setting FSB to 166 on L7S7S2?

Hello,

I have a new ECS L7S7A2 with a AthlonXP 2500+ "barton" (333mhz fsb).
At bootup, my machine displays AthlonXP 1900+. I understand that this
is due to my FSB speed being set to 133mhz in the bios. Can someone
tell me how to change this to 166mhz??? The bios fields for CPU and
Memory speed appear to be display only fields. And the only jumpers
on the MB I see are for setting the multiplier (which I think should
be 11 for the 2500+). Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I
have a single 256mb stick of DDR2700 (333mhz) memory.

Regards,
Patrick

On 23 Jul 2003 08:05:27 -0700, (PatrickS)
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have a new ECS L7S7A2 with a AthlonXP 2500+ "barton" (333mhz fsb).
>At bootup, my machine displays AthlonXP 1900+. I understand that this
>is due to my FSB speed being set to 133mhz in the bios. Can someone
>tell me how to change this to 166mhz??? The bios fields for CPU and
>Memory speed appear to be display only fields. And the only jumpers
>on the MB I see are for setting the multiplier (which I think should
>be 11 for the 2500+). Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I
>have a single 256mb stick of DDR2700 (333mhz) memory.
>
>Regards,
>Patrick


Very easy :
In the bios, go to 'advanced chipset setup'
Go to CPU frequency and set it at 166.
Check if 'CPU/DRAM clock ratio' is well set on [1:1]
That's all.

I have the same CPU than you with DDR3200, and it is very funny with
this board to play with the settings and multiplicator jumpers and to
reach the perf of an XP 3200+ without excessive heat.

Really a good mb and nice CPU.

My new L7S7A2 w/2500+ Barton posted the same. Should post correctly after
Flash the latest 6/19/2003 BIOS for "auto-detect." Mine did.
http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/l7s7a2.html

M. 30723. 4:10pm ET
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"PatrickS" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Hello,
>
> I have a new ECS L7S7A2 with a AthlonXP 2500+ "barton" (333mhz fsb).
> At bootup, my machine displays AthlonXP 1900+. I understand that this
> is due to my FSB speed being set to 133mhz in the bios. Can someone
> tell me how to change this to 166mhz??? The bios fields for CPU and
> Memory speed appear to be display only fields. And the only jumpers
> on the MB I see are for setting the multiplier (which I think should
> be 11 for the 2500+). Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I
> have a single 256mb stick of DDR2700 (333mhz) memory.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick
>

I have the K7S5A Pro v5.0 and am trying to use it with a 2400+ processor but
it says that the processor is only an 1800+.

I went into the bios settings and changed it from 100/100 to 166/133 but the
mainboard refused to boot-up after that. I believe the 2400+ processor is
166 while my SDRAM is 133mhz but the system didn't like those settings.

Does anyone have any other ideas on this?

Thanks,

Joe


"Alain" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On 23 Jul 2003 08:05:27 -0700, (PatrickS)
> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have a new ECS L7S7A2 with a AthlonXP 2500+ "barton" (333mhz fsb).
> >At bootup, my machine displays AthlonXP 1900+. I understand that this
> >is due to my FSB speed being set to 133mhz in the bios. Can someone
> >tell me how to change this to 166mhz??? The bios fields for CPU and
> >Memory speed appear to be display only fields. And the only jumpers
> >on the MB I see are for setting the multiplier (which I think should
> >be 11 for the 2500+). Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I
> >have a single 256mb stick of DDR2700 (333mhz) memory.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Patrick
>
>
> Very easy :
> In the bios, go to 'advanced chipset setup'
> Go to CPU frequency and set it at 166.
> Check if 'CPU/DRAM clock ratio' is well set on [1:1]
> That's all.
>
> I have the same CPU than you with DDR3200, and it is very funny with
> this board to play with the settings and multiplicator jumpers and to
> reach the perf of an XP 3200+ without excessive heat.
>
> Really a good mb and nice CPU.
>

Alain <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> On 23 Jul 2003 08:05:27 -0700, (PatrickS)
> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have a new ECS L7S7A2 with a AthlonXP 2500+ "barton" (333mhz fsb).
> >At bootup, my machine displays AthlonXP 1900+. I understand that this
> >is due to my FSB speed being set to 133mhz in the bios. Can someone
> >tell me how to change this to 166mhz??? The bios fields for CPU and
> >Memory speed appear to be display only fields. And the only jumpers
> >on the MB I see are for setting the multiplier (which I think should
> >be 11 for the 2500+). Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I
> >have a single 256mb stick of DDR2700 (333mhz) memory.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Patrick
>
>
> Very easy :
> In the bios, go to 'advanced chipset setup'
> Go to CPU frequency and set it at 166.
> Check if 'CPU/DRAM clock ratio' is well set on [1:1]
> That's all.
>
> I have the same CPU than you with DDR3200, and it is very funny with
> this board to play with the settings and multiplicator jumpers and to
> reach the perf of an XP 3200+ without excessive heat.
>
> Really a good mb and nice CPU.

Thanks Alain,

I figured it out on my own... The manual stated that the cpu
frequency item was "display only" and sure enough I didn't appear to
have the option of changing it. Of course, after setting "auto detect
CPU" (or something like that - not sure as I don't have the bios
screen in front of me) to "disabled", I had the option of changing CPU
frequency. My pc is now running correctly at XP2500+ speed.

Once I get everything working correctly, I'll pursue the overclocking
stuff...

No I have the problem of not being able to load the drivers from the
MB's included CD-Rom. Some of them load ok, but others fail with an
error when attempting to start the Installshield process "1607:
Unable to install Installshield scripting runtime". This is causing
me problems with the on-board sound and USB devices in Win98. The
best answer is probably to upgrade from Win98 to XP and scrap the
onboard sound anyway, but finances will not allow for either right
now...

-Pat