Running an Athlon at 266?

[Torghn]

I have an Epox 8kta3 motherbord and a 1.2Ghz Tbird. How do I get it to run at a 266 Mhz bus speed? It is a 266 Tbird as the multiplier is set to 9 (locked), I have the motherbord set to auto detect, but it is only running it at 100Mhz (200 DDR) so the chip is only running at 900Mhz. Does any one know how to fix this?

Edit: The Epox 8kta3 motherbord runs on a Via KT133A chip set so it can run at 133Mhz.

 

[Scouzer]

Sure, just goto the BIOS and set the FSB to 133 and change the AGP and PCI modifiers accordingly.

 

[Torghn]

The highest option in the Bios is 120, for some reason the motherbord thinks the chip is only 100 and doesn't give 133 as a option.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Isn't there a jumper on the mobo to toggle it between 100 and 133 MHz?

 

[Torghn]

No, it's all in the bios, and it's really starting to confuse me.

 

[soulm4tter]

read this





<< Furthermore, the FSB speeds are broken into two ranges, the first one between 100 and 120 MHz, and the second one between 124 and 166MHz. You will have to set a specific jumper on the motherboard in order to choose the desired range of FSB speeds. >>

 

[Torghn]

Thanks, there was a jummper, I just didn't pay enough attention.

Thank