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[Fjeld]

When flashing my BIOS (R3) at my KT7A-R, I noticed that my cpu idle-temp raised quite a lot, as well as the load at the 5v line from the PSU.
Later been reading that this rev. don´t support the idling thing :(

Thinking about using WPCREDIT from www.h-oda, to try solving the problem, but I cant find support for translating japanese language in my XP CD??

Don´t know if it will work in XP, but I´m ready to try!

Anybody willing to mail me a translated version of WPCREDIT please?
You´ll get a full report....

Thanks in advance :D

filefjeld@sensewave.com

[redduc900]

The following is taken from the KT7 FAQ...

http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/kt7faq.htm

Why is my idle temperature so much higher under BIOS version 3R or later?

With previous BIOS versions ABIT set a bit in the BIOS CMOS (offset 52 bit 7) to "1" to enable the ACPI "HALT" function and cool down the CPU temp in idle mode. This, whilst allowing cooler CPU operation, is against the advice of AMD and VIA. Under earlier AMD processors, however, this modification allowed the system to idle cooler and had no ill effects.

However, it was been found with newer 133MHz FSB processors running at 1333MHz and higher, that this software cooling can cause severe stability problems - especially under Windows 2000. As a consequence, in all ABIT BIOS releases after version 3R, ABIT have set this bit to "0" - the value recommended by AMD and VIA. This allows the motherboard to be stable with all AMD processors at the expense of an increase of 5-10 degrees Centigrade during idle (from approximately 35 degs C to 45 degs C).

This will not harm your motherboard or processor. Note that this CMOS setting is widely used by other KT133/KT133A based motherboards. Note that if your processor is slower than 1333MHz then you can revert to the previous setting of the BIOS by using H-Oda's WCPREDIT and WCPRSET programs to modify this register value. If you are using Hex mode in these programs then change register 52 from 6B to EB to re-enable the software cooling.

They also have a downloads page here...

http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/faqdownloads.html

...where you can download WPCRSET, which you can use if you want to make the EB setting permanent. You can also download the *.pcr file (which corresponds to your board) from here. Viahardware also has instructions on using WPCREDIT and how to alter the registers, and how to save the new configuration using WPCRSET...the link is on their homepage.;)

[TranceBear]

I use this tweak in my XP and works great, I did a how-to in the cooling section, just search for it, I did not save the link.

[Fjeld]

Originally posted by redduc900
The following is taken from the KT7 FAQ...

http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/kt7faq.htm

They also have a downloads page here...

http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/faqdownloads.html

...where you can download WPCRSET, which you can use if you want to make the EB setting permanent. You can also download the *.pcr file (which corresponds to your board) from here. Viahardware also has instructions on using WPCREDIT and how to alter the registers, and how to save the new configuration using WPCRSET...the link is on their homepage.;)

What can I say? Thank you so very much, thanks a lot to trancebear as well :) You´re great guys!!