ECS K7S5A and Athlon XP 2600+....running at 1900+...help?

[ZaZ]

Ok, I went into the BIO and tried uping the cpu/dram frequency to 133/133 and when the computer rebooted....nothing came up on the monitor...green light went orange.

I tried the 100/133 and same thing......then i put it back to 100/100 and it worked.


I updated to the ECS bios that has support for the 2400+ and 2600+ cpu's.


Can someone help me out here?

 

[Boonesmi]

is it a 2600+ (266) or a 2600+ (333)?

also what speed is your ram?

what powersupply are you using? (k7s5a is known to have major problems when using lower quality powersupplies)

 

[Peter]

Well it seems SOMETHING isn't up to 133 MHz operation. Usually, it's the RAM. And of course, the 2600 CPU needs to be of the 133 MHz bus variant, not the much more common 166 MHz one. A strong enough power supply must also be there, as well as adequate cooling.

 

[ZaZ]

Its the 266mhz one.

I have a 300W power supply. Probably need to upgrade that to 350-400W.

I have 384MB of PC2100.

 

[ZaZ]

Actually I am probably going to grab myself a new case this weekend. (order it online)

I pretty much just did a complete system rebuild.

Athlon XP 2600+ (266)
ECS K7S5A (already had this)
BFG GeForce FX 5900
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
WD 80GB "special edition" drive
LG DVD/CDRW drive
384MB PC2100

Suggestions on what size power supply I should go with when I grab my new case?

 

[robcy]

Try setting the ram timming to safe and 2.5 or 3.0 CAS. If that works at 133 then tighten them until you have problems. the K7S5A is a little picky with ram. Get the latests BIOS since earlier versions to do not support the 2600+. My K7S5A works fine with a 2600+, and yes I also had ram issues at 133 when I upgraded from a 1600+. Your setup should run pretty nicely.

 

[ZaZ]

I tried all of that and it did the same thing still....

i put it on safe...tried 2t...2.5t....3t.....pulled one of my sticks out and tried it like that....then vice versa....

 

[DieHardware]

Originally posted by: ZaZ
Ok, I went into the BIO and tried uping the cpu/dram frequency to 133/133 and when the computer rebooted....nothing came up on the monitor...green light went orange.

I tried the 100/133 and same thing......then i put it back to 100/100 and it worked.


I updated to the ECS bios that has support for the 2400+ and 2600+ cpu's.


Can someone help me out here?

What board revision is it? I had an early v1.0 that wouldn't POST consistently with any BIOS version later than 11/21/01 (had the 07/24/01 originally).

 

[Boonesmi]

is your 300w powersupply a generic brand? if so, then there is a very good chance thats the problem..... ive used several k7s5a motherboards and had nothing but problems with them when using generic powersupplies


a shamless plug but i have several brand new powersupplies for sale link
the 350w aopen model worked great for my servers k7s5a mobo

 

[ZaZ]

Its the 1.0 revision. I got it not long after they came out....

Yea I think it is a generic POS 300W supply. Im gonna grab a new one tomorrow...that or a new case all together.

 

[Boonesmi]

most new cases come with generic powersupplies... alot of them come with powersupplies they advertise as 400w or faster, but if you check the specs they are producing less power then a good quality 300w