Asus A7V

[Astragalo]

This is not aproblem, is just a question.
I have an ASUS A7V motherboard whith a AMD Athlon thunderbird 1Ghz micro and i want to know if its posible to upgrade to a faster micro, if it so, which one an how faster it could be, or how can i tweak my micro to accelerate it.
Thank you.

 

[RCPilot]

1.2 or 1.3 CPU is where the 100 FSB left off. The 1.33 is a 266 FSB. You have a 100 FSB MOBO.

Honey, what's that smell? Don't bother me now I'm working on my computer! OOPS!

 

[ChipDeath]

didn't they make a 1.4Ghz 100FSB Thunderbird? Not too sure, but I think I've heard/read about them somewhere.

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[RCPilot]

Not sure, but it's real limited.

Honey, what's that smell? Don't bother me now I'm working on my computer! OOPS!

 

[phsstpok]

Yup it's possible but it may involve some work.

I put an Tbred B XP1700+ mod'd to XP2400+ in a Abit KT7 (not KT7A) and it ran at 20 * 100 = 2000 Mhz (~XP2400+).

It should be do-able with an A7V which has the same chipset as my KT7 but I'd try a XP2400+ or even an XP2100+. Good chance of it working without mods. Just make sure you use a Tbred B.

Here are some resources for running Tbreds in old mobos.

<A HREF="http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/" target="_new">Wes Newell's Homepage</A>

<A HREF="http://www.beachlink.com/candjac/TbredDecode0.htm" target="_new">John Carcich's Tbred multiplier decoding (includes the remap tables)</A>

<A HREF="http://www.beachlink.com/candjac" target="_new">John Carcich's homepage (has everything you wanted to know about overclocking Athlons)</A>

Also try these newsgroups.

alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd

If you don't have a newsreader (I don't) you can access the newsgroups through Google Groups, http://google.groups.com (sorry, hot link doesnt work).

I don't know if these will work if you aren't registered.

<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&group=alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus" target="_new">Asus newsgroup</A>
<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd" target="_new">AMD Overclocking newsgroup</A>

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p.s. The fastest you can go depends on some luck but the highest remapped multiplier discovered is 24x. At 24 * 100 you'd be running at 2400 Mhz (~XP3000+).

100 and even 133 Mhz SDRAM memory will really limit performance but it's still possible to run this high speed.



<b>56K, slow and steady does not win the race on internet!</b><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by phsstpok on 07/02/03 10:36 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[kinney]

I think the 1.4 thunderbird is the fastest it will take stock.

Athlon 1700+, Epox 8RDA (NForce2), Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 80GB 8MB cache, 2x256mb Crucial PC2100 in Dual DDR, Geforce 3, Audigy, Z560s, MX500

 

[pIII_Man]

you have to remember though even if you get lets say a 2ghz processor that is supposed to run at 166mhz fsb...even if you run it at 20x100 you won't get nearly the same performance as if the proc was running at 166mhz fsb...because the memory bandwith just wouldn't be there.