I just upgraded my system to an XP 2100+, the GA-7VAXP, GeForce4 ti4200/64mb, and Crucial PC2700 CAS2 512MB (DDR333) ram. The upgrade went fairly smoothly. Windows XP recognized everything amazingly enough. I was online and downloading up-to-date drivers in no time. (My old system was an Abit KT7A-RAID, tbird 1.4GHz, GF2MX/32MB graphics, and PC133/CL2 512MB ram.)
I'm very pleased so far with the mobo, however I do have two problems I can't seem to figure out:
First, there is a DIP switch for the system bus speed, called SW1. With this switch you can set the system bus speed to either 100, 133, or 166 MHz. Initially I had to boot with it set to 100MHz, as it would not POST at either 133 or 166. Then I switched the BIOS setting for the DRAM clock to "166-DDR333," and was then able to boot with the DIP switch SW1 set to the 133 setting, but not to the 166 setting. I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. My memory, I think, should be capable of running at DDR333 rates. It is Crucial "XMS" DDR RAM, model # CMX512-2700C2.
Second: There doesn't seem to be an 8X AGP setting in the BIOS for the graphics card. The only options right now are 4X and 2X. Is that because my graphics card is only 4X capable, so the BIOS doesn't even display the 8X option? Not a big deal on this one, just curious.
I'd really appreciate some help on the first issue, though. Thanks!
I'm very pleased so far with the mobo, however I do have two problems I can't seem to figure out:
First, there is a DIP switch for the system bus speed, called SW1. With this switch you can set the system bus speed to either 100, 133, or 166 MHz. Initially I had to boot with it set to 100MHz, as it would not POST at either 133 or 166. Then I switched the BIOS setting for the DRAM clock to "166-DDR333," and was then able to boot with the DIP switch SW1 set to the 133 setting, but not to the 166 setting. I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. My memory, I think, should be capable of running at DDR333 rates. It is Crucial "XMS" DDR RAM, model # CMX512-2700C2.
Second: There doesn't seem to be an 8X AGP setting in the BIOS for the graphics card. The only options right now are 4X and 2X. Is that because my graphics card is only 4X capable, so the BIOS doesn't even display the 8X option? Not a big deal on this one, just curious.
I'd really appreciate some help on the first issue, though. Thanks!
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