I just recently junked a KT133 mobo and have an AMD Tbird 1200 200 FSB CPU without a home. I would like to put this on a EPOX 8KHA+ mobo and run it at 1200 ( or faster) with a 266 FSB by dropping the multiplier and upping the FSB from 100 to 133. If it will work, it is a nice performance boost for free. Is the EPOX a good board to use for this?
My question stems from reading old articles about problems that users had trying the same thing when the KT133A boards first came out. For those that remember, it wouldn?t work on most mobos because during the early stages of the POST, most boards were designed to initialize at the default multiplier on the CPU and whatever FSB that had been selected by the user (usually hard jumpered). Many CPU?s couldn?t make it through the post because they were momentarily running so far over spec (33%). As I recall, Abit and Asus were about the only boards that would check the bios at startup in order to set the multiplier then perform the POST, and thus could reliably run older Tbirds at a 266FSB.
Did most mobo vendors address this issue? Or is it considered moot because only 266FSB TBirds have been manufactured for over a year now? So back to the original question, will the Epox K8HA+ support this? Any other recommendations?
My question stems from reading old articles about problems that users had trying the same thing when the KT133A boards first came out. For those that remember, it wouldn?t work on most mobos because during the early stages of the POST, most boards were designed to initialize at the default multiplier on the CPU and whatever FSB that had been selected by the user (usually hard jumpered). Many CPU?s couldn?t make it through the post because they were momentarily running so far over spec (33%). As I recall, Abit and Asus were about the only boards that would check the bios at startup in order to set the multiplier then perform the POST, and thus could reliably run older Tbirds at a 266FSB.
Did most mobo vendors address this issue? Or is it considered moot because only 266FSB TBirds have been manufactured for over a year now? So back to the original question, will the Epox K8HA+ support this? Any other recommendations?
