ECS K7S5A incineration tutorial with pics

[Jerboy]

<< I've got a broken pc100 motherboard in my basement. I think I'll nuke it. >>



do it

 

[dannymac]

<< You could have sent it to me, I would have paid shipping. Hate to see good hardware going to waste. Ah well, it's your money. >>




pabster --


can i sell you my k7s5a?

i just got a brand new replacement in and it still doesnt run at 133/133. i despise ECS now. i dont blame Jerboy for nuking his.

please contact me ASAP.

 

[Jerboy]

<<
pabster --


can i sell you my k7s5a?

i just got a brand new replacement in and it still doesnt run at 133/133. i despise ECS now. i dont blame Jerboy for nuking his.

please contact me ASAP. >>




This is why I destoryed the RMA I got. I was not going to RMA many times and let the below happen:

You buy K7S5A and it sucks. You :|

You RMA it with a hope. You

You pay the shipping. Post office

You get the same crap again. You :| :|

You RMA again. Post Office

 

[Swanny]

I've had no problems with this board.

 

[Budman]

I too have built 3 system with that great board myself & have had not 1 problem and have a 1.4ghz Athlon on a rev 4 board.

But i have used Quality ram & AMD aproved power supplies in my builds,like others have said only cheap skates who skimp on pos ram & psu's will have problems.

 

[Jerboy]

<< I too have built 3 system with that great board myself & have had not 1 problem and have a 1.4ghz Athlon on a rev 4 board.

But i have used Quality ram & AMD aproved power supplies in my builds,like others have said only cheap skates who skimp on pos ram & psu's will have problems. >>



Or rather cheap skates who can't buy a quality board that can handle diverse kind of memories and PSU's.

 

[Budman]

<< Or rather cheap skates who can't buy a quality board that can handle diverse kind of memories and PSU's. >>



What power supply did you use?

Was in on AMD Athlon? Processor Recommended Power Supplies List ?

What ram did you use?was it tested to work in Athlon systems?

 

[Brazen]

I just bought another K7S5A with a Duron 900 for my parents computer. Still not a single problem. I used Micron PC2100 RAM and a 300W power supply that came with the Enlight case.

 

[Brazen]

I just bought another K7S5A with a Duron 900 for my parents computer. Still not a single problem. I used Micron PC2100 RAM and a 300W power supply that came with the Enlight case.

 

[Shiori]

Well, to summarize things:

1. Don't pair up a value board with an Athlon/Athlon XP. If you can buy an Athlon, you can buy a premium board.

2. stick with SDRAM on this one, I'm using two sticks of generic 256 PQI PC133 RAM in it, and no memory problems since Day 1.

3. Sometimes, flashing the BIOS does wonders.

4. Sometimes, WinXP can do wonders, especially with IRQ conflicts (the only problem I had)

5. Use a powerful PSU, the best you can buy. I'm operating it on a 235W one, but haven't had any problems so far too.

6. I'm a noob, this was the first system I actually built from scratch; and I can tell you it's very easy to configure: All I did was set Primary and seconday masters to auto, set the time right, enable SMART, set FSB to 100/133 and disabled PCI IRQ.... although it doesn't have a complete array of overclocking features. However, noobs shouldn't be overclocking in the first place anyway.

 

[Brazen]

I have had no problems using an Athlon Thunderbird or Duron, AND I use DDR-RAM, but I use name brand DDR-RAM. IMO, Shiori, you got lucky not having problems with generic RAM.

 

[Jerboy]

link fixed

 

[bowie71]

wow.... you've should given it to me..... even it's $52 in Newegg now, but still 52 bucks is the amount I normally get in my weekly paycheck delivering pizza.... Geeezz... rich people are weird sometimes...

 

[LS20]

some of you guys should've taken notice to this before purchasing your motherboard:

AMD Motherboard recommendation for Athlopn 1.4ghz

AND...

for XP1700 chip

amd approves k7s5a for XP1700... it apparently works PERFECTLY for me


sidenote: this is even with pc100 kingston ram + pc133 PNY and a non amd-approved 320watt psu

 

[PG]

<<1. Don't pair up a value board with an Athlon/Athlon XP. If you can buy an Athlon, you can buy a premium board.>>

Why not? Mine works just fine with my XP 1700 and it saved me a bunch of money.

 

[Jerboy]

<< 1. Don't pair up a value board with an Athlon/Athlon XP. If you can buy an Athlon, you can buy a premium board. >>



Obviously cost wasn't my motivation for getting K7S5A. It was the SiS chipset hype as I found in reviews and word of the mouth that it was the fastest chipset at the time.




<<
2. stick with SDRAM on this one, I'm using two sticks of generic 256 PQI PC133 RAM in it, and no memory problems since Day 1. >>




I tried using SDRAM on it as well since I have SDRAMs for the computer I'm using right now(Intel 440BX chipset) and it wasn't any better.



<<
3. Sometimes, flashing the BIOS does wonders. >>



Sometimes forcefully running the whole mobo at 2.45GHz helps too.



<<
5. Use a powerful PSU, the best you can buy. I'm operating it on a 235W one, but haven't had any problems so far too. >>



Before I'd shed extra $50 on a PSU, I'd shed extra $50 and get something better than K7S5A


I hate K7S5A