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Abit K7T-RAID Motherboard $39 at CompGeeks.com

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marill999

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CompGeeks has this good motherboard of yesteryear on Easter special. Use code "KT7RAID" (shh) for $10 off the $49 price, getting you $39 + shipping.


- VIA-KT133 Chipset, supports Athlon/Duron 600MHz-1.2GHz


 


<< CompGeeks has this good motherboard of yesteryear on Easter special. Use code "KT7RAID" for $10 off the $49 price, getting you $39 + shipping.


- VIA-KT133 Chipset, supports Athlon/Duron 600MHz-1.2GHz >>


I have this board and have liked it. Had major issues with an SBLive, of course. And I believe the latest bios release supports up to a 1.4
 
I have this mobo and I've had no problems with it whatsoever. I'm looking to upgrade my cpu though. It doesn't support the XP cpu's right? I can either put in a TBIRD or a Duron. Correct me if I'm wrong. Oh yeah, excellent deal, I got mine for $135 a long time ago.
 
Be careful - no coupon codes allowed here. Of course, you can just refer everyone to another site for the code 🙂 Good deal BTW!
 
GhettoFob- depending on what revision you have, it may support XP cpu's. I have this board, and its been rock solid for me. I have windows XP and SBLive!, and have not had any problems.
 


<< GhettoFob- depending on what revision you have, it may support XP cpu's. I have this board, and its been rock solid for me. I have windows XP and SBLive!, and have not had any problems. >>


If you have problems with the sblive, the new bios and some irq work should fix it.
 
Anyone running a CPU faster than 1.2GHz on this motherboard???

According to Abit and Compgeeks' specs... this motherboard only supports
AMD Duron and Athlon Sock-A 600MHz to 1.2 GHz. 🙁
 
I have the same motherboard for over a year now. Recently upgrade the bios and 1.4g cpu and run great. Very good mb and very stable.
 
dude, great price! i just picked up this board on ebay for $31, but that was base - no manuals, no cables. i've been pleased with this board so far (raid took a little while to figure out - not hard, just operator error!). however, i can't get it to take full advantage of my 1.333GHz Tbird. the system locks up at any cpu fsb speed over 113, or a multipler higher than 11.5! this means the best i can run my1.333 (unlocked, of course!) at is ~1.3, which is kind of lame for a part that should be able to run at 1.4 or higher.

any ideas?
 


<< GhettoFob- depending on what revision you have, it may support XP cpu's. I have this board, and its been rock solid for me. I have windows XP and SBLive!, and have not had any problems. >>


How do I check what revision I have and whether it supports XP or not?
 
joecool, try setting the multiplier to "x12 above" (which should run 12.5) then set fsb to 106. You should be able to get close to 1.3 that way. My experience has been that the chipset will not support fsb > 107 or so.

By the way, people should be aware that the KT7-RAID on sale at Compgeeks has an fsb of 100, not 133. KT7 is based on the VIA KT133 chipset which only supports 100fsb. KT7A on the other hand is based on the KT133A chipset which supports a 133 fsb. With the KT7, as I mentioned, you'll only be able to get the fsb up to about 107. The memory bus, however, can be set to run asynchronously with the fsb, allowing you to run it at 133 for PC133 memory. But still, an asynchronous memory bus requires extra handshakes for synchronization is slower than a regular 133MHz memory bus synchronous with the FSB.

The KT7 only supports Athlon 1.4 which has a *locked* multiplier. An unlocked 1.4 can only be run up to 12.5x107 = 1337 or so because that's how far the multiplier and FSB will go max on the KT7.

Overall, this is a good board. There's an extensive FAQ here for those who are interested.

Edit: BTW, Sandor probably confused this board with the KT7A. Because the Athlon XP runs a 133/266 FSB, the KT7 (which runs a 100 fsb) will never support an Athlon XP, regardless of which revision you have. The KT7A, however, supports the Athlon XP if you have revision 1.3 To understand why only revision 1.3 officially supports the Athlon XP, and why the Athlon XP will appear to work okay even for earlier revisions of the KT7A, read this.
 
to😀ocinthebox

I dont knwo much about these AMD mb, but why they list on compgeeks FSB as 200MHz in the description "Supports AMD Athlon/Duron 600MHz-1.2GHz 200MHz FSB Socket A Processors " ? what does that mean.
 
The Athlon FSB uses both the rising and falling edges of the clock, hence the effective frequency is 200MHz even though the clock frequency is 100MHz, similar in principle to DDR SDRAM.

By the way, the Morgan core Durons, similar to the Athlon XP, is only supported on the KT7A revision 3.
 
Not quite, multiplying the fsb with the multiplier gives you the clock frequency, which is the clock signal that drives the CPU. Whether the CPU itself uses both edges or only one edge, the motherboard doesn't care. 🙂
 
docinthebox- you are indeed correct. I got the KT7A and the KT7 mixed up (I have the KT7A RAID). Sorry for the confusion.
 
According to the article I quoted earlier, the Morgan core Duron will work on the KT7 if you're willing to put up with an occasional reset during boot, and if you're happy with running the FSB at 107 instead of 133.
 
I think the KT7 and KT7A are being confused.

From Abit.com FAQ:

2002/01/10
Does ABIT KG7 / KT7A / KT7E mainboard support AMD Athlon XP processors?

Statement: ABIT KG7 / KG7-RAID mainboard is hardware compatible (ready) and can support AMD Athlon XP processor via BIOS update.
ABIT KT7A / KT7A-RAID V1.3 mainboard is hardware compatible (ready) and can support AMD Athlon XP processor via BIOS update.
ABIT KT7 / KT7-RAID / KT7E all version and KT7A/KT7A-RAID V1.0/1.1/1.2 cannot support AMD Athlon XP processor.
1.ABIT has release BIOS for KG7 and KT7A V1.3 to patch the CPU model name. If user did not upgrade to the latest bios, users can also manually set the suitable working frequency for AMD Athlon XP processors in SoftMenu BIOS.
AMD Athlon XP Processors SoftMenu III Setup -> CPU Operating Speed ->User Define
With above setting users can use AMD Athlon XP processors flawlessly. The incorrect CPU information during POST can be fix via BIOS update.
2.As for KT7 and KT7A old version mainboards, which launched earlier than AMD Athlon XP processors, they are not hardware compatible with new CPU.


My KT7 has run flawlessly with a SB Live Value card since day one. I'm tempted to get this, though. Will this implementation of the HP370 controller support CD and independent hard drives?





 
The Highpoint controller supports independent hard drives but not CDROM or other ATAPI devices (you can use the onboard IDE controller for those).
 
Thanks, doc. The reason I ask is, when using a full tower, it's tough to get the IDE cables up to the top-most bays. I've got a couple of 24'' ribbon cables, but drives aren't always recognized at boot-up when using those.
 
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