Just got a 1 gig T-Bird.

[bdf24]

Well I've been running this Duron for WAY to long now since my 1.2 gig T-Bird died. My Mom and Dad got me a 1gig T-Bird for christmas :). So now I can ditch this Duron thank god!

Well anyway the stepping is:

ASHHA0139APAW

Not sure how good that stepping is. But I'll tell what. I'm going to jack the voltage up and go for the gold. Well not really but I'm going start at 10 x 133. See what she does. Only thing that really bites, is my A7A 266 will only run in Jumper mode only while running DDR ram. So I have to adjust the voltage via closing the bridges on the CPU. And I'm very limited on my FSB adjustments. The highest I'm able to go is 133mhz. So I have to rely mainly on the multiplier adjustments.

It'll be nice having a semi fast chip again with the extra cache. The Duron's a good chip just not very good for gaming and multitasking in my opinion.

[Placid]

That's a nice present :)
Maybe there is a volt mod for your board in the motherboard section.
Have fun playing with your new cpu.

[hallen]

Interesting. I just bought this on eBay for a K7S5A system I'm building.

A1000AMT3C
ASHHA0138VPJW
97477360099

I'd be interested in how high yours goes at default vcore. Also what vcore you were running your Duron at 933?

Merry Christmas.

[bdf24]

Well I'm able to adjust the Vcore in the bios when the board is in jumper free mode. But for some reason only while I'm using Sdram. If I run DDR (which I do) I cannot run the system without crash's unless I run in total jumper mode. And there aren't any jumper's for voltage on the board. Just in the bios. Oh well, it's like old school overclocking that way all jumper's and dip switch's. No softmenue. I'll still get the job done though.

[bdf24]

My vcore on my Duron is set to 1.775 by the bridges on the chip. I could get it to run at 1 gig with the vcore maxed to 1.85. But it was'nt very stable. Although that was about 3 or 4 month's ago since I've tried. It would probobly go even higher now if I tried.

As far as default voltage. I'll probobly start out right away at 1.8 or 1.85, just to now I've got enough going to the chip. Reason being is everytime I want to change the voltage I'll have to change the bridges on the chip. To much of a pain in the butt. Besides I know I've got the cooling to handle the high voltage so I'm not to worried about that. If I get some stability for any length of time I'll then try and lower the voltage.

I know your always supposed to go small to big. But for some reason I've always gone from big to small. I'll start where it's unstable and back it off till i'ts stable. It'll be fun trying to overclock again. I'ts been a long time since I've played around trying to overclock. So I'm looking forward to it.

[hallen]

Thanks. I'm trying to keep at default without touching the bridges.

Also on your 133 limit on the Crucial. I have an A7M266 and the Crucial is hungry for power. Way above 2.5 spec.

I don't know much about the A7A but maybe this is the same for it as the A7M

http://www.lostcircuits.com/motherboard/asus_a7m266/6.shtml

[bdf24]

Could be the problem. But the reason I cannot run any higher then 133 mhz FSB cause the board will not run stable in jumper free mode with the DDR installed. Not at 100mhz fsb or 133mhz fsb or anything in between. I have to have the board in Jumper mode to run stable. I have no idea why. I've just learned to live with it.

[hallen]

Originally posted by bdf24
I've just learned to live with it.

That's a good philosophy. Like my favorite: the engine is making a noise turn up the car radio.

Have you looked at replacing your board with another DDR board. I'm looking at the K7S5A which can be had for about $65. including shipping.

I have one on the way <gripe>it's in town but FedEX shut down home delivery mon tue wed</gripe>.

I don't know how good it is but everything I read about is positive.

[bdf24]

I don't have the money to replace any hardware at the moment. That's why I've learned to live with it.

Well I just stuck the 1 gig in. So far at default voltage I've got it to 1130mhz. that's 8.5 x 133. I'm a little short on time right now so I can't experiment with jacking the voltage up yet. But I'm sure once I do I should get some decent results.

[hallen]

Originally posted by bdf24
I don't have the money to replace any hardware at the moment.

I can see that if your avatar is recent.

I do computers as a sort of business/hobby so when I finished with the K7S5A I was going to sell it (hopefully in O/C classifieds in they drop the posts to 100)

http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53711

If the K7S5A is any good I'm open to trading.

Thanks for the good news on the 1000MHz. If mine is like yours 7.5 x 150 = 1125 @ default looks possible.

Harvey

[Angry]

I got my 1gig up to 1425 150x7.5 (AXIA core,still have it but no board, yet)
Even with FSB at 133 u should make it past 1333...

[hallen]

Originally posted by Angry
but no board, yet)


Angry- Take a look at the K7S5A here:

http://www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,s%253D1005%2526a%253D18386,00.asp

ECS K7S5A
Price: $55-60
Pros: Stable, well-mannered, built-in Ethernet, inexpensive
Cons: AMR riser card is outdated; slightly inferior performance; awkward location for the floppy connector

[bdf24]

I havent tried posting any higher then 1200mhz yet. And even then it posted. I got a BSOD coming into windows though. But that was at 1.75 volts. I'm sure once I jack the voltage up I'll get a lot more out of this chip. It'll just have to wait a little while.