Building PC...

[painball]

I just finished putting together a PC for the first time (took me 6 hours ) AMD system with an Asus A7N8X mobo, 2500+ Barton (it didn't say barton on the case, but I ordered it. Did they screw me over??), and a 9800

So now whenever I boot up the DOS prompt says:
"WARNING: CPU has been changed!"
Should I worry about this at all?

[Gotenks]

I just put together a computer a week ago.

Antec Sonata case
Shuttle AN35N Ultra mobo
AMD Athlon XP Barton 2500+
1 Gig of pc2700 ram
Radeon 9800 pro

In the system check screen on boot-up, does it say what processor it is, or just that message?

[Sparq]

Bah! Stop buying Sonatas! I got that too, as did another guy I know...it's such a perfect case, but everyone's buying them...

As for the 2500+ Barton, I got the same. As far as I know ALL 2500+s are Barton, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Some guy is building my system right now...or would be, if purolator would hurry up with the other half of my parts.

[painball]

It shows the processor. AMD XP 2500+

[danheneise]

the "warning: cpu has been changed" is normal for what you did, any time you put in a new cpu on the motherboard or even take the cpu out and put it back in, it should come up with this message, it's just the BIOS acnowledging that there has been a change. nothing to worry about

have fun with your system, i just need a new motherboard, i think it's the only thing slowing my comp down

[painball]

The mobo manual says to flash the bios. Any idea how I get outta the Setup stuff to do this?

[MarkM]

You will continue to get this "error" message but it should still work ok...I am assuming you didn't just build this from scratch did you? I mean was it a new MB and all the other stuff you mentioned but already used harddrives? if that is the case that is why you are getting the message. Anyhow you can get rid of it. You have to read the MB intruction manual to find the clear CMOS jumper and with the pc off clear the CMOS as instructed in the manual then when you restart go into the bios and then do the settings to autodetect everything, HD's CDROM's etc save the settings and then carry on...you shouldn't get the "error" message again. If you don't have the jumper (some MB don't provide the jumper) there are just the pins, the other way is to remove the button cell battery as this will have the same effect, not perfect but it works. If you are wary of doing it this way and don't have a jumper for the pins they are pennies to buy from any store that sells components.

[painball]

Everything is new.:)

[MarkM]

Well still clear the CMOS that is one of the things you are supposed to do when you contruct a new pc from new components. The worst that can happen is that you will still have the message...I don't believe you will though.

[sps16]

yea i agree with MarkM, clear the cmos by moving the jumper to the open side, waiting a few seconds and then putting the jumper back on the left side of pins.

[painball]

So I should look for the CMOS jumper, move it, wait a second, then put it back. All while the PC is turned off?

What about flashing the BIOS? Is it really necessary?

[xmetal2001]

Well you might as well flash to the latest version of your BIOS.

[painball]

Any tips on how to get off the sys specs and BIOS to get to DOS to flash the damn BIOS?

[MarkM]

If the mother board is new chances are it might well have an slightly older version of the bios as supplied by the maker as you don't know how long in was in a warehouse or on a shelf but personally I wouldn't flash the bios just yet. It isn't pretty if it goes wrong.

[painball]

Originally posted by MarkM
If the mother board is new chances are it might well have an slightly older version of the bios as supplied by the maker as you don't know how long in was in a warehouse or on a shelf but personally I wouldn't flash the bios just yet. It isn't pretty if it goes wrong.

What all could go wrong?