Biostar M7VIB help with Duron

[stevenkwong]

I'm new to Durons, so if anyone have any experience with the following:

I brought a Biostar M7V1B (KT266) with a AMD Duron 1gig (200Mhz) and an Evercase ($42 at neweggs).

What should I set the onboard FSB to be? 100 or 133 Mhz?
What should I set the DDR voltage? (default is 2.65v, settings available is 2.55-2.85v)

The case has the following plugs for front USB connectors:

(1) +5
(2) +5
(1) +D
(2) +D
(1) -D
(2) -D
GND
GND

The MB has 2 clusters of pins:

+5V +5V
USBP2- USBP3-
USBP2+ USBP3+
Ground Ground
KEY NC

+5V +5V
USBP4- USBP5-
USBP4+ USBP5+
Ground Ground
KEY NC

Since an USB plug has 4 pins, I figure there is +5V, D+, D-, GND. However, the 2 GND plugs aren't labelled, so I don't know which is which. Also, on each cluster of pins on the MB, there are 2 sets of each...

 

[stevenkwong]

To answer my own questions (for future ref.)

I left the DRAM voltage at default (2.65v)

I set the FSB to 100Mhz (will try 133 tomorrow)

I connected all of the case front USB plugs to 1 "cluster", matching (1) to the lft side, and the (2) to the right side. Both USB connectors works fine.

CPU temperature is 55-57 C with the Coolermaster $9 fan from TWCO.com

 

[jonnyGURU]

I wouldn't bother setting the FSB tto 133, Steve.

I don't think that Duron 1 GHz is going to do 1.33 GHz. 😉

 

[stevenkwong]

Thanks JonnyGURU.

I've tried 124/31 Mhz (FSB/PCI) with no luck (PC won't POST.. had to reset CMOS) since I was already at ~55Mhz with artic silver, I didn't want to up the voltage anymore..

Right now, I'm trying 109/33 and it seems stable. SISsoft Sandra numbers looks decent.

I'll try a few other combinations and provide my results here..

 

[jonnyGURU]

You mean 55 degrees, not 55 MHz, right?

FYI: You can "clear the CMOS" by holding down the INSERT key while you power up rather than move the clear CMOS jumper. Documentation doesn't tell you that. 😉

 

[stevenkwong]

Yup, I found out about the INSERT key boot after I read all 73 pages of the PDF manual. Very convenient.

The highest I got was 114/38 FSB/PCI. Everything higher didn't POST.
Its very stable right now at 1.75V + 0.025V. 63C temperature at heavy load.

Last night, it went to 61C when it was 100/33 Mhz and 1.75V using the standard sticky pad that came with the heatsink. Today, using artic silver, the max temperature I got up to is 63C. It hovers around 60C right now.
I think thats ok for now.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Keep in mind that the thermal monitor on that board is calibrated WAY HIGH. Your 60C on this board is like 45C on any other board I've used. 😉