AMD Athlon XP1600+ Running Flawlessly On Abit's KT7A-RAID Rev 1.1

This will tell you that the Abit KT7A series works fine with the AthlonXP motherboard. The only problem that was found so far was that the XP was detected as an MP. This was a good thing and because of that, SSE was there and Hardware Prefetch!

Enjoy!

Picture of the Boot Screen at startup of an XP1900+ on Abit KT7A-RAID REV 1.1

Another picture, from the Softmenu3 bios this time around!

And here's the Sandra stuff from ScaredyCat himself!,

ENJOY!!!

ScaredyCat
--- Info Follows: ---------
< Entire System >
Manufacturer: VIA Technologies, Inc.
Model: VT8363
Unique ID: FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF

< System Mainboard >
Manufacturer: <http://www.abit.com.tw>
MP Support: No
Model: 8363-686A(KT7[A][-RAID],KT7E)
Version: v1.0 ~ v1.2

Bus(es): ISA AGP PCI USB SMBus/i2c
MP Support: No
MP APIC: No
System BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG
System Chipset: Abit Computer Corp KT7A Mainboard System Controller
Installed Memory: 1024MB (28% true allocated load)


<< System BIOS >>
< System BIOS >
Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
Version: 6.00 PG
Date: 08/24/2001
Plug & Play Version: 1.00
SMBIOS/DMI Version: 2.30
(EE)PROM Size: 256kB (2Mbit)

<< Processor 1 >>
< Processor(s) >
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) MP processor @ 1.40GHz
Co-Processor (FPU): Built-in
Type: Standard
Performance Rating: PR1862 (estimated)
Multiplier: 10.5x
Generation: 7th (7x86)
Revision/Stepping: 6 / 2

< Caches >
Internal Data Cache: 64kB synchronous write-back (2-way, 64 byte line size)
Internal Code Cache: 64kB synchronous write-back (2-way, 64 byte line size)
L2 On-board Cache: 256kB ECC synchronous write-back (16-way, 64 byte line
size)
L2 Cache Multiplier: 1/1x (equiv. 1400MHz)

< Mainboard Upgradeability >
Socket/Slot: Socket A
Upgrade Interface: ZIF Socket
Supported Speed(s): 1.40GHz (or more)
Supported Voltage(s): 3.3V

< Features >
Co-Processor (FPU) Built-in: Yes
Virtual Mode Extensions: Yes
Debugging Extension: Yes
Page Size Extension: Yes
Time Stamp Counter: Yes
Model Specific Registers: Yes
Physical Address Extension: Yes
Machine Check Exception: Yes
Compare & Exchange Instruction: Yes
Local APIC Built-in: No
Fast System Call: Yes
Memory Type Range Registers: Yes
Page Global Enable: Yes
Machine Check Architecture: Yes
Conditional Move Instruction: Yes
Page Attribute Table: Yes
36-bit Page Size Extension: Yes
Unique Serial Number: No
Cache Line Flush Support: No
Debug Trace & EMON Store: No
ACPI Technology: No
MMX Technology: Yes
Fast Float Save & Restore: Yes
SSE Technology: Yes
SSE2 Technology: No
Self Snoop: No
Auto Clock Control: No
IA-64 Technology: No

[ November 07, 2001: Message edited by: ScaredyCat ]

[ November 07, 2001: Message edited by: ScaredyCat ]

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Athlon XP 1600+
KT7A-Raid Revision 1.1
1Gb PC133 Ram
Coolermaster 101
No Money

BY: ScaredyCat


P.S

Prime95 has been running for a LONG LONG time on torture test without failure!

Hi AXIA!

Which bios are you used?

KT7A rev 1.2 (but no raid)

AXIAN,

do you think there's hope for my KT7A rev 1.2 NO raid too?? And how fast XP can you use? Is the one clocked at 1400Mhz the fastest?



Martin

Should work on the REV 1.2 too!

With the 1600+ XP, people have overclocked it to 1667Mhz which would be an XP2000+ so the XP2000+ should be a go ahead so far.

The bios used is 4A

Thanks for the info! I have the Rev. 1.1. I might have to try an xp. If it doesn't work, I'll just return it!

1600 XP or... MORE?

But was 1600 Xp the fastest one... or could I go totally bananas and buy a 1900 Mp... and later upgrade with a new motherboard and a second prosessor???






Martin