A7V333 + XP 2500+ / 2600+

[david__t]

I have an A7V333 board rev. 1.x with the latest bios (1016) (+ PC2700 memory) and I am was going to put in an XP 2500+ or 2600+ (both 333 FSB). The ASUS compatibility table suggests that I need rev. 2.0 or later but yet I can manually select 333MHz in the bios. Does this mean that by selecting 166/33 under the CPU/PCI clock option the CPU will detect correctly or not? And if I use 333MHz will that be classed as over-clocking the board even though the chipset supports 333MHz natively?

I have been to the VIA website and the KT333 chipset is supposed to support 333MHz FSB on the CPU yet the ASUS A7V333 page and the A7V8X page clearly have only 200 / 266 MHz listed for the CPU frequency.

Thanks Guys.


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[MeTaLrOcKeR]

Well....heres the thing.........

i believe revision 2.0 or later are supported as they have the KT333-C stepping Chipset.........WHICH has the 1/5th PCI Divider...earlier versions i dont believe did......later on ASUS Renamed the motherboard to the A7V333-C i believe....but.....yea........best bet is to borrow sum 1 elses's 166Mhz FSB Athlon and pop her into your comp and see fi it rusn STABLY at 166MHz FSB Speeds.....

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[gaviota]

I posted this exact same question a while ago, and I even asked the technical support people at Asus. The answer I got from Asus is that only Revision 2 A7V333s support 333FSB cpus because they have the KT333CF northbridge which can support 333FSB, while Revision 1 A7V333s have a different one which only supports 266FSB.
Anyway, if you decide to give it a try and it works, let me know, because I too want to upgrade my CPU to one of the newer 333FSB ones.

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[SidVicious]

I've been running my unlocked Duron Morgan 1.0GHz on a A7V333 Rev 1 since BIOS 1005 on a 166MHz fsb for quite a while now ( gotta love the ol' pencil trick ) I even managed some sort of stability on a 197MHz FSB, unfotunately, my cheap generic PC2700 refused to go any farther. I plan to get low latency PC3200 to reach a 200MHz FSB using the 5x Multiplier.

I assembled 3 computers based on the A7V333, 2 of which were 1.x Rev, the last one being 2.0, the first thing I noticed was a foam pad around the socket. I heard that 2.0 main difference is a different set of capacitor to keep the voltage more stable when running a 1.5V Tbred.

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