comp. not booting at 133 fsb....

[pookguy88]

i just put in a 1.2athlon into my computer and its just doesn't wanna play....
sometimes it'll post, sometimes it won't...
when it does it'll go as far as my ata100 lite bios screen and hang there.
other times it won't even detect my hd.

i don't know what the problem is...
at 100fsb it'll be fine and dandy
i haven't o/ced or anything, and i don't think its the cpu temp, it seems to be around 50C, according to the bios.

anyone have any ideas..?

here's my configuration:

Athlon 1.2
Kingston PC133 Value RAM 256meg
Visiontek GF3 Ti200
WD ATA100 60gig 5400rpm
SB Live! Value
MSI K7T Turbo Raid Ver. 3

 

[Lt1]

I'm not sure if the 1.2 Tbird comes with the L-7 bridge unlocked, but on smaller chips you have to manually unlock L-7 to be able to run 133 fsb

Hope this helps, Lt1

 

[pookguy88]

well... it is a 266fsb chip...

 

[DAPUNISHER]

what brand, wattage, and combined output PSU do you have?

 

[pookguy88]

i have a "ATX Switching Power Supply"
its 300w
hmm, could that be the problem?

edit: i belive the brand is called Young Year

 

[IgoByte]

Your PSU could be a problem.

Make sure your CPU is intended to run at 133Mhz FSB, not 100.

 

[IgoByte]

Also, make sure your RAM is indeed rated at 133Mhz. That could also be the problem, although in that case I doubt the computer would boot at all.

 

[llew]

I have the exact same board running xp1600+, I used to have the boot problem at 133fsb (j17 jumper) also. It may be your ram, that MSI board is very picky about the ram, even my two sticks of crucial pc133 cas2 256mb rams won't boot right 100% of the times, later on I switched to some expensive corsair rams and it booted fine every since. If you haven't done so already, you can flash your bios to v3.2

 

[pookguy88]

well, i'll try my buddy's PSU next week, but i tried swapping ram and stuff and it still didn't work, piece of crap mobo!!
i don't know who to blame, AMD or MSI???
next time i'm gettin intel. could it be my motherboard is busted?

 

[pookguy88]

<< If you haven't done so already, you can flash your bios to v3.2 >>



ok i just did, is this the newest one?

 

[llew]

Have you tried asking your question at the MSI forum?
link1

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Until you have an opportunity to try a better PSU it would be a good idea once you get a good boot to go ahead and leave the system running 24/7. Just use power management to conserve energy. a 300W psu means very little if it's an older revision and isn,t providing clean power. Also, look on the decal that's on it for a 3.3v&5v combined power output rating and post back what it is. I haven't used that board but if it has vcore adjusting in the bios then try increasing it a bit because it can help increase the fault tolerance and give it the power it needs(if the PSU can provide it)

 

[pookguy88]

alright, i'll see what happens why i try my friends PSU. do u guys think I should get an ECS K7S5A?? would that solve my problem??

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Since you have a 1.2-1.4 T-Bird having a quality PSU would be even more important with the K7S5A. Some get away with using a generic PSU on the K7S5A but rarely with the 1.2-1.4 t-birds. Have a look at the K7S5A PSU FAQs. I've built 2 K7S5A boxs now and both are great! I've run a 1.4 T-BIRD, 700Duron, and 1ghzDuron on mine(1ghzDuron in clients box) and used SDRAM and DDR with excellent results. However, even with a Sparkle PSU that has 200w combined output I had to do the L7 voltage mod to get it to boot. However, after doing so I was able to clock it to 1.54ghz rock solid. Hey for 62$ shipped to your door it's still the price/performance deal 'o the day

 

[pookguy88]

<< Until you have an opportunity to try a better PSU it would be a good idea once you get a good boot to go ahead and leave the system running 24/7. Just use power management to conserve energy. a 300W psu means very little if it's an older revision and isn,t providing clean power. Also, look on the decal that's on it for a 3.3v&5v combined power output rating and post back what it is. I haven't used that board but if it has vcore adjusting in the bios then try increasing it a bit because it can help increase the fault tolerance and give it the power it needs(if the PSU can provide it) >>




well, i just checked the sticker and the current rating for 3.3 is 15A and for 5v it is 22A, power output says 300w....
whenever i try and even post at 133 all my diagnostic leds go red...it better be the fricken PSU!!

 

[DAPUNISHER]

It could be the board :Q

 

[pookguy88]

well, if it is my crappy board, i'm so goign to get the ECS...

 

[RustyNale]

Here's the link toAMD's site for approved psu's to consider. Be aware, the 266 fsb boards don't like generic psu's, they need a good quality one, and going higher in power-- ie. 340W-- is better for them.