Need Help: No FSB 133 with K7TM Pro (MS-6340)

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Hi there!

At the moment I'm trying to run a K7TM Pro (MS-6340 Rev V3) with a
frontsidebus of 133Mhz. Specs and CPU table for that board say that it's
possible.Unfortunately is only runnin' at FSB 100.
As soon as I short circuit jumper J9 (as mentioned in the manual at
2-30) the
board doesn't boot. No POST, no video, nothing - only the power supply
and the (cpu-) fans are runnin'.

What I've done to fix this problem (without success):
- updated the bios to the newest version V4.7 (W6340VMS.470)
- cleared cmos / resetted bios to default / failsafe settings
- tried different 3.3v SDRAM DIMMs (Kingston, Infinion)
- tried another AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (Palomino)
- tried another power supply (350 W should be ok...)
- clicked through different FAQa
- getting lotta grey hairs
- ...

The board runs fine & stable at FSB 100 (10x11.5?) with WinXP Pro SP1.

Does anyone of you have a brilliant idea to run that board with a FSB of
133?
Actually, it should be able to...

Kind regards & full of hope,
Stefan

 

[C]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?)

Stefan, your board has a KT133 chipset which in some cases does not support
the Palomino processors. The MSI website states that only version 3.x
supports the 133 FSB processors. The link is
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=101.

However, I have read that some people have got this type of board to work
with the Palomino processors. You may want to post this in the newsgroup
called alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd. There is a guy there named Wes
Newell that has extensive knowledge of doing exactly what you want to do,
and he may be able to help you out.

Chris


"Stefan Kramperth" <s.kramperth@fonline.de> wrote in message
news:2t4vduF1ridskU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Hi there!
>
> At the moment I'm trying to run a K7TM Pro (MS-6340 Rev V3) with a
> frontsidebus of 133Mhz. Specs and CPU table for that board say that it's
> possible.Unfortunately is only runnin' at FSB 100.
> As soon as I short circuit jumper J9 (as mentioned in the manual at
> 2-30) the
> board doesn't boot. No POST, no video, nothing - only the power supply
> and the (cpu-) fans are runnin'.
>
> What I've done to fix this problem (without success):
> - updated the bios to the newest version V4.7 (W6340VMS.470)
> - cleared cmos / resetted bios to default / failsafe settings
> - tried different 3.3v SDRAM DIMMs (Kingston, Infinion)
> - tried another AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (Palomino)
> - tried another power supply (350 W should be ok...)
> - clicked through different FAQa
> - getting lotta grey hairs
> - ...
>
> The board runs fine & stable at FSB 100 (10x11.5?) with WinXP Pro SP1.
>
> Does anyone of you have a brilliant idea to run that board with a FSB of
> 133?
> Actually, it should be able to...
>
> Kind regards & full of hope,
> Stefan
>

 

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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?)

Hi Chris, hi a.c.p.m.m !

Chris wrote wrote in message
news:1Gkbd.17335$PH6.16510@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...

> Stefan, your board has a KT133 chipset which in some cases does
> not support the Palomino processors.

Hmmm...

> The MSI website states that only version 3.x supports the 133 FSB
processors.

Indeed I have a version 3.x board of the MS-6340...

>The link is [...]

Thanks! That was the first site I checked....

> [...] You may want to post this in the newsgroup called a.c.h.o.a.

Ok, I'll try it there, too.

> There is a guy there named Wes Newell that has extensive knowledge of
doing
> exactly what you want to do, and he may be able to help you out.

Thanks for your help!
Is there anyone out there who has additional tips & hints?

Kind regards,
Stefan