Mike, I'm not sure why this message is preventing you from getting into the
BIOS.  Here's what I could find on this message from the Asus Support Page
(http://www.asus.com.tw/support/faq/qanda.aspx?KB_ID=84181&SLanguage=en-us)
: "This is a normal situation because our BIOS will redetect CPU status
whenever the CPU is re-installed. What you have to do is to go into the BIOS
menu, set up the CPU frequency and CPU multiplier according to the CPU you
are using. The message will not show up again until you have re-installed
your CPU again."  (I think the Athlon XP 2000 should be running at
12.5x133MHz=1670MHz.)

If there is no way into the BIOS to do this, perhaps make sure that the
jumper on the motherboard is set to 266, 333, and 400  FSB speed (which
should be the default), not the 100 FSB setting.  If this isn't the problem,
perhaps try using the onboard jumper to reset the BIOS to it's default
settings.

Hope something in the above helps.

John Sproule

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From: "The Tone Zone" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 12:56 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Warning! CPU has been changed


Building a new computer and get this message when booting.This is a new one
on me and it won't let me go into CMOS or anywhere else.It's a new box with
a AMD Athlon 2000XP on a Asus NForce A7N8X-X board.

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