Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-05-16, 21:35

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Well, My Biostar M7VKD Revision 1.0 does not post with anything newer than a Palomino. OTOH, I have read a report of a board working with Thoroughbred. So maybe this was something that was fixed with Revision 1.2. Well, that's odd! On a hunch, I altered my pin mod on my M7VKD to reflect a change …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-05-15, 17:03

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Good news! I swapped the Barton XP-M 2400+ in my KT7A with a Barton XP-M 2500+ datecode 0336, and Flatout2 is now perfectly stable (same speed as before, 2133Mhz, 1.55~ volts)... I was able to complete the Desert Oilfield track without the game exiting suddenly... And I'm getting pretty good at it …

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-15, 16:23

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I have checked both setting with playing music in TES arena. If i disconnect the cable it plays the music anyway. Is this the proof the the ESS solo-1 is working DDMA ??? I don't know. Would it be possible that the card itself can switch it either to the correct mode? Yes, it is working TDMA or …

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-15, 12:59

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... DMA Mode is TDMA So this means your card is not making use of SBLink! Here's an experiment, while a game is playing sound and music, disconnect the SB-Link cable from the motherboard. Does anything cut off? Also, run "MEM /c" in DOS. Is ESSOLO.COM loaded as a TSR? I heard some people have …

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-15, 06:54

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How did you get your SOLO to work with SBLink and the Platinix? I have the Platinix SDRAM version and there's no option to set plug and play OS to yes in the BIOS which they say is a requirement... I also tried using PCISET per the thread that describes the process. Yet every time I load the ESS …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-05-13, 21:18

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Would you mind running memtest and see if it throws any errors? I'm thinking maybe there's some incompatibility problems on some SocketA ABIT boards when using later AXP's: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=969676#p969676 Sure, but Memtest isn't going to show anything Prime95 didn't, and …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-05-12, 18:12

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UPDATE: The KT3-AV experiences the same issue as the KT7A in Flatout 2 when the 2800+ Barton is run at the correct frequency (16x133 = 2133Mhz). The game crashes to desktop during the race. S o I conclude now that it's the KT133A that is not fully able to handle very high frequencies, and this isn't …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-05-12, 14:17

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cde wrote on 2022-05-12, 08:19: Did you use the same PSU on both (KT7-AV/KT7A) ? Yes... Fully re-capped Enermax PSU... Can you please test with Flatout2? I've not seen a single report of anyone else running this game stable with the KT7A.

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-12, 04:10

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the smaller capacitor nearest the fan header along the top edge (mounted in tower case) of the board is the only (outwardly) failing capacitor on my raid board. any idea what circuit it's in or how critical? The one near the ATX power connector or the one behind the USB ports? The one behind the …

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-12, 02:32

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I replaced everything 8mm and up on my board which was like 32 total. I have it as follows: 4 x 10V 2200uF 10mm (VRM high) 5 x 6.3V 2200uF 10mm (VRM low) 3 x 16V 1000uF 10mm 10 x 6.3V 1500uF 10mm 11 x 6.3V 1000uF 8mm 1 x 16v 470uF 8mm 5 x 16v 100uF 6.3mm 15 x 16v 22uF 5mm 34 to be precise, you …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-05-12, 02:19

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In FlatOut2 it's crashing in minutes or when idling in desktop. I received my KK266+ this week and re-capped it. I just ran Flatout2 on it, albeit with a Palomino 1700+ (it won't support more than that, even with the pin mod). Flatout2 was perfectly stable. Didn't ever crash, launched perfectly on …

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-12, 01:20

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Have you took off any of the smaller ones and tested? Only my larger ones were bulging or crusty. Yes. The 8mm, and also many 6.3mm and 5mm (except perhaps for the audio circuit capacitors). Of the 8mm, 11 are 6.3v 1000uF and 1 is 16v 470uF. All are Hermei "LE" series. Spec is 600mA ripple and 0. …

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-11, 21:33

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if he would just give on reducing the shipping for multiple units i would roll the dice on several more. after all, the caps in his auction photo sort of look pretty good The Hermei caps are no good, even the ones that look good... The short 6.3V 1500uF caps are testing anywhere between vastly …

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-11, 20:53

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stanwebber wrote on 2022-05-11, 20:42: i can assure you the guy couldn't care less. he got stuck with maybe 100 or more of these units from a storage container auction and wants to unload them & his prices reflect it. you can't even find his listing unless your search is as generic as 'motherboard' …

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-11, 20:26

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I wasn't sure about the PX. I only used them in the 1000uf spots. I figured they are probably better than the Hermei caps were when new anyways. I assumed a general purpose quality cap is bound to be better than a specialized generic cap; similar thinking to power supplies. Unfortunately, not as …

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-11, 19:42

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stanwebber, the caps on my board looked the same as yours. I replaced all the larger ones with Rubycon ZLJ, ZLH or PX. Fingers crossed that the next 2 boards, that I should receive Saturday, look better. Don't use Rubycon PX. PX is a general purpose series and is not suitable for this application. …

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-11, 17:12

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Very nice! You got a Revision 2 (non-raid) board... Maybe you can try a Thoroughbred or Barton for us please? (though I doubt Rev2 works with them either)...

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STB Velocity 3D - BIOS Dump (request)

Posted on 2022-05-10, 13:55

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Does anyone have any newer BIOS than 1.10 for this card? If you do, would you be able to dump it please? (BIOS chip is AT27C256R so you don't need to peel off the sticker). I am attaching BIOS 1.10 from my card, but I know BIOS 1.3 exists and perhaps even something newer than that? The card is an S3 …

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-05-09, 03:12

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Can you please add support for ICS9248AF-127?

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Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4

Posted on 2022-05-06, 20:59

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Yes it was all done through MODBIN. I have attached my BIOS. I am going to try the BIOS patcher 6a9 on it. I didn't see where 4.51b had more features than 6a9. What I meant was that I tried it in both, and when I ran it in 4.51b, it mentioned modifications to the multiplier selections in the result …

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