**What are the best performance K7S5a bios settings?**

[Peyton]

What is the best performance settings for the memory?While im at it what is the best settings for all of the bios settings?
I have the CPU fsb set at 138 and it seems to be running just fine.Ill leave it there for awile to see how it goes.I have 512MB of Crucial DDR if it matters.
What are the 2T and the other memory settings for,what do they do?
Thanks,I looked around but couldnt find any info on these settings,but I want tolearn what all the bios settings mean.
Thanks!

 

[Buz2b]

Alot of what you will want to set in your BIOS is going to depend on the quality of your components; especially RAM. Here is a decent guide to assist you initially. You might also want to check out this other Forum.

 

[NetGuySC]

I am also looking for some good bios settings for the K7S5A

I have it with AMD 1400...I have random reboots at the 133/133 settings.

Only when I lower it to 100/100 (1050 hz instead of 1400) does my system become stable, so I figure that is may be a memory settings.

Any help from anyone?

 

[AskMeADeal]

Oh, my god, i had the same problem but even more serious. Now it rebooted every time right after i login/or even before i login.

 

[Peyton]

<< Alot of what you will want to set in your BIOS is going to depend on the quality of your components; especially RAM. Here is a decent guide to assist you initially. You might also want to check out this other Forum. >>


Thanks for the sites thats exactly what I was looking for.Thanks for taking your time to reply!
I didnt realize they were still posting on the ECS topic over at OC.But the other link is new to me.GREAT!
I never have any reboots or shut downs with mine.I have the 1200MHZ athlon Tbird.512 MB Crucial DDR ram soundblaster live x-gamer,and gainwrad mx300 64 mb video.
Im running the fsb at 150,so far so good.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Best settings
-Memory timings: Ultra
-All other RAM timings should be as low as you can since they are latencies
-Make sure that your HD and your CD/DVD-ROM are in PIO mode 5, they get kicked down to the highest setting they are rated for anyways

As for the random reboot problems, do you have a good PS? (350W high-quality is recommended with this board) it is a very important factor because he board is very picky.

-Ice

 

[NetGuySC]

I think I just found my problem....I am running Crucial PC1600 DDR ram.

Isn't this designed for 100hz fsb? and don't I have to run my AMD 1400 on a 133hz fsb to reach 1400hz.

I better buy some pc2100 memory...maybe this will stop all of the rebooting on XP

 

[SoundBoy]

Your overclocking your mem by 33%. Maybe if you choose some thing like Normal timings and CAS 3, you can get your system stable.