asus a7m266 + amd266 fsb cpu

[Zipperhead]

i talked to one of my distributers this morning,they said this
stuff should be available in about 2 weeks.anyone hear anything different?

 

[Evilfred]

Yeah, I got one sitting here now that I ordered last week! Waiting for my athlon 1200 to underclock and get t0 266! BTW the multiplier adjustment dip switch is not on the board, so I ordered one to put on in the spot where it should be. I'll post if it enables the multiplier adjustment.

evlfred

 

[Zipperhead]

where did you get it?

 

[NforSa]

doesnt the new ASUS board adjust the multiplyers via BIOS?

 

[Evilfred]

not currently

 

[Zipperhead]

do you plan to solder the dip switch on the board?

 

[Evilfred]

I was going to but dumbass radioshack didn't compleat my order and it'll 3 more days or more till I get the %(#*%^%# dip switch.

evlfred

 

[Rebus3]

This from the ASUS site re the A7M266:

JumperFreeTM Mode
Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of frequency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFreeTM mode is enabled. Easy-to-use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow manual adjustment of the processor's external frequency.

No mention of multiplier settings. I take it this is a separate dip switch -- but why isn't it covered under the "JumperFree" mode?
Let us know how the dipswitch addition turns out.

 

[bmg]

Vcore can't currently be set in the bios. Hopefully ASUS will release a new bios soon that fixes the multiplier and vcore issue. I'm using my A7M266 system right now with 256mb of PC2100 crucial ram at 2/2/2 with no problems. Unfortunately my KT7A with PC133 memory is just about as fast. I'm probably going to put the A7M266 and ddr ram on the forsale board and stick with the KT7A.

 

[Mylle]

if you cant change the multiplier on the board why is it that every screenshot i see of the bios has the multiplier option in it??

Mylle

 

[DealBabe]

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