[Sonny]

Not sure that it's the mobo but all the clues points to it. My question is; Has anyone hit 1.4GHz on this mobo? I have the latest BIOS that is suppose to let it go 1.4GHz & up but no luck yet.

1.418GHz 270FSB 10.5 X 135 = P.O.S.T.s, Win98SE no
1.4 GHz 280FSB 10 X 140 = P.O.S.T.s, Win98SE no
1.4 GHz 266FSB 10.5 X 133 = P.O.S.T.s, Win98SE locks up when the CPU cools(KT7 Unofficial FAQ)

Clues & Donations for a new mobo & your 2cents please.

[AZZKICKER]

first off whats your temps?
second get the latest bios from www.athlonmb.com
it rocks

what voltage you trying?

[Sonny]

AZZKICKER - Answers to your questions are on my sig. lool below

[Bobby Manus]

your temps are to high. 55c is right around where my system locks up.

[Sonny]

Temps are kinda high & will be buying a few case fans 'cause the only one I have is the crappy one that came with the case. BUT I have done the Burn-In test in Sandra for a HUNDRED times & it never even locked up & same with Prime95 for 16Hrs. It's completely stable. I just read in the AMD CPUs that TweakFreak had similar probs but when he shifted to a 300FSB(150DDR) from 266FSB(133DDR) it got into windows & didn't lock up. It maybe an isolated case to say tyhe least but it"s worth a try.

[Subzer0]

yeah its gotta be the temps man as the fsb aint so high,but then again it could also be the ram,is it generic?
try crucial if possible .its cheap and hammers!

[Sonny]

alisport - hmm ram or temps huh. I found some fans,$1.00 each for some 120mm generic 2nd hand fans, & mabe try them out. Before you guys start laughing at me for those fans just remember that no store here sells a name brand fan of any size. You are pretty much stuck with the case fan that comes with all the crappy cases available here. The RAM I got in my system is APACER PC133 CL3 & that IS top of the line here.

[Sonny]

I think you guy are right. I maxed out the A/C in my room & 3DMark2001 runs smoothly now,haven't tried clocking it further yet

[Rob Cork]

Hey, no-one's gonna laugh at you for those fans - brand-name fans are pretty overrated IMO, I have some dirt cheap (about £3.00) 80mm fans that are great, nice and quiet but shift a fair bit of air for their size!

[Sonny]

Do you guys know if the MC462 fits my ABIT KT7A-RAID?

[JTC]

the 462 will fit, --- I have hit 1610MHZ with mine. Just tried the 3 R bios, and they caused my idle temps to raise 12c. The load temps stayed the same though. I went back to the WW bios. My fav so far . I run kingston tiny bga PC 150 (256 mb) at cas 2 up to 150 fsb on a 1.33 266 chip, Cvoltage 1.82 and I/0 3.5 , up to 1.610 gig. very stable. Idle 28c, load 45c.

System Specs:
Tbird 1.33 @ 1.540 gig
11x140/35, 1.82 Vcore
SK6 lapped HS w/ Papst 33cfm
Abit kt7a,256 mb. PC150 cas2
20 gig.ATA 100 7200 RPM HD
Win98se and Win2K duel boot
Leadtek Geforce Ultra
Detonator 12.90's and GTU
Mats.DVD/ + 8x8x32 CDRW
Antec SX830 case w/5 fans
4-80mm and 1-90mm
Rounded cables
SB LIve, and D-link Nic

[Sonny]

Did you try using WPCREDIT & WPCRSET to tame those idle temps?

[AMDGuy]

I kept the original WW BIOS because if it's lower idle temps and my 1.4gig T-bird is at 1.6 and has been for over a week with no problems. See my sig for details.

[SickBoy]

I tried BIOS 3R a few weeks ago and I didn't like where it took my idle temps, even with the register 52 hack. I flashed back to wz110b, it's been the best BIOS to me so far.

PS... my idle temps are usually at or below mobo temp which averages 28 C.... this is with a 1 GHz AXIA-Y @ 1.33 GHz, 1.775 volts, with a SK6/YS Tech 40.1 CFM

SickBoy

[Sonny]

still need to do some tests why my chip won't go any faster. it could be the bios or acpi or ram or a whole lot of things that I still need to find out. every benchmark that I use my rig passes except for the torture test of prime95,just the torture test. i can't find any probs in the set up so dunno what's stopping it from running properly. check out my new thread on AMD CPU's to view my latest test results.