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i need your help guys. I have a MSI K7T Turbo 2 board. Very good..but very peculiar. When i leave a jumper (j17) on my board it sets the default cpu clock to 100mhz, and i get a speed of 1ghz. (so i take it that the cpu clock ratio is 10). When i unjumper the board so the cpu can run at 133mhz (and it can support this..well that's written on the chip). I can't boot in xp or 2000. Not even DOS runs ok w/ it like this. I have an AMD athlon. And the mem chip is a Kingston 256mb pc133. Why can't I run at my real potential of 1.3ghz..why am i stuck at 1ghz..I've tried playing around w/ the BIOS but no such luck. I even upgraded my BIOS to 6..(MSI give users of it's boards that nice feature)..there must be a way to get it to run at 133mhz...please help!!!
i dont believe a 1.3mhz amd actually runs at 1.3mhz . i know an amd 1600+ only hits 1.37mhz so check into that first .
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I have the same chip, it is an Athlon 1.33GHz not an Athlon XP1300+ right? My power supply isn't capable of providing the power to boot up with everything maxed out. That is why it does not matter what operating system you are running. If your BIOS lets you increment your bus speed try going for like ~120MHz FSB speed. If you want try buying a ~400W PS from a reputable manufacturer and see what happens.
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when i search for a 1.33 mhz amd all i can find is a 1300+ . so like i said look into it but you can turn off the auto detect in the bios and overclock it to that im sure but that is at your own risk. i dont recommend overclocking.
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thanx for the response guys. Joe, your response may have some merit to it..i need to check that out. I'm at 350watts now. Cold613, i don't know man...it should be able to run when unjumpered . it is 1333mhz and not 1300. I can change the cpu clock and ratio in the BIOS but not the FSB. Both your responses I'll look into...but they sound too simple..then again sometimes simplicity works. This board is sooooo! peculiar. I just have a hunch that it has sum'n to do w/ not being clocked right. I've tried altering cpu clock and ratio (down and up)..still won't work. only works when the jumper is on so it's cpu clock is fixed at 100mhz (u can try to change it in the bios but it won't work when u restart. And i think most cpu's ratios are fixed anyway). My ratiomis 10.What's the d/f between amd 1333 and amd 1300 (athlons) anyway????
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This may be irrelevent but I have the MSI KT7266 Pro (MS-6830) and an Athlon 1800+.
I can't get any OS to boot when I set the FSB to 133Mhz which is what that CPU is supposed to use. I suspect the cpu may be the problem. I ran a 1700+ for 6 months on that board without any problem using 133Mhz FSB. MSI has a forum you can check out at http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_service/forum/ click the Socket A link on the page. Good Luck!
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I had a similar problem with an asus mb. I had to change the S2K slew rate in the bios to 1 instead of 0. Maybe there is something like that in your bios.
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The difference between a 1333MHz amd and a 1300+ amd is marketing. AMD was losing business to Intel because their clock speeds were lower for the same actual performance from the chip, and most buyers assumed bigger number = better performance. So they introduced the XP line with the 1###+ designations to show the average buyer a better comparison. My XP 2000+ runs at 1.67GHz, but performs about the same as a 2GHz P4. So if your chip were an XP this would be the reason for the lower speed, but since it isn't this whole post is just an FYI =)
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Dude, it's because the motherboard don't
support 266 mhz FSB (133x2), only
200 mhz FSB (100x2). The above is probably
because you got an economy motherboard
and not a motherboard at least closer to
$100 dollars. You *must* get a better
motherboard or get a 200 mhz FSB version
of the Athlon T-Bird 1.3 ghz processor.
They are harder to find, so you may be required to get the Duron version.
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Sheldon,
I'm not sure what the FSB is on the 1333mhz processor, either 200fsb or 266fsb. I believe it's 266fsb. Try setting the jumper for 133fsb, start the computer, enter the BIOS then set the Clock Multiplier to 10. (10 x 133fsb = 1330)
(13.33 x 100fsb = 1333)http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_1274_759,00.html
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Sheldon,
I don't think the motherboard is the problem, it supports both 200 & 266.
Also a 350w power supply should be more than adequate.http://www.msicomputer.com/product/search_result.asp
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Bugspop1, ur right..the board supports both fsb. says so in the manual. Chris, I tried that theory bro..unjumperd it so it can go 1333mhz and went into the bios..changed from default to clock ratio of 10. Same prob...i'll try it agian to make sure though. Randy, my board can take 266mhz..so that ain't the prob bro. It seems to be a common prob w/ users of this board. Saw a couple forums on MSI's website complaining about the exact same thing.
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