im thinking of trying hotflashing the bios first..if still cant, i send for rma..but i left my box at home..can i rma by sending the mobo only?

this might help u all..

this might help u all..

0/04: Matlab and AMD Athlon 64 issue
This issue has been bugging me from the start of my current semester at NIIT (NUST Institute of IT).

I have a 6 months old AMD Athlon64 processor (Winchester) based PC running Windows XP Professional and wanted to use Matlab 7 Release 14 (7.0.0.19920) on it for my Numerical Analysis course. The software installed fine. However, on clicking the desktop shortcut, the program showed the splash screen but then suddenly quit. I wasn't sure as to what was causing it.

I have been struggling with this issue for some months and have finally found a solution. At least, this solution worked on my PC.


Follow the steps below:

1 - Open %MATLAB7%\bin\win32 in Windows Explorer or through My Computer. '%MATLAB7%' here is the path where you installed MATLAB.

2 - Find the file named 'blas.spec'. Open this file in Wordpad. You will see a listing like this:

GenuineIntel Family 5 Model * atlas_PPro.dll # Pentium
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 1 atlas_PPro.dll # Pentium Pro
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 3 atlas_PII.dll # Pentium II (Klamath)
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 5 atlas_PII.dll # Pentium II (Deschutes)
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 6 atlas_PII.dll # Celeron
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 7 atlas_PIII.dll # Pentium III (Katmai)
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 8 atlas_PIII.dll # Pentium III (Coppermine)
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 9 atlas_PIII.dll # Pentium M
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 10 atlas_PIII.dll # Pentium III (Cascades)
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 11 atlas_PIII.dll # Pentium III (Mobile)
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model * atlas_PIII.dll # Pentium III
GenuineIntel Family 15 Model * atlas_P4.dll # Pentium 4
AuthenticAMD Family 5 Model * atlas_PII.dll # AMD-K6
AuthenticAMD Family 6 Model * atlas_Athlon.dll # Athlon/Duron
AuthenticAMD Family 15 Model 4 atlas_Athlon.dll # Athlon 64
AuthenticAMD Family 15 Model 5 atlas_Athlon.dll # Opteron

3 - Scroll down and add the following two lines at the end:

AuthenticAMD Family 15 Model 12 atlas_Athlon.dll # Athlon 64 (Newcastle)
AuthenticAMD Family 15 Model * atlas_Athlon.dll # AMD64

4 - Save the file (Ctrl+S).

5 -Start Matlab.

I hope this solution works for you. I have read about setting the environment variable 'blas_version' to some other value but I didn't need to find and/or modify it. My copy of Matlab worked fine after the above mentioned changes.

Good luck with your Matlab programming!

(23-08-06) - Edit: I am now using Matlab R2006a. This version has no issues with running on AMD processors and is working perfectly on my PC.


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OT------- to make MATLAB work on AMD 64 X2:

You may be able to get this to work by performing the following steps:

- Right click on My Computer and click Properties

- Click the Advanced Tab, then choose Environment variables

- In the lower frame, under "System Variables" create a new variable by clicking "New"

- Set the Variable name to BLAS_VERSION and the Variable Value to <full path>\$MATLAB\bin\win32\atlas_Athlon.dll (where <full path> is the path to your MATLAB folder). Try to start MATLAB now.

This should fix the problem that you were encountering.

taken from :http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-YNRQP.html?solution=1-YNRQP

bro -pws-, are you trying to poison me

no problem,
for hotflash you'll need an exactly same chip,
with correct version of bios in it.
if the boot block is still working,
you don't have to mess up yourself with hotflash.
Just make a boot disk & a copy of bios ( of coz, with bios flasher together)
insert the boot disk and it will boot up ( in the case boot block is still working)
then you can flash the bios with proper command
btw, it's better to send everything together,
i nv try to send the mobo alone b4 thus i dunno what's the consequences

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Added on February 18, 2008, 1:13 amthanks buddies,
actually they are all in the webby that i post just now
i already tried all these , it won't work

This post has been edited by dblooi: Feb 18 2008, 01:13 AM

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no problem,
for hotflash you'll need an exactly same chip,
with correct version of bios in it.
if the boot block is still working,
you don't have to mess up yourself with hotflash.
Just make a boot disk & a copy of bios ( of coz, with bios flasher together)
insert the boot disk and it will boot up ( in the case boot block is still working)
then you can flash the bios with proper command icon_rolleyes.gif
btw, it's better to send everything together,
i nv try to send the mobo alone b4 thus i dunno what's the consequences laugh.gif

quote/

how to do that?can u show me?coz rite now,my pc wont boot at all..everything runs well,but blank

AMD TS is poisoning ppl into darkside is a sin you know -pWs-. Some more poison AMD master db. Both of u guys go out then mati la its like Jedi Council without Yoda and Windu (But I dont know which one of you wanna be Yoda or Windu la haha)

Actually I was thinking the same too, but better save up some money later only upgrade on shot. AMD hasnt failed me yet in any application nor gaming so I dont see reason to migrate

@alive88, good luck if you wanna do that, I also did a few search bout hotflash but couldnt understand tho

im gng to digswell's place tmorrow..wish me luck

did your floppy drive/ cd drive boot up though the screen is blank?
if yes, the boot block still good, you don't have to hotflash
if no, you can proceed to hotflash if u believe that the bios is corrupted.
try google search to enhance your understanding on hotflash before you proceed.

btw, have you check the debug LED and try to figure out actually what's the problem?

@nik0ns,@jsnkok
Nice find out, guys.
This is what the real purpose of the existing of this thread


Joking la


I think i can go la. dblooi cannot

-pWs-

This post has been edited by -pWs-: Feb 18 2008, 01:30 AM

i dont know bout that..but my dvd led keep flashing like it my pc is turning on and off non stop..
ive googled arnd bout the debug led..but still cant understand why

who knows, maybe i will go faster than you
once i settle down the DI plan then i will stop everything

try to go through your mobo manual
something should be mentioned in the manual about debug LED

I thought we go together

-pWs-

it's emergency bro
i will get killed if i cannot use matlab 7.0 asap
maybe i'll just pick up cheapo celeron + 945GC mobo for this urgent usage
In the case matlab 7.0 really cannot be used after i reformat hardisk and try for last time

Why dun you try the suggestions above??
But education more important la.

-pWs-

i already tried. it won't work
actually it's all written in the webby that i've posted just now

me also using matlab 7.0 but i have no problem to use the solution

maybe can try redo the step again or i sent u the blas.spec copy

did try with another windows in windows xp like VMware Workstation or Virtual PC 2007

This post has been edited by digswell: Feb 18 2008, 02:15 AM

Bro db, after you post your matlab problem alot of longtimenosee sifus coming in helping you.

I remembered last time I was using matlab 6.0 it works on my 4000+ Brisby. This sem still yet to use matlab so havent install yet. Anyway by stating cannot use Matlab 7.0 hows that happen ? Means cannot execute the matlab application or during calculation or solution ?

thanks bro tachlio
i tried with your blas.spec copy,
still cannot, but at least now i know there's a succeed case
will try again with a clean OS

@pws
looks like i don't have to change platform already


nope i didn't try b4
i guess it's something to do with my OS
i have service pack 3 RC edition, .net framework 3.5 .. and some other stuffs
guess is time to reverse everything
thanks for help anyway

yalo, really appreciate that
the program shut down immediately after i open it.
i need matlab 7.0 for my project