First post, by 386SX
Hello,
lately I got this mainboard an Asus A7V Rev. 1.02 based on the basic old KT133 FSB100 with a Promise IDE secondary controller, as not working while instead it looks like it only needed some more testing and ram choice. I think these specific boards already tested in the past were a bit demanding on which ram should be used that don't let it boot and generally a bit sensible board (not well designed revision too, the PSU connector had a capacitor so close to it that I had to modify the PSU connector). I've seen that there're not many info on this Rev. even in the old Asus site I found link of the previous and later pcb revisions.
Anyway after updated the bios to the latest 1011 official release, I was wondering which could be a good cpu to use without going for the most power demanding. I'm using an Athlon 1000 and I've read that the Duron 1300 having the SSE should only be supported by the Rev. 1.05. Was this a bios problem or there're possibilities it would work anyway? I'm not looking necessary for the fastest cpu, more a balanced features/speed choice without stressing the PSU to its limit, it's anyway a Enermax Prescott oriented PSU with strong +5V rail but quite old nowdays and who knows. With the Athlon 1000 I read almost 90 to 110W at the plug. I suppose the Athlon 1400 while it's a nice cpu, still lacking the SSE doesn't seem to make much difference.
Any suggestions?
Thanks