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I Just got my Asus A7V 133 as a replacement for my A7V but I cant use the 7 or 7.5 multiplier. Every other multiplier from 6-11 works so I don't think it is a problem with my L1 connections. Even when I set my multi to 7 and FSB back to 100 its a no go. I know it isn't the cpu holding me back since it will run 1100 2.11v aircooled with no problems. Any ideas?
what diffrence does it make? You arn't running at 700mhz anyway.
No but I would like to run my duron 600 at 7x158=1106 or 7.5x147=1103 since that is about as much as my cpu and ram will take. Right now I am running 8x138=1104 2.0v.
Have you tried running 7.0 x 138 or lower FSB? Maybe the prob is too fast FSB, your memory or periphs can't handle it. How far do you get when running 7 x 158...does it post, or get so far and hang, or what?
It won't post at 7 or 7.5 even if the FSB is at 100. I can boot at 166 FSB but my ram is keeping it from being stable.
Heh...I see you had that bit of info in your first post... That'll teach me to read. Could this maybe be a situation where not all the L1 bridges are completely connected? Maybe one is not shorted, and is not required except to run a 7.0 or 7.5 multiplier? That's about the only other logical thing I can think of, barring some really strange problem with the motherboard.
hooziewhatsit
07-15-01, 01:32 AM
it wouldn't hurt to go back and redo the L1 bridges, sometimes it takes several tries to get them right.
That's the only thing I can think of that would be causing your problem.
good luck
William
07-15-01, 01:42 AM
i don't think this is a bridge thing, besides I remember Bender saying he used a microscope to inspect the bridges. There are people who have problems with running a CPU at X multiplier, I would be interested on what happened if you plopped a 700mhz or 750mhz duron into the board. That would tell you right away where the problem is.
Yes I did use a microscope to inspect the bridges. It was very interesting, I could even see the texture of the bridges. I connected the bridges in a somewhat different fashion than usual. I simply dropped a huge blob of conductive ink covering all four L1s and quickly wiped it off. After inspecting it at 75x I noticed that the connection was very clean and the ink was only in the groove left by AMDs cutting tool. With the naked eye I could hardly tell if the connection was made since the amount of conductive ink was so minute. I really want to get some closeup pics of the L1s to show how good the results were but I don't' think my camera will do. I don't think my L1s are the problem, it is probably the motherboard. My buddy has 2 duron 750s so maybe I'll see if I can give one of those a try. I have heard of similar problems but I cant remember if there was a fix. It may even be that there is a bug in the VIA chipset.
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