asus a7a266 moboard owners!!!

[peewee]

if you own one of the older a7a266 boards with no multiplier dip switch , do this its simple,
solder a little wire across dip switch #10's spots its very easy (i did it) and use bios 1004 or up and you will be able to change multiplier in bios, took me like 3 minutes to do...

 

[bdf24]

I'll be buying that board and a 1.2gig T-Bird on thursday. I'll most likely get one of the newer ones with the dip switch for the multiplier though.

Do you like that board? The main reason I chose it is cause It's supposed to have better performance then the VIA chipset. Also cause I can use my SDRAM untill I get a little extra cash to get some good DDR Ram.

Thanks for the info though. If I do end up getting one of the older versions It will come in handy!

Thanks

 

[bioevolve]

Now that made everything much easier! Thanks! I got tired of cutting and connecting the L's on the cpu, I used a silver pen to connect the #10 dip, works great. BIOS changing makes the world a happier place.

By doing that I went from 1.510 / 10x151 to 1.660 / 11x151 Aircooled

 

[peewee]

bdf24 (Jun 19, 2001 05:04 a.m.):
I'll be buying that board and a 1.2gig T-Bird on thursday. I'll most likely get one of the newer ones with the dip switch for the multiplier though.

Do you like that board? The main reason I chose it is cause It's supposed to have better performance then the VIA chipset. Also cause I can use my SDRAM untill I get a little extra cash to get some good DDR Ram.

Thanks for the info though. If I do end up getting one of the older versions It will come in handy!

Thanks

i have had no problems with it, and i'm o'ced at 15.5ghz now...

 

[Flash]

peewee (Jun 18, 2001 06:32 p.m.):
if you own one of the older a7a266 boards with no multiplier dip switch , do this its simple,
solder a little wire across dip switch #10's spots its very easy (i did it) and use bios 1004 or up and you will be able to change multiplier in bios, took me like 3 minutes to do...

Anyone know if this would work on an A7M266? There's a multiplier mod available for the A7M, but it involves some pretty intricate soldering--over my head for sure.

 

[bdf24]

peewee (Jun 19, 2001 07:41 p.m.):

i have had no problems with it, and i'm o'ced at 15.5ghz now...

Thanks for the response! I'm still undecided as to wether I'm going to upgrade my board and cpu, or just update my V5 5500 to a Radeon 64 DDR. I honestly think I would see better performance going with the Radeon. The system I have now is fast, But I want faster, Smoother, 32bit color. which the V5 just doesnt do very well!

 

[peewee]

Anyone know if this would work on an A7M266? There's a multiplier mod available for the A7M, but it involves some pretty intricate soldering--over my head for sure.[/quote]

NO, need to do more than the wire..

 

[castle lager fan]

Where can we get more info on the a7m266 mod?

 

[peewee]

castle lager fan (Jun 20, 2001 06:53 p.m.):
Where can we get more info on the a7m266 mod?

here ya go.... have fun lemme know how it turns out

http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_a7m266_mod/

 

[peewee]

castle lager fan (Jun 20, 2001 06:53 p.m.):
Where can we get more info on the a7m266 mod?

here ya go.... have fun lemme know how it turns out

http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_a7m266_mod/

 

[castle lager fan]

That procedure looks too risky for a pretty expensive mobo. I wanted to get one, but I think I will just wait for it to come with the dip factory installed.

Thanx anyhow as it is very interesting.

 

[bdf24]

The A7A are already out with the factory installed dip switches on them. I'm not sure about the A7M though.