Need help with fsb and multiplier settings.

[Fastcat]

Ok, last night I tried installing a brand sparkling new Xp 2200+ on my Gigabyte Ga-7zxr rev 3.0 mb. It has a VIA Kt133A chip. Gigabytes website says this board will accept up to a 2200+ so I figured I'd try it out. Well things didnt go so good. I usually just set all my dip switches to 'auto' and hope for the best but this time I think I might have to manually set it, the only thing is I cant read multiplier tables. Could some people help me understand the fantastic world of multiplier tables?!

I have the fsb speed set to 133 via the jumper but the rest is latin to me:


Set System Bus Speed

SW1: (CPU Freq.) O : ON, X : OFF

CPU CLK PCI CLK 1 2 3 4 5
95.00 31.67 O O O O 0
100.00 33.33 O 0 X O 0
102.00 34.00 O 0 O X 0
105.00 35.00 O 0 X X O
110.00 36.67 X O O O 0
113.00 37.67 X O X O O
115.00 38.33 X O O X O
120.00 40.00 X O X X 0
133.33 33.33 O X 0 O O
135.00 33.75 O X X O O
137.00 34.25 O X O X O
139.00 34.75 O X X X O
141.00 35.25 X X O O O
143.00 35.75 X X X O O
145.00 36.25 X X O X O
150.00 37.50 X X X X O
100.90 33.63 O O O O X
100.00 33.33 O O X O X
103.00 34.33 O O O X X
107.00 35.67 O O X X X
117.00 39.00 X O O O X
120.00 30.00 X O X O X
123.00 30.75 X O O X X
125.00 31.25 X O X X X
133.33 33.33 O X O O X
133.90 33.48 O X X O X
147.00 36.75 O X O X X
151.00 37.75 O X X X X
153.00 38.25 X X O O X
155.00 38.75 X X X O X
160.00 40.00 X X O X X
200.00 50.00 X X X X X

 

[Fastcat]

Mb page: http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-7ZXR%20(Rev%203.x).htm

 

[Boonesmi]

that long table you have listed above isnt for setting the multiplier... thats for the FSB, you want setting:
133.33 33.33 O X 0 O O (fsb at 133.33 and pci at 33.33)

 

[Boonesmi]

on page 9 of the manual it has the multipliers

xp2200+ is 1.8ghz
with a 133mhz fsb you get 133x13.5=1.8ghz
so you need a 13.5 multiplier (which im not sure if that board supports)

 

[Fastcat]

Hmm, it doesnt, only to 12.5.

 

[Boonesmi]

With the latest BIOS, PCBs 3.x can support 200/266MHz FSB, Palamino(0.18u)/ Morgan (0.18u) Athlon XP/Duron CPUs and PCBs 2.x or below can support 200MHz FSB, Thunderbird (0.18u)/Morgan (0.18u) Athlon /Duron CPUs.

its kinda hard to find palomino athlonxp cpu's any more also (they were the original athlonXP, but havent been made for well over a year)