But the CPU is not new . . .

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
Mon Mar 17 12:04:46 PDT 2008


"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
Mon Mar 17 13:51:12 PDT 2008



"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
Mon Mar 17 15:55:21 PDT 2008

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
Mon Mar 17 18:33:15 PDT 2008

On Mar 17, 10:02=A0am, "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! =A0Please 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 =A0P4P800S motherboard. =A0We
> 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