Well, reading has gotten me this far. The machine is running, and running well, as long as I don't try to do anything too strenuous with it. :/
The details...AMD CPU, I ordered a 1GHz 266 FSB Thunderbird. Asus A7V133 200/266 FSB Mobo. PC-133 Memory. Unfortunately, I didn't think to write down the CPU part number until after it was all assembled.
Anyway, before even trying to overclock it, I'm just trying to get it set up at it's base configuration successfully. The multiplier is locked at 7.5. I change the frequency to 133MHz, and I get my 1GHz. Only problem is, Tribes 2 tends to crash after about 30 mins, give or take. Corrupted video and stuttering sound are the most obvious symptoms. I did all the obvious stuff. Reinstalled DX8, then vid drivers, then sound drivers. Flashed the BIOS from 1003 to 1004. Got into a Tribes 2 game, and it did the same thing.
So, I changed the CPU frequency back to 100MHz, for 750MHz (grrr), and Tribes 2 runs fine for well over an hour.
Temperature of CPU, according to the Asus utility on the cd-rom that came with the mobo, peaks at around 53C, when I check immediately after a crash, so that's not an immediate suspect. Thought maybe that the vid card was overheating (GeForce 256 Annhilator Pro), but that doesn't seem to be it after Tribes 2 ran for an hour at 750 MHz.
Another thing I noticed in the Asus Probe utility...as far as I can tell, the voltage should be at 3.3v? It hovers around 3.5v, and sometimes even peaks into 3.6v. Should I back it down??
Any ideas, comments, suggestions, and fixes would be greatly appreciated. And just to make sure, with a 266 FSB Thunderbird, it's supposed to be locked at 7.5, and freq set to 133? I've tried to read up, but other than the simplest multiplier x freq = Mhz, I get lost quickly.
Every time I think I get it, I read something else that makes me doubt myself...heh. My first try was setting the multiplier to 10...heh..BIOS said 10, but it still only ran at 750MHz
Thank you.
Chris
The details...AMD CPU, I ordered a 1GHz 266 FSB Thunderbird. Asus A7V133 200/266 FSB Mobo. PC-133 Memory. Unfortunately, I didn't think to write down the CPU part number until after it was all assembled.
Anyway, before even trying to overclock it, I'm just trying to get it set up at it's base configuration successfully. The multiplier is locked at 7.5. I change the frequency to 133MHz, and I get my 1GHz. Only problem is, Tribes 2 tends to crash after about 30 mins, give or take. Corrupted video and stuttering sound are the most obvious symptoms. I did all the obvious stuff. Reinstalled DX8, then vid drivers, then sound drivers. Flashed the BIOS from 1003 to 1004. Got into a Tribes 2 game, and it did the same thing.
So, I changed the CPU frequency back to 100MHz, for 750MHz (grrr), and Tribes 2 runs fine for well over an hour.
Temperature of CPU, according to the Asus utility on the cd-rom that came with the mobo, peaks at around 53C, when I check immediately after a crash, so that's not an immediate suspect. Thought maybe that the vid card was overheating (GeForce 256 Annhilator Pro), but that doesn't seem to be it after Tribes 2 ran for an hour at 750 MHz.
Another thing I noticed in the Asus Probe utility...as far as I can tell, the voltage should be at 3.3v? It hovers around 3.5v, and sometimes even peaks into 3.6v. Should I back it down??
Any ideas, comments, suggestions, and fixes would be greatly appreciated. And just to make sure, with a 266 FSB Thunderbird, it's supposed to be locked at 7.5, and freq set to 133? I've tried to read up, but other than the simplest multiplier x freq = Mhz, I get lost quickly.
Thank you.
Chris