AMD 1.4/266 fsb and Asus a7m266

[monstaloc]

I have an AMD 1.4 with an Asus a7m266. When I set the frequency to 133 (with the multiplier at 10.5) the system will not boot. I took a look at the chip and it says 1400 on it. Right before the OS should load, it just hangs, like when you are overclocking and have the voltage wrong, I don't even get the windows splash screen. Any ideas guys? Thanks.

One more thing, when the settings for the CPU are at default, (frequency 100 and multiplier 10.5), it boots fine. I have tried 2 different os's, windows 2k pro and windows xp pro. Same situation with either or.

[anarki_gr]

what are your temps? high temps often cause instabilities and lockups. it could also be your psu you need at least 300 or 350 watt for a 1.4 tbird. if you could post more specs of your system it would be easier to help you.

[josh2641]

I have a similar problem bro...

I bought a new 1.4ghz AMD and if I let my MOBO automatically do the multiplier and vcore settings it only runs @ 1ghz. If I do like you said put the multiplier to 10.5 and clock to 133 my system will boot, but when I put load on it (like playing a game, or even sometimes surfin the web) my system locks up. And I do have a 300W PS, so if you ask me, I think it's probably a cooling issue. Do you have SiSoft SANDRA? Hot hot is the CPU when idle?


:eek:

[killem1x1]

I had the exact same problem with 2 a7M's. Tried different PSu's, RAM and a host of other things for about two weeks before I finally traded it in.
Good Luck tho

[Placid]

If your using 2 memory modules that might be it,

When I use two DDR memory modules on A7M266, the system will freeze in Windows. If I take out one of the DDR module, the system will become normal. How should I fix the problem?

Answer:
This problem only occurs on certain DDR memory modules. To work around the problem, please set jumper VIO as [3-4] and upgrade BIOS version to 1004. A7M266 BIOS ver.1004 is available from the following URL.
http://www.asus.com.tw/products/motherboard/bios_socka.html#a7m266

I do find it odd that leaving the cpu setting to the default detects a 100x10.5 cpu as 100x14 should be the default for a 1.4ghz 200 cpu.
Maybe your cpu is really a 1.4 200 cpu and is locked so setting it to 10.5x133 it is really trying to run it at 14x133?

[monstaloc]

Thanks for all the feed back guys!

I didn't even think about using SiSoft Sandra. THen I could find out if my cpu is the 266 fsb or not. I have a 350 power supply and 2 DDR chips. I also have the lastest bios firmware revision.
I really think it's the chip though.

Thanks again. I'll let you know what happens.

[KrzyPrk]

what's a SiSoft Sandra? i keep seeing that more often now. this is my first time asking.

[Placid]

http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/sandra

Its a handy program that shows alot of information about the pc and has some benchmarks as well.