800@900 unstable..

[disenter]

hey, wondering if anyone else out there with a same or similar setup to what i have, has experienced jerkiness.. ie just maximising an minimising windows etc, while running half a dozen apps at the same time.. mine was running 9x100 ... 900mhz.. and seemed to be ok apart from that.. but when i tried to search all drives for some files, and whilst running a few apps at the same time, it crapped itself.. bsod .. fastfat.sys **** itself... an on xp, thats restart material.. its not common for xp to cop a bsod, but there is no 'press any key to continue' on xp, if it cops that, your pushing the power button : (

so for now, ive returned it to its usual 800mhz jumperfree mode.. which so far has proven to be performing better anyway..
still.. kinda spewing about that.. i liked the idea of an extra 100mhz!!.. my ram is what was holding it back though, that i know, since the ram will not hold onto more than 135mhz at all.. hyundai make ****ty cars, but they make worse ram! to all out there.. avoid that crap!..
does anyone know what ram i can use to take advantage of the 200mhz fsb though???.. or does anyone know much about this VC-133 ram that my board apparently supports ?..
thanks in advance :)

[Sonny]

If you try to push that, KT133, chipset at 135Mhz then it will crap out on you like a drunk dog. That chipset can only handle a max of 115MHz IF you're lucky.

[!!tio!!]

Well firstly 9x100...
did u colour the L! bridge and did you increase Vcore (L7 Bridge)
Colour using 2B pencil...bridge by bridge!

Tbird is not that easy to crash...
Do you have a good fan
Go ask for a new CPU in the warranty center!

Extra 100Mhz?
Change your motherboard to KT133A so it will be more stable with a 133 FSB! (any 266FSB support motherboard will so)

Recommendation: Epox, MSI, ABit and Asus

[!-=sky=-!]

what rev version is your a7v

the 1.04 or higher versions have a kt133a chip therefore it can do 133+ fsb

[disenter]

originally this board, when i bought it 11 months ago, almost 12, was bios rev 1003.. its not the 133a version.. this is the first one .. i heard somewhere that there is no real difference between the 200 an 266mhz fsb boards though, except for how its driven.. any truth to this ?..

As for speed, 9x101 was the max i was able to boot an OS at.. i got it booting at 950mhz (9.5x100) also, but it hung trying to load an OS.. but whatever i set the bus at, if i then go into bios an set the ram to either 100 or 133mhz, then it adds.. like if i set the dip switches to do 9x101, then bios to 133mhz ram, it produces 909 mhz, with 135mhz ram.. i did also try underclocking the processor an runnin a hotter board.. but i cant do that because of the ram.. lots of beeping an no boot tryin that.. tried to outright set it by the jumpers to its highest speed.. according to that.. 133mhz LOL.. it beeped off its face !!.. and yes i agree, about 115 seems about the max bootable.. but it crashes trying to load an OS, either because of the ram, or just the processor not handling it, im not sure..

as for the bridges, i only joined the L1 cache, a oc mag i had a fair while ago, had a guide for athlon an duron chips an that was all it mentioned.. so that was all i did.. however it could be that i suppose, since i can only set a range for vcore jumpers.. ie 1.825/1.85.. ends up being 1.83v according to the current bios.. rev 1008 .. cooling is just a global win fan... not sure of exact spec of the heatsink just what was shipped with it.. although i did use thermal grease, and removed the crappy chunk of s*$% from the bottom of it, that did drop the temperature considerably..
does anyone know of another heat monitor other than asus pc probe for my rig ?.. seen lots that say its not accurate, and i believe it looking at my sys as is..

Thanks for the input, is most useful :)

[Luie]

short L1 for multiplier unlock
short L7 for max voltage

[kwoon]

your asus mobo is???
there is a three tipe of asus mobo
A7V-E , A7V133 , OR A7V
the first A7V-e yes it's only have the higher bus 110 mhz
and the ASUS A7V133 has ability too raise the bus higher than 133
and one of this asus the issue its can raise the bus into 133
and before you wanto too over clock the procesor
make sure that you have unlock the L1 bridges
and the L7 bridges too raise the core:D

[disenter]

by the dip switches, 133mhz max.. multiplier up to 10x ..
and yes i think it is the voltage that was making it jerky.. since i could by jumpers, only set a range.. 1.825/1.85, bios reports 1.83v when putting it in that range.. but, IF i join the L7 bridge, does that mean, that its permanently at 1.85v ?.. or can i still lower it at need if im not happy with it, without performing brain surgery on my cpu? :) (rubbing out the L7 line again)
thanks guys.

actually, its really amazing this processor still lives at all to be honest.. when i first joined the L1 bridge... silly me forgot to link the cpu fan back up didnt i.. lol
everything booted fine an all that... went to windows .. i hadnt installed a heat monitor from there as yet.. luckily, i decided i needed to do something from bios again.. an rebooted.. while in bios.. i started smelling that ozone type smell that tells you things are getting extrememly hot !.. lol
checked bios temp guage, and the processor was sitting on 92 C
never ripped a power cable out of a computer so fast in my life.. lmfao
so i'll say this.. they can put up with a s&%tload of punishment :)
left it for 5 mins, and booted it up again.. and no problemo.. amazing huh hehe..