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Originally posted by slack
Ok I just got myself an Athlon 1333 TBird and it rocks against my old Duron 800 :-D
But....I've been having quite a few lockups since installing it (today) a few on the XP desktop, but most in games. The game will just bomb out back to windows as if it had never been running, or on one occasion, just reset my machine altogethor.
So I'm wondering if its either:
a) Ye old KT7A mobo can't handle being at 133FSB (ie its stretching the board to its limit)
b) The CPU needs burning in????  (Dont even know what that means)
c) My power supply (300W Aopen) is just not up to the task
Any ideas much appreciated.
Cheers peeps
Slack |
The KT7A had the revised KT133A, which could actually handle the 133Mhz FSB, so you should be fine at 133. Ignore the crud about burning in the
CPU. Your 300W
PSU should be up to things...
So, that leaves other parts. It's been suggested to check your
RAM and it's settings. If you had a Duron it's possible your
RAM clock was set to
CPU+PCI, which would result in 133MHz for a 100MHz FSB. If you move up to a 133FSB, then you want the
RAM clock to be
CPU.
Given that your FSB is at 133, then the PCI and AGP clocks should be correct. That doesn't really leave very much other than
RAM!
AidanII