Am I just DOING this wrong? (OCing a Tbird 1Ghz)

[BonoMan]

So I have my fully homebuilt system finally put together.
I got a 1Ghz Tbird
an Abit KT7133A-RAID
768 MB PC133 Micron RAM
I'll spare the rest of the details.

Anyways so this is my first time overclocking.
I read up a ****load. SO please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong!

When I got the chip all the L1 Bridges were cut. SO i connected them all as well as the ONE cut bridge on the L7. Is that all the bridges I have to connect?

So the comp POSTS at 750 instead of 1 GhZ and in the BIOS it says 750 as well and I have no way of changing it (there are no other options in the drop menu in BIOS).

Now could this reading be due to an old BIOS? Or maybe just crappy connections?

Thanks for any help!
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[merlins_wraith]

1) using the abit board you shouldn't have to connect the L7 bridge ..... try first disconnecting that one and try to post again

2) what are you using to connect the bridges?

3) if nothing else try try again ... redo the connection job on the bridges

4) make sure to bump the core voltage

'do or do not there is no try'
duron 700 @ 980 kt7 raid

[BonoMan]

K I'll disconnect the L7 Bridge and see what happens. and I figure I'm going to reconnect the bridges as well...see what I can do.

The voltage is set at 1.85V right now (was the default in the bios when I started it for the first time)
z

Thanks for your help!

[castcore]

No need for connecting with PEncil or conductive pen with the Abit Kt7a Raid? You sure about that? I thought you still had to.....

[Rob Cork]

You only need to connect the L1 bridges - this unlocks the multiplier, so you can change it with the board. You only need to change the L7 bridges if the mobo doesn't allow you to change the multiplier, cos fiddling with those bridges changes the default multiplier on the chip. Presumably by connecting all the L7's you set the multiplier to 750 - hence that's what it booted at. Just undo the connections you made for the L7 bridges and redo the L1's.

[BonoMan]

I did..and I STILL get the same thing.
I took off the L7 connection and redid the L1's in Pencil...same thing 7.5X100.

And on top of that the HighPoint Controllers just corrupted all my backed up personal stuf fon my second harddrive. All my graphic design and animation work from the past two years is gone. I don't know what to do..I'm ****in' stranded here.

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[Dani]

Hehe, call me stupid but is this the common pencil I use to take tests or a special pencil( im about to build myself a comp, definatley want to oc)

[App]

You wrote you have an Abit KT 133A !!! with the new VIA Chipset! mobo, This means it runs at an FSB of 133!!! instead of 100.

7.5 x 133 = 998 mhz!!!!! I cannot explain why your BIOS is not allowing a higher multiplier with the L1 (multiplier lock) and L7 (voltage lock) bridges closed, but it must have to do something with this new 133 mhz mobo.

Please post the results, because I'm planning to buy a new 133 mobo for my 1 ghz TBird

[BonoMan]

OOps..I meant the KT7-133 not the "A"...actually..I have the "A" now and sold my KT7-133 a few days ago...(this post was from a few weeks ago)...and anyways I've got the problem solved. IT wasn't my connections at all...all I did was flash the bios and everything was fine :) and the new 133A came with the latest official bios and it worked great right out of the box..highly recommended :)
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[TechnoFile]

Dani (Jan 23, 2001 07:31 p.m.):
Hehe, call me stupid but is this the common pencil I use to take tests or a special pencil( im about to build myself a comp, definatley want to oc)

A plain ol #2HB pencil works... but a longer-lastling solution is to order a conductive pen and do it that way.

[BonoMan]

Yeah I ordered a conductive pen...had to take my proc off to install a new mobo (the 133A)..so I thought..why not go ahead and get a conductive pen and put it on there....word of warning though...it's a BITCH since the pen, althoug labeled micro-tip, is relatively fat...most people just apply with a needle..but i stuck it out...steadied my hand..and sllowwwllllyyy applied the conductive ink :) and now it works beautifully!
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[traitun]

make sure in the bios you set the multiplier to USER DEFINE... you're probably already doing this but some people just don't know... if it's not reading what you define (11x100mhz at 1100) then you probably need to pencil it over again... my roommate penciled his and it didn't work the first time

[kat]

BonoMan (Feb 02, 2001 06:10 p.m.):
Yeah I ordered a conductive pen...had to take my proc off to install a new mobo (the 133A)..so I thought..why not go ahead and get a conductive pen and put it on there....word of warning though...it's a BITCH since the pen, althoug labeled micro-tip, is relatively fat...most people just apply with a needle..but i stuck it out...steadied my hand..and sllowwwllllyyy applied the conductive ink :) and now it works beautifully!
z


can i get an amen brother!! ;D

[BonoMan]

hehehe...ammmmeennn!! god bless unlocked multipliers :)
z

[kat]

Rob Cork (Jan 23, 2001 01:14 a.m.):
You only need to connect the L1 bridges - this unlocks the multiplier, so you can change it with the board. You only need to change the L7 bridges if the mobo doesn't allow you to change the multiplier, cos fiddling with those bridges changes the default multiplier on the chip. Presumably by connecting all the L7's you set the multiplier to 750 - hence that's what it booted at. Just undo the connections you made for the L7 bridges and redo the L1's.

L7 bridges are voltage L6 L3and L4 change the frequency read this
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000711/amd-04.html

[BonoMan]

Ok...well since this thread is STILL going strong...I'd thought I'd state again that I DID fix this problem about two weeks ago. IT wasn't the l7 bridges being connected....it wasn't a bad connection on the l1 bridges.....it was just a bad bios...i flashed it to the newest one and it was a-ok.
z