ASUS MoBo gives error msg about CPU at boot up

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darussiaman

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When I boot up the computer, it incorrectly identifies the processor. The POST says:

Main Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1150MHz


But when everything is correct, it should say AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+, since that's what I have. The POST goes on for a few more lines, but then I get an error that says:

Warning!! CPU have over speed


And it stops and doesn't boot up anymore. At another forum, I learned a way to fix it. *Kind of.* I was told to clear the CMOS, and I did that, and it worked. Everything went back to normal. But then the problem occurred again. Now I did the same procedure to fix it for a second time, and my computer is up and running now. But I'm afraid to shut it down, thinking that it will happen again... so how can I fix this?? And why did this problem happen in the first place?

I have an ASUS A7N8X motherboard, by the way. AMD athlon 1800+ processor ... should I state any other system specs? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
It could be that you have a dead motherboard battery. Everytime you shut down the bios is resetting itself. Its the Silver battery about the size of a quarter, replace it and see if that fixes the problem.
 
ohh, interesting. I was told something similar on another forum. I was told my battery might be dying. But then why is it that clearing the CMOS is what fixes it? If it's "resetting itself" as you say, isn't that the same as clearing the cmos already?
Thanks a lot.
 
Yeah I understood that. Sorry, maybe I can rephrase my question. I don't understand what he meant by the bios resetting itself and how that is different from me clearing the CMOS by taking out, then reinserting the battery. Because from my (somewhat amature) understanding, I thought that to clear the CMOS via the battery trick is the same thing as to reset the bios. So if the dead battery is causing the bios to reset itself, why should the problem get fixed by the battery trick?
Thanks!
 
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darussiaman said:
Yeah I understood that. Sorry, maybe I can rephrase my question. I don't understand what he meant by the bios resetting itself and how that is different from me clearing the CMOS by taking out, then reinserting the battery. Because from my (somewhat amature) understanding, I thought that to clear the CMOS via the battery trick is the same thing as to reset the bios. So if the dead battery is causing the bios to reset itself, why should the problem get fixed by the battery trick?
Thanks!
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About 95% of boards I,ve come across with a dead battery would boot just fine, but on a cold start if you had changed anything you would have to change it back and reset the time. The other % would not boot at all or just give off weird symptoms like the system had been overclocked, call it the wrong processor, not detect harddrives and so on. The point is the battery is like 3 bucks and you can rule out a dead battery by a simple replacement. If it still does it after a battery replacement atleast you know you wont be running down a problem because of a dead battery. Dont get me wrong I,m not sure its the battery but its the cheapest first step in tracking it down.
 
Woohoo, the battery did it! Heh heh thanks a lot for the help! Replacing the battery did indeed put everything back to normal. I'm happy =)
Thanks a lot, guys!
 
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