New KT7A 1Ghz System up and running!!!!!!!!! Woohoo

techg7 · Jan 18, 2001

thats right guys, im using my new kt7a system to post this message....

talk about sweet, im a converted intel user...

1Ghz tbird, RED core (if it matters)...

ill get some wcpuid and sandra screenshots up soon...

one question... im using motherboard monitor, and there are three sensors, Via686B-1, -2, and -3.

right now, 1 = 22C, 2 = 19C, and 3 = 25C. which is proccessor temp? case temp? whats the other one?

woooohooo time for a little sandra benching.... thanks for any replies

techg7 · Jan 18, 2001

if youre interested, here are some shots:
http://www.powerlink.net/acamarata/proof.gif
http://www.powerlink.net/acamarata/proof2.jpg

AMD4ME2 · Jan 18, 2001

whoa! RED CORE?? hmmmm.. I thought there was a green and a blue/purple but never heard of red! maybe you got a 133mhz part or something. anyhow congrats!! I'll be getting mine this weekend but probably won't throw it together for a week or so...

jimmygates · Jan 18, 2001

Red core???? Got any pics?

-Jimbo

fergus · Jan 18, 2001

Very cool! I noticed your at 9 x 133.11 with a 1ghz cpu. Just curious if you had to adjust the voltage at all?

techg7 · Jan 19, 2001

yeah a red core...i dont really feel like taking the hsf and grease off to take a pic...maybe later

anyway, those screens were taken at 1.80 volts.

heres the problem:

9X133 - first attempt, default voltage, windows protection error
9X133 - second attempt, 1.775 volts, windows protection error
9X133 - third attempt, 1.80 volts, windows boots, perfectly stable (those screens were taken then)
I rebooted, registry error.... lost the registry
tried 1.825 and 1.85, still registry errors, windows wont boot....
so here i am, back at 8X133 (1066), and i must say im not satisfied, and im confused (was that one time a fluke?!).

so, as much as im enjoying running at 133fsb, i still want 1.2Ghz. please help....

techg7 · Jan 19, 2001

i just found that it boots into windows fine at 1200 @ 1.85V, but sandra and 3dmark crash. maybe i need more voltage? suggestions!?

techg7 · Jan 19, 2001

ok maybe that isnt the problem...

3DMark2000 locks up at random times during the first test (no matter what the clock speed), Unreal Tornament does the same...

TNT2 Ultra, 6.31 drivers (glsetup), via 4.28 4in1 drivers.

Now I just want to fix the video lockups, and I'm running out of ideas here...

Suggestions?

Adul · Jan 19, 2001

clock the tnt2u down. I noticed my guilemot with the supposed core of 175 cant hang there anymore. So I am at 165 now

techg7 · Jan 19, 2001

i found the problem, locks up at agp 4X. i have to run at 2X. i guess that sucks. how much of a difference does it make as far as fps and 3dmark score?

techg7 · Jan 19, 2001

check this out:

http://www.powerlink.net/acamarata/mem.jpg

not good? KT7A with tbird running at 8X133...64MB PC100 and 256MB PC133. both are running at 133, cas3, though the 256MB dimm is capable of cas2.

i would expect more from the KT7A, im not asking for miricles, but isnt that kind of a low score?

PieDerro · Jan 20, 2001

Turn on 4-Bank interleaving, take out the PC100 stick, and crank it up to CAS2 with all the other BIOS memory turbo settings switched on.

That should speed things up considerably.

techg7 · Jan 20, 2001

will it speed it up enough to make up for the loss of the 64Mb?

techg7 · Jan 20, 2001

ahh crap! i had it backwards! the PC100 stick is Cas2, the PC133 stick is 3!

Felonious · Jan 20, 2001

I am so glad to see someone with the same rig! Mine is coming in a few days! And I don't know wtf I'm doing! I was just gonna post this:

I took this exerpt from Mortin's review of the KT7A http://www.icrontic.com/?action=hardware&id=41

"Since the KT133A chipset still uses the DDR EV6 bus, the FSB runs at an effective 266MHz. This is 2.1GB/sec of bandwidth, folks. The KT7A also uses the new 686B Southbridge with ATA/100 support."

"The KT7A will work with both original 100MHz FSB Athlons and the new 133MHz FSB Athlons. The beauty of this board is it's in-BIOS multiplier manipulation. If you have a current 100MHz FSB Athlon, you can simply decrease the clock multiplier (assuming you unlocked the chip), and increase the FSB. This is done while keeping the default 33MHz PCI speed. This is thanks to the VT8363A North Bridge Controller"

My question is what should I set it for while utilizing the supported FSB@133?

It's a 1GHz Chip I would like to see at 1200 so...

Does that mean 9x133 = 1197 ????

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KT7A RAID
T-Bird 1000
FOP32-1 w/shim
2 Sunon 80mm 45cfm
256 Crucial PC133 CAS 2
Annihilator 2 GTS Det 6.34
SB Live Platinum
Toshiba DVD
HP 9100i CD-RW
IBM 20GB 7200
IBM 30GB Deskstar 75GXP
Win 98se and 2000 dual boot

techg7 · Jan 21, 2001

yeah thats what i tried, but it wasnt stable at 9X133 (well not for long). im running at 8X138 = 1100 right now, which is pretty sweet. its worth a try though

Felonious · Jan 21, 2001

That is very, very cool.

CraigBee · Jan 21, 2001

Please do this test to see if you suffer the same problems with the KT7a that I do:

Can you try something for me? Copy a HUGE (500meg or so) from one hard drive to the other then compare them using the following command in a DOS windows:

fc /b filename1 filename2

Mine would ALWAYS show a difference, if the computer did not crash first. I'd like to know how to get this rig stable, because when it works, it hauls.

I've posted the troubles I'm having here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=327479

Craig

techg7 · Jan 21, 2001

hmmm i did exactly what you did, except i copied 15 gigs without one problem. whats the exact problem?

Jgtdragon · Jan 21, 2001

15gig? Takes you how long to transfer that?

techg7 · Jan 21, 2001

well i have two ATA66 Drives, both quantums, fireball cr, and fireball lm (7200rpm). they transfer pretty fast. didnt take more than a half hour... if youre having problems....install the latest drivers, if you still have problems, turn off dma

LickEmSmack · Jan 21, 2001

Where'd you get the CPU and how much did you pay for it? Are you going to OC it? Are you running the stock cooler?

techg7 · Jan 21, 2001

talking to me?
if so, i got it at pcboost.com, yeah its overclocked to 1100, can reach 1200 but not stable

techg7 · Jan 21, 2001

oh yeah and i put an Alpha PAL6035 on it which is keeping it at 27C idle and 41C at full load

MortaniuS · Jan 22, 2001

Man im feeling lucky, my bluecore 1ghz runs solid 1.2 ;-) i can boot at 1300 but its really flaky

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