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TBred B XP2100+ works GREAT on KT7 non-A without ANY mods!! Running at 2.3GHz now!
If you have a KT7 non-A mobo running a T-bird, it's time to upgrade your CPU! I got a TBred B XP2100+ from Newegg and put it into my KT7 non A and it works perfectly *without any mods*. Its stock frequency is 13x133=1729 and since 13 is already past 12.5, the 5th multiplier bit is already set (even though the KT7 bios still shows 5x-12.5x)
I'm using the latest bios A9 modded to include the HPT370 bios 2.34. I set the multiplier in the bios to 10x and lo and behold, the CPU now runs at 2300MHz. With my Thermalright SLK-800 heatsink and the YS-tech fan running at the max 48cfm, the CPU temp is just 38 deg C. Ran Prime95 and it's rock solid.
WCPUID shows 2300MHz but doesn't show any multiplier, so I think this is one of the reserved remapped multipliers of the XP2100+ (since theoretically, with the 5th multiplier bit set, you add 8 to each original multiplier and this way, the max multiplier you get is just (12.5+8)x= 20.5x, whereas I'm running 23x100. So this must be a remapped multiplier.)
Anyway, check out these screens:
wcpuid - cpu
wcpuid - chipset
sandra - cpu arithmetic
This is the first mobo I've ever owned that even after 2 years of use, I can still upgrade to the latest CPU and it'll still work. Amazing!
Note that I'm talking about the KT7 *non A* here, NOT the newer KT7A.
If you have a KT7 non-A mobo running a T-bird, it's time to upgrade your CPU! I got a TBred B XP2100+ from Newegg and put it into my KT7 non A and it works perfectly *without any mods*. Its stock frequency is 13x133=1729 and since 13 is already past 12.5, the 5th multiplier bit is already set (even though the KT7 bios still shows 5x-12.5x)
I'm using the latest bios A9 modded to include the HPT370 bios 2.34. I set the multiplier in the bios to 10x and lo and behold, the CPU now runs at 2300MHz. With my Thermalright SLK-800 heatsink and the YS-tech fan running at the max 48cfm, the CPU temp is just 38 deg C. Ran Prime95 and it's rock solid.
WCPUID shows 2300MHz but doesn't show any multiplier, so I think this is one of the reserved remapped multipliers of the XP2100+ (since theoretically, with the 5th multiplier bit set, you add 8 to each original multiplier and this way, the max multiplier you get is just (12.5+8)x= 20.5x, whereas I'm running 23x100. So this must be a remapped multiplier.)
Anyway, check out these screens:
wcpuid - cpu
wcpuid - chipset
sandra - cpu arithmetic
This is the first mobo I've ever owned that even after 2 years of use, I can still upgrade to the latest CPU and it'll still work. Amazing!
Note that I'm talking about the KT7 *non A* here, NOT the newer KT7A.