PC3200 Ram running at 333MHz Please Help!!!

[S7eele Rayne]

Can anyone please help me get a copy of the TCB432L.BIN? Not looking to break any rules but I am stuck with this emachine and a semidecent video card. The update to bios would open a lot of options that aren't available now and from what I have heard allow me to overclock decently.

Its for my son, please help. Okay, that was LAME, but it really is.

*edit* did you really have to quote the whole post for no apparent reason ?

 

[S7eele Rayne]

Grateful for any help.

I have an emachines t3256 and I am not by any means a financially well off person. I also have an HP Pavillion (old one). Anyway, from my research on the web I have come to the conclusion that for the emachine I need the updated bios of TCB432L.BIN . Is there any way anyone can help me get this, I saw a board where the guy left his email for anyone that wanted it but wanted to see what I found here.

Don't have money, daughter needs a new laptop, I am trying to get this emachine running for my son and I, and the wife of course. Thanks for anything you can do.

vr
wtb

 

[S7eele Rayne]

TCB432L.BIN BIOS for emachine t3256

I thought I had already posted in reply to this thread but I guess I ended up posting it with a quote from a message in this thread. After reading the thread here and at other places I have pretty much determined that I need the TCB432L.BIN BIOS for my First International Computers (FIC) AU31 motherboard. I have a feeling most are going to reply that an upgraded graphics card would probably be a better bet, as I am simply trying to setup this system to run Oblivion type games without FPS problems. I have downloaded mods that have helped a lot and feel like I could get it there with the aformentioned TCB432L.BIN BIOS upgrade. Since it is an Nvidia based chipset could I just upgrade using one of their upgrades and possibly open up the advanced areas in BIOS and enable all the things discussed in this and other threads (Aperture Size, Memory Speed, and the gains I might see in overclocking).

Sorry if the post was too long, if anyone can be of any assistance I would be truly grateful. I hate OEM systems and their locked down settings but I am not quite ready to build a system from scratch, little broke. Just trying to get something to survive for my son until I do.

Thanks!

 

[captaincranky]

I got here late but.......

Long story, please bear with me!

I picked up an eMachine with a AMD 3200+ Barton cpu on a FIC AU-31 mobo.
It shipped with an advertised 512mb PC2700. But when I did some checking, I found out that the mobo supported a 400MHz FSB and 2 Gigs of ram. And after opening the case, found out the that the RAM's label said PC3200 on it. It turns out that unless you disable the onboard graphics and install a agp video card, all you can run is 333ddr.

SO I put in a GeForce FX 5600 Ultra and 2 sticks of Corsair PC-3200 ram, but when I boot up it is reported as 333DDR. And when I check Everest it says I'm running dual-channel 333mhz!!??

The BIOS is locked pretty tight, but I do have the vc clocked decently (running 425/850). And I've got some decent cooling going on. I just can't get the ram speed to come in where it should.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm not a newb, but this has got me stumped.

Again......Sorry so long....Thankx!

If this is running as dual channel, consider yourself fortunate. The PC3200 is running at the prevailing bus speed that's all. Emachines shipped my T-5026 (P/4 w 915GAG Intel Matx Mobo) With "PC3200 400Mhz RAM" listed as a feature. So, I read the directions to the mobo, and if I understood them correctly the 915GAG only supports 533Mhz FSB, and will only run the memory (in dual channel) at 333Mhz. So, I walked around scratching my head for a while, and decided that the 400Mhz thing, while true as stated (it is in there), was just an advertising ploy. The Intel BIOS is probably even more locked down than yours So I bought PC2700 to expand the memory. I think that was cheaper, or at least on sale at the time. Being an Emachines I'm sort of happy it boots everyday, and without so much as a plume of smoke. I know this isn't much help, but it does seen fun to swap Emachines "war stories", from time to time.

 

[S7eele Rayne]

I have been trying to get my AMD XP 3200+ with the FIC AU31 Motherboard up to 400 MHz for FSB / RAM as well.

EMachine sells the T3256 with the advertisement of 400MHz FSB but, it only seems to run at 333MHz.

http://www.emachines.com/support/product_support.html?cat=desktop&subcat=T-Series&model=T3256

That seems a bit misleading ...

I've upgraded my firmware from:
http://www.emachineupgraders.info/dir1/motherboards/socketa/au31_downloads.shtml

The upgraded TCB432L.BIN firmware worked but, I still can't get the included 512MB Samsung PC-3200 SDRAM to run at 400MHz.

The BIOS will recognize the PC-3200 RAM as DDR400 in auto mode but
crashes before Windows XP will begin loading.

Also, the system will only work in optimal settings in the BIOS -- aggressive
/ advanced won't work -- the system crashes before / after Windows XP loads.

Any ideas anyone?

Do you think the Samsung PC-3200 RAM shipped with this model could actually be rated for only 333MHz?

The memory info is pasted below:

Memory Type: DDR SDRAM
Error Correction: NONE
Voltage Interface Level: SSTL (2.5V)
Data Width: 64 bits
Number of Physical Banks: 2 (double sided)
Number of Logical Banks: 4
Number of Row Addresses: 13 13
Number of Col Addresses: 10 10
Bank Density: 256 268435456 MB
Primary Ram Width: 8 20 bits
Error Checking Ram Width: 13 13 bits
Module Density: 268435712 MB
Refresh Rate: 7812.500 us
Self-Refresh: Yes
Burst Lengths Supported: 2 4 8
CAS 2.5:
Cycle Time (tCYC) = 6.000 ns fMax = 166.667 Mhz
Access Time (tAC) = 0.700 ns fMax = 1428.571 MHz
CAS 3.0:
Cycle Time (tCYC) = 5.000 ns fMax = 200.000 Mhz
Access Time (tAC) = 0.650 ns fMax = 1538.462 MHz
CS Supported: 0.0 clocks
WE Supported: 1.0 clocks
Min Delay, Bk/Bk Random Cols: 1 clocks
Min Row Precharge Time (tRP): 15.000 ns
Min Row Active delay (tRRD): 10.000 ns
Min RAS to CAS delay (tRCD): 15.000 ns
Min Actv to Precharge (tRAS): 40.000 ns
Addr/Cmd Setup Time: 0.600 ns
Addr/Cmd Hold Time: 0.600 ns
Data Setup Time: 0.400 ns
Data Hold Time: 0.400 ns
Buffered Address & Control No
Registered Address & Control No
On-Card PLL: No
FET Switch On-Card Enable: No
FET Switch External Enable: No
Differential Clock Input: Yes
Includes Weak Driver: No
Includes QFC Output: No
Lower Vdd Tolerence: 0.2 V
Upper Vdd Tolerence: 0.2 V
Manufacturer's JEDEC ID Code: 00000000 000000ce
Module Manufacturing Location: 2 (manufacture dependant)
Module Part Number: M3 68L6423FTN-CCC
Module Revision Code: 17998 (manufacture dependant)
Module Manufacturing Date: Wk 53 of 2004
Module Serial Number: 357301f1
SPD Revision: 1.1

Thanks,

amd-rnr
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Hi, I know it has been a long time since this thread was posted but I was just wondering (kinda hoping) you might be able to help me get a copy of the TCB432L.BIN BIOS that I may be able to use on my emachine T3256. Sorry to bother you otherwise.