Overclocking a duron, Can't use 133mhz bus!?

Afrochops

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I've had a duron 650 in my machine overclocked to 900 for the past 10 months and I really like it but I cannot get the sys to post at 133 no matter what I do. I've yanked every component except the video card and tried each of my 2 sticks of pc133 ram by themselves and its still a nogo. Is there a gate on the processor that i need to close to achieve 133? any ideas. thanks in advance to any replies.
a.c.

ps.my specs are listed under my profile i think...
 

DaejangNim

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i bet you forgot to change the ram speed from HOST+PCI CLOCK to just HOST CLOCK, your ram is probably running @ 166 which it can't do, all i did was change that setting when i got my kt133a mobo, its an unlocked duron 600, i went from 10x100(1000mhz) to 6x133(800mhz). it runs faster @ 800mhz with the 266 fsb than it did @ 1gig with the 200fsb.
 

mstudd

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This question is too hard to answer, you have given no info whatsoever, not even motherboard type.
We would love to help you, just give us some info.
 

Afrochops

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Sorry guys, I've been reading these forums for quite some time, I just haven't posted often.
specs
kt7-raid(the original flavah)
duron 650
pc133 generic stick of 256mb
radeon 32ddr
sblive 5.1
win98se

anyother pertinent details?

i'm going to try the host clock thing.
 

BlueScreenVW

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The KT7-RAID board you (and I) have can't run above about 110 MHZ FSB. You need a KT7A for that.
EDIT: Make sure you get the most out of it by studying the BIOS optimization guide here.
 

DarkMajiq

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Like BlueScreenVW said, the KT7-RAID is incapable of hitting those speeds, you need a motherboard based on the KT133A chipset (the A is important), such as the KT7A-RAID, Asus A7V133, Iwill KK266, etc...

The other option is one of the DDR chipsets, such as the AMD 760, ALi MaGiK1 or VIA KT266... But those also require DDR RAM.
 

Stanman

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I don't know what you are doing there but a 650 running at 133 is 866 mhz. I have had several run ok at that speed in generic boards with no problens. :D