I have 2 of these boards, they are 133/266 MHz FSB boards, most will
not boot above 150 MHz FSB, I do not understand what you are trying to
accomplish, the chipset will not work at FSB speeds above about 140
MHz or so.
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Best regards,
Kyle
"bardeban" <> wrote in message
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| Hi Paul:
| I tested my CPU/board with 256MB DDR2100 but it didn't boot.
| The latest bios that I upgraded on this board and it is in ECS
website is
| dated at Aug-2003
| On the bios there are 3 different set up for CPU and memory
| 1-100/100
| 2-133/133
| 3-166/133
| Since my board is 333MHz FSB, I must select the last one, but the
board
| won't boot, I think I need a bios upgrade again! but where do I get
it when
| ECS site don't have it??
| Honeyx is not a bad idea but only 150MHz?would be my last option.
|
| "Paul" <> wrote in message
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| > bardeban wrote:
| >> I did that but the board doesn't boot.
| >> I set the bus speed to 166MHz and memory speed to 133MHz but it
never
| >> booted to new setting.
| >> one question here, I am testing this board with 64MB PC 100,
anything
| >> wrong with that?
| >
| > If you have PC100 RAM, a lot of your setting options are going to
be
| > running it at 133MHz or higher. So your RAM is a potential issue
right
| > away.
| >
| > Apparently there is something called "HoneyX" hacked BIOS. The
HoneyX
| > gives intermediate frequencies ? I see mention of 150/150 being
the
| > fastest you can select (because 150/4 = 37.5 and that is the max
for
| > the PCI bus you can reasonably expect to work). But expecting your
| > PC100 RAM to run at 150MHz, is stretching things a bit.
| >
| > Plenty has been written about the K7S5A, so if you Google on the
| > subject, you're bound to find some opinions. Personally, if I
| > had your processor, and wanted to get the rated speed, I'd just
| > pick up a $50 motherboard, a $30 stick of DDR RAM, and put the
| > processor into a motherboard that really supports 166MHz.
| >
| > But if you're determined to spend zero on this project, there are
| > always "wire tricks", bridge mods, hacked BIOS, you name it.
| > Experiments galore, until you kill the thing.
| >
| > "Wire tricks" are for motherboards that don't support setting the
| > multiplier, but you know the multiplier is not locked. This web
| > page shows how to insert wires in the S462 socket, to set the
| > multiplier. And no, I didn't have the guts to do this with my
| > board :-) Before doing this, you check the date code on your
| > processor, to see if it is one of the locked ones or not.
| >
| >
http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/ht...md_pinmod.html
| >
| > You could also just leave it alone, and just use the board
| > the way it is.
| >
| > Good luck,
| > Paul
| >
| >>
| >> "Paul" <> wrote in message
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| >>> bardeban wrote:
| >>>> When I boot the board with updated BIOS, the board reports the
CPU as
| >>>> XP 2000+, but my CPU is Athlon 2800+ is there anything I am
missing in
| >>>> the bios setup? I personally think it might be the fan on the
cpu,
| >>>> maybe I need a better one.
| >>>> any help from the wise guys?
| >>>> TIA
| >>>>
| >>>
| >>> That is a 166Mhz (FSB333) processor being run at 133MHz
(FSB266).
| >>> If the motherboard and chipset were capable of it, you'd go into
| >>> the BIOS and turn up the CPU clock.
| >>>
| >>> (Table of Athlons...)
| >>>
http://web.archive.org/web/200310180...QDISocketA.htm
| >>>
| >>> 2800+ 2083MHZ = 166 * X, X = 12.5
| >>>
| >>> 2000+ 1667MHz = 133 * 12.5
| >>>
| >>> So the multiplier of your processor is 12.5, and changing the
clock
| >>> from 133 to 166, gets it running at 2083MHz. Then it has a P.R.
rating
| >>> of 2800+.
| >>>
| >>> If you motherboard cannot make it to 166MHz safely, then you'd
have
| >>> to find a way to modify the multiplier. And some processors are
locked,
| >>> so even if the BIOS has a multiplier option (not all do), the
processor
| >>> may prevent it from working.
| >>>
| >>> Without tricks, the best processor for a board limited to
FSB266,
| >>> would be a 2600+ (looking in the table above, it is the fastest
133Mhz
| >>> processor). But even when they were available, those were pretty
| >>> rare.
| >>>
| >>> Finding a motherboard that supports FSB333 at least, would be
one
| >>> solution.
| >>> My Nforce2 board goes to FSB400, so that is an example. There
are also
| >>> several VIA KT family chipsets that can handle the higher FSB
values.
| >>>
| >>> This board on Newegg, is one of the last S462 boards they have
for sale.
| >>> This would work. RAM type on this board, is DDR.
| >>>
| >>> PC CHIPS M848A (V5.0) A (462) SiS 746FX full sized ATX
motherboard $50
| >>>
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813185074
| >>>
| >>> Paul
| >>
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