Abit KT7A BIOS ... Help Me...

[Taipan]

Ok well lately i've been getting locked up for some reason when playing My Fav Online games such as Tribes and Tribes 2. I am now at 1390mhz but its still locking up for some reason.

Can somebody help me to show me what my Bios should look like for my system,and what does ur Bios look like, if u have a similar system.

Tks in advance..

 

[Taipan]

I have the 4n1 ver 4.31 and yes the ver n settings. Aslo whats 3C and WW?

 

[Taipan]

Anyone?

 

[TT120]

Ok, here goes. These are my bios settings for the 2 most important sections in the bios. I am running the ZT revision of the bios on my KT7A-raid. If you want the other sections, let me know.

Soft Menu III
CPU speed: User Define
Multiplier Factor: x10.5
CPU FSB/PCI Clock: 133/33
CPU FSB Plus (Mhz): 15
Speed error hold: Disabled
CPU power supply: User defined
Core Voltage: 1.85v
I/O voltage: 3.4v
Fast CPU command decode: Fast
CPU drive strength: 2
Enhance chip performance: Enabled
Force 4 way interleave: Disabled
Enable dram 4k page mode: Disabled


Advanced Chipset Features

Bank 0/1 timing: Turbo
Bank 2/3 timing: Turbo
Bank 4/5 timing: Turbo
Dram bank interleave: Disabled
Delay dram read latch: NO delay
MD driving strength: HI
Sdram cycle length: 2
Memory hole: Disabled
PCI master pipeline req: Enabled
P2C/C2P concurrency: Enabled
Fast R-W turnaround: Enabled
System bios cacheable: Enabled
Video ram Cacheable: Enabled
AGP apeture size: 128m (should be half your ram size)
AGP 4X mode: Enabled
AGP driving: Auto
Fast write supported: supported
K7 CLK_CTL select: Optimal (important)
CPU to PCI write buffer: Enabled
PCI dynamic bursting: Enabled
PCI master 0ws write: Enabled
PCI delay transaction: Disable
Delay transaction: Disable
PCI master read caching: Enabled
PCI #2 access #1 retry: Enabled
AGP master 1 WS write: Disable
AGP master 1 WS read: disable
PCI master bus timeout: 1

 

[Taipan]

Thank u very much, i will try these, also i don't understand ZT ver of Bios. But i'll look at viahardware.com and try and understand them better.

 

[Taipan]

Where do i get those WW , ZT and 3c , i looked at viahardware.com but couldn't find em on there.

I also tried putting Bios eactly as TT120 has , but my computer kept locking up, oh well.

 

[Taipan]

Ok well i found ZT and the others , but when i clicked on em to D/L it said the server couldn't be found, and i caouldn't D/L anything. if someone could email me the ZT ver i'd really appreciate it. [email protected]

 

[TT120]

I sent it to your e-mail address.
Remember, flashing your bios can be risky. If something goes wrong or, if, for some reason the file I sent you is grunged (I sent you the files from the boot floppy I used to flash mine), it could render your MoBo inoperable. I've flashed my bios a few times on a few different machines with no problems but, you DO need to be aware of the danger.

 

[Subzer0]

i want to try to flash mine too, tt120 i would like to know your other bios settings if its ok with you, unseen menace gave me the basics of how to flash, is there anything that you could advise me about doing it? and were you using the ZT on your 1.2 ??? thanks mate
[email protected]

 

[TT120]

alisport (Jun 12, 2001 12:32 p.m.):
i want to try to flash mine too, tt120 i would like to know your other bios settings if its ok with you, unseen menace gave me the basics of how to flash, is there anything that you could advise me about doing it? and were you using the ZT on your 1.2 ??? thanks mate
[email protected]

Ok, when I get home from work tonight, I'll give you the other sections of my bios. As far as flashing goes, no special advice. Just dont do it if there's a chance of the power going out like in the middle of a thunderstorm. I am running the ZT rev on both my machines, the 1.2 and the 1.33. Same bios settings on both.

 

[SharkyTM]

i have to say i love the ww bios.... best overclock.

 

[TT120]

Hey Alisport, I'm having a little Linux/Windows ME dual boot problem with my system right now, When I get it straightened out, I will post the rest of the bios settings. Just wanted to let you know I haven't forgotten, rather, my system is just playing games with me right now.

 

[Subzer0]

TT120 (Jun 14, 2001 10:21 a.m.):
Hey Alisport, I'm having a little Linux/Windows ME dual boot problem with my system right now, When I get it straightened out, I will post the rest of the bios settings. Just wanted to let you know I haven't forgotten, rather, my system is just playing games with me right now.

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hey no probs TT120, i appreciate your help,and mines playing up again too[ i think i installed some dirty software] and gotta reformat ! oh how fun are computers! goodluck with yours too mate........................................

 

[GOD]

u dudes should get a copy of norton systemworks 2001.
it will save u from having to format and reinstall windows .
it has saved me from that countless times.
and hey TT120 how come u don`t have the 4way interleave on????
it should improve the performance with it enabled.

GOD.....

 

[SickBoy]

4 way interleaving really helped my 3D performance a lot..... (Unreal Tourney and 3DMark2K1). Unfortunately I have CAS2 PC100 memory so it'll only run CAS2 with 4 way at 100 MHz. If I go to 133 MHz FSB I have to give up the 4 way interleaving. I think it's time for new memory.

SickBoy

 

[TT120]

GOD (Jun 15, 2001 03:08 a.m.):
and hey TT120 how come u don`t have the 4way interleave on????
it should improve the performance with it enabled.

GOD.....

I thought that was only if you had more than 1 stick of ram. Mebbe I'll go play with that now.

 

[Subzer0]

hi dudes ,i need another link for the bios updates. i cant get the "abit.com.tw to work. as my system was corrupted ,i want a clean fresh downloaded version for the flash...thanks guys[and girls if any!]
oh yeah TT120? can you still send me the rest of your bios settings for me to try? thanks m8....................... [email protected]

 

[GOD]

TT120 (Jun 16, 2001 01:04 a.m.):

GOD (Jun 15, 2001 03:08 a.m.):
and hey TT120 how come u don`t have the 4way interleave on????
it should improve the performance with it enabled.

GOD.....

I thought that was only if you had more than 1 stick of ram. Mebbe I'll go play with that now.

as long as u have 128meg or more it is ok to use 4way interleave.
but 256 prefered.
oh and the rams need to have a even number of rams on either side of the rams pcb.

GOD....

 

[Subzer0]

GOD (Jun 19, 2001 05:02 a.m.):

TT120 (Jun 16, 2001 01:04 a.m.):

GOD (Jun 15, 2001 03:08 a.m.):
and hey TT120 how come u don`t have the 4way interleave on????
it should improve the performance with it enabled.

GOD.....

I thought that was only if you had more than 1 stick of ram. Mebbe I'll go play with that now.

as long as u have 128meg or more it is ok to use 4way interleave.
but 256 prefered.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ok how about if you use 2 modules of different brand ram and both are different size[i.e 1 x 128 & 1 x 256]
oh and the rams need to have a even number of rams on either side of the rams pcb.

GOD....