KT7A and 133FSB...

[colplink]

Ok... Here's the skinny...

ABIT KT7A-Raid V1.1, 3R BIOS update
Athlon 1200, 266, still locked...
Corsair, 133, 1.25 Gig
Latest raid drivers
Latest 4in1 drivers
Latest friggin everything...

I can’t get this thing to run at 1200/133. It will only run at 1200/100.
I have tried every tweak I can think of but no go...
Is this a common problem?
Any ideas?

 

[Margus]

Ok... Here's the skinny...

ABIT KT7A-Raid V1.1, 3R BIOS update
Athlon 1200, 266, still locked...
Corsair, 133, 1.25 Gig
Latest raid drivers
Latest 4in1 drivers
Latest friggin everything...

I can’t get this thing to run at 1200/133. It will only run at 1200/100.
I have tried every tweak I can think of but no go...
Is this a common problem?
Any ideas?

You need unlock L1 to get it work 133/266 use pencil trick
and lower multipler

HB PENCIL IS GOOD FOR THIS

 

[Sonny]

AFAIK there are no 1.2GHz 266FSB CPUs that are locked, you probably have a 1.2GHz 200FSB. Take the HSF of & tell us exactly what is written on the core.

 

[colplink]

Here ya go...

I wrote down the data as follows:

A1200AMS3C
AXIA0118TPDW
95701451718

The L1 appears to be unlocked.

I am not sure as to the 266FSB callout, It was advertised as 266FSB from Mwave.com.

Maybe someone can tell me what it really is!

 

[colplink]

Researc...

A little research...

I have discovered that the “C” indicates that this CPU is a 266FSB.

So now back to square one.

Bridges unlocked.
Wont go over 1200/100...


LINK

A good article on this CPU.

HELP!!

Thanks

 

[Sonny]

When you said it was locked so I was wondering if you had either a B = 200FSB or C = 266FSB chip. Another thing that you might want to do is to take a look at the NorthBridge of your mobo & again you will have to remove the HSF & to do this will require you to remove the mobo from the case. Yes I know its a pain but a few months a member here thought he had a KT7A = KT133A chipset but was really a KT7 = KT133 chipset, wrong sticker, & now your there is another member with a similar issue.

AFA I can remember there have been 6 of you with the same issue of running 133/33 on this board & 1 of them was really a KT7 = KT133 a few needed thermal compound on their NorthBridges HSF & the other just gave up on it.

 

[colplink]

Yep...

Close to giving up.

I will do the northbridge thing and let you know.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Sonny]

Don't give up.

 

[madsam]

i would definately check out the northbridge as mentioned above, because you can at least rule that out if it's not the problem at all.

 

[shadowdr]

check the southbride,686a denotes the kt7 and 686b is the kt7a.