff about the 166 divider being bad with ballstitics...is their any truth behind that? I guess I could being having a simmilar issue. I'll try to get my hands on some different PC3200 and leave a follow up.
I sure will after all the work you put into it Eclipse. And yes, I reset the cmos to clear all the old settings and am now on my 3rd bios of tonight. 1.9b8mod -> 1.8 mod - > 1.37 mod -- all yeild the same results...I have some more info to add now.
With a 1:2 Divider @ 1.6 actual vcore I...
did you recently update your bios? it could have been reading the temps wrong before...this issue makes no sense, so i wouldnt bother to analyze it too much
hey, pm me with ur results d00d...
my 0519 was a bit of a dud.
prime95 24 hour stable at 250x10 @ 1.47vcore, but fail after 10 minutes at 255x10 @ all the way up to 1.6vcore. all of this with HTT on 2x and a 1:2 mem divider...500mhz still aint bad tho :D
I had a sapphire 128mb version of the 9600 pro with crappy entech memory. Bone stock and with a later added Iceberg 4 gpu cooler the max stable gpu OC i could push was 465. I later did a lot of searching on google and randomly testing points on my card to prepare for a volt mod. The pro...