MSI k7T Turbo (kt133a)

[DarkLord98]

Hi,
I just saw the review over here about the k7t turbo motherboard and they said they could not run an athlon at 133fsb, even tho they unlocked the processor. Is this a common thing, or just a fluke? I was planning on upgrading within the next couple of weeks to a 1.0ghz athlon. I have only seen 1 place so far give a quote on the 1.0ghz athlon w/266fsb and that was about $270. I would like to spend something close to $200, so please let me know if this is a real issue for anyone, or not. thanks.

 

[Pyro]

its gotta be a fluke. The new chipset was made 133FSB and it would be preposterous for the board not to be able to reach it.

 

[Dulanic]

Pyro they where 100 FSB chips. Me and another guy from Tweakmax have come up with a reasoning behind it. We know the CPU will start at its default multiplier for a few milliseconds before POST, now with the A7V133 and KT7A they are full jumperless 100-160+.... but the MSI and Epox has a jumper for 100-133 and one for 133+.

So what we are thinking is that the Abit and Asus will start at the default multiplier x 100.... but the Epox and MSI do default multiplier x 133.... because of that jumper. So if your lets say 1Ghz CPU cant handle the 1.33Ghz that it will run at for a few milliseconds before it switches to the lower multiplier then you wont boot.

 

[Mem]

Well at TweakTown their review of the MSI K7T Turbo-R,they have a unlocked T-bird 900mhz doing 8x133mhz(1066mhz) so there must be something wrong from the other website review.

 

[Dulanic]

Of corse so hehe anyways it wouldn't mean all CPUs wont do it... any that could handle default multiplier x 133 would be fine.

 

[Regalk]

AT this stage of the game it looks like the Iwill KK266 is the best so far (with latest BIOS) and just might be the one I am going to get. The A7V BIOS problems we had in the past appear to be carried over to the A7V133 and now the MSI appears to be so so.

 

[Dulanic]

What BIOS problems with the A7V133? I own it and there are no bugs in the 1002A-1 BIOS that I know of.