"I WILL" KA266-R WARNING- "DO NOT BUY THIS BOARD "

[foggy]

I got the new ka266r replacing my asus raid last week,since then ive tried 2 different boards, thanks to the cool retailer i purchased them from I have now got a refund.I I was runnin the t/bird 1.4g crucial 2100 cas 2.5 herc ultra coolercase extreme with mods.both boards were totally unstable and would not overclock without crashing or freezing.i tried all n vidia drivers,m/board updates and then contacted tech support at Iwill,They were totally incompetent and offered no solution other than trying more boards !!(novell idea i think ,buy ten boards and your possible to get one that runs !!!!!!!)ive just got my Epox EP-8K7A+, and it runs like a train at any fsb speed(150x10.5 at present rock solid) graphics r smooth and no lock -ups !!
The ali chipsets of old have obviosely not improved, and overall this board has to be said is a poor attempt by Iwill after all the good kk266 reviews and feedback............................BE WARNED

 

[Len]

I couldn't agree more. My Epox 8K7A is very stable at 1425 (9.5 x 150) with optimal memory settings and I think it will go even high on the FSB before needing to drop to Cas2.5

 

[el]

what is the code on that 1.4? 10.5x150=1.575 not too shabby at all! this is air cooled correct?

 

[foggy]

ahyj 644.... m8, seems pretty fit ,"n" yes it is air cooled but ive got c/case extreme from o/c uk and sk6 modified with 7200 rpm delta fan rekon itl go further but waitin till i get aircon unit in comp room ................lol

 

[Keith O. McKeever Jr.]

That is strange, I have had no problems O/C'ing IWill motherboards so long as the chip is unlocked. If you haven't unlocked the chip, the IWill motherboard tends not to like it.

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Codegen Super Power Mid Tower Case
Sparkle 300W Power Supply w/ 2 High RPM case fans & 1 PCI card cooler
Abit KT7A MoBo WW Bios
AMD T-Bird 850 MHz 200 FSB Processor w/ GlobalWIN FOP-38 Cooler
768 MB CAS 3 Crucial RAM (1x512 MB, 1x256 MB)
Maxtor DiamondMax 45.0 GB 7200 RPM UATA-100 Hard Drive
Samsung 52X CD-ROM Drive
Hewlett-Packard 9350i 10/8/32X CD-RW Drive
Jaton GeForce 2 MX 32 MB AGP Video Card w/ nVidia Detonator 3 12.41 Drivers
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Gamer 5.1 PCI Sound Card
DLink 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card w/ WOL
AOpen 56K v.90 K56Flex PCI Modem Card

 

[toomnymods]

All 1.4's are factory unlocked from the factory...just thought I'd fill you in..
System Specs:
Asus A7m266 (Soon to be a Abit KG7-raid!!)
Amd 1.40ghz AYJHA week 18 w/ 266fsb Overclocked to 1553 using 148x10.5 Unlocked L1 (factory unlocked) & L7 bridges @1.89Vcore
Swiftech 462 -A Rev.1 cooler
Enermax 431 watt Power supply
512mb pc2100 ddr sdram (micron) cas2/2t/2t
Ibm Deskstar Gxp60 60 GB hard drive Ata100/ 7200rpm
Windows 2k w/ Sp2 installed
Hercules Prophet II Geforce 2 Ultra w/ Hercules 12.40 drivers
19” Viewsonic PF790
Ls-120 Superdisk
Kenwood 72x cd-rom
Yamaha 16x10x40 cd-rw
Soundblaster Live Platinum 5.1

 

[skip]

My Iwill KK266R has been rock solid. I've had NO trouble overclocking on it. Must have gotten a couple of bad boards. Maybe the later ones have problems.

 

[el]

Skip I think he is talking about the ddr board from iwill the ka266-r. I don't think they are nearly as stable as the kk266 but new chipsets adn ddr probably make this very hard.

 

[Warlord2]

I got one of the old ka-266-r mobos and its stable as it could be

I leave it on 24/7 and never had it crash

Im a hardcore gamer and never had a freeze yet.

ran prime95 24 hours one day and no lockup thin either

Ive had a 1.2 @ 1460 and still ran solid at 1.85v