overclocking a 1.0 ghz tbird

[xdurandalx]

i have a 1 ghz tbird with a swiftech mc462 on a abit kt7 and i can only get it up to 1050 mhz. i havent messed with the fsb at all. when i put it up to 1100 or higher, it wont start, not even the bios. it not overheating cause its 30 degrees C idle at 1050 mhz. is there something im doing wrong?? i should be albe to get more than 50 mhz out of this chip.

[SirLaw11]

You should do the pencil trick to unlock your Athlon, connect all the bridges of L1, by doing this you can get at least 1.3 to 1.4Ghz, don't forget proper cooling when you overclock = )

[xdurandalx]

i already did, thats how i was able to get it up to 1050mhz. im pretty sure that a swiftech will be good enough cooling. but is there some other tricks i dont know??

[CSaddict]

But remember you have to unlock all the bridges and make sure they are not touching other bridges.

[xdurandalx]

yea, i did that.

[thefly]

what are you settings?

is it a 266 or a 200fsb chip?

[SickBoy]

Originally posted by theflycore
what are you settings?

is it a 266 or a 200fsb chip?

If it's unlocked it doesnt matter too much, A KT7 will not run a chip at actual 266 FSB. My 266 FSB 1 GHz Chip is unlocked on a KT7A Raid and will run at either 10x100 or 7.5x133.

SickBoy

[FRANK]

First of all, Welcome to the forum.

The ABIT KT7 motherboard was one of the first generation socket A boards and like all other first generation KT133 boards, generally will not support a FSB much above the 107 / 110MHz range. With the advent of the 266FSB (code "C") CPU's, VIA redesigned the chipset to "officially" support the latest offerings from AMD, this chipset is called the KT133A with the FSB able to go to 133MHz and beyond.

ABIT made the KT133A chipset available on the redesigned KT7A.

You apparently have a "B" code chip (100 / 200MHz FSB). Although you are limited by the FSB, you should still be able to get somewhere near 1.2G with that CPU using the multiplier. I've had my AXIA 1G on an A7V with the same chipset and was able to get to 1.2 with no problems. You will probably have to unlock the L1 bridges to go this route. See the "Beginers Guide" located on the front page of this site for details on how to do this.

Good Luck!

[mrpcman]

what's the vcore at?

[TranceBear]

Steppings? That will decide what this bad boy will do