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I'm using the 1.4 with a K7S5APro no problems.I was using the K7S5A but it
went belly up when my power supply blew(chicken or the egg?).Capacitators
bulging.New board seems stable after 2 weeks with 400w Allied PS..None of
the lost cmos errors I have heard on this board.Of course I got it from
Newegg($42) just in case.The old board lasted 2.5 years,hope this one lasts
as long.I'll probably pop in a 2.4XP as soon as prices bottom out.By the way
the 1.4 runs at 40 idle 45-47 load with two case fans upper back lower front
and Speeze "WhisperRock II" CPU Cooler.
"Smoker" <nospam@x.y> wrote in message
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> "Rich Webb" <bbew.ar@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote in message
> news:dkli70hbu0bb295i1rta71djtli5ch7lvn@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 05:43:48 GMT, "Smoker" <nospam@x.y> wrote:
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> > >
> > >"Bernie" <bernimlg@centurytel.net> wrote in message
> > >news:7uOdnc4pXO4aPOrd4p2dnA@centurytel.net...
> > >> HI guys,
> > >>
> > >> I hope you can help me with this one, I bought the k7s5a mb with 1.4
> > >> athlon on it. I've been having this for a month, my problen is its
> > >> constantly crashing and when it reboot it says "CMOS MEMORY SIZE
> WRONG".
> > >>
> > >> Is there anybody of you guys familiar with this, what can i do t fix
> this.
> > >>
> > >A lot of people running a 1.4 Tbird on K7S5A can't use newer BIOSes and
> find
> > >the Nov.21, 2001 BIOS to work best.
> >
> > Just curious but what is it about the "newer BIOSes" that prevents their
> > being used successfully with the 1.4 Tbird (aka "the space heater")?
> >
> > --
> Changes had to be made to the board in order to qualify for AMD's list of
> approved mobos for the XP processor. The K7S5A was on AMD's list prior to
> the XP and when it came out the board was dropped. It seems as though ECS
> quit paying attention to Athlon and Duron users and concentrated on making
> the board work for XP and the same with their BIOS updates. A newer BIOS
can
> cause various problems if you're using a Tbird, especially a 1.4 and the
> problems go away when you reflash to an older version. For most of us the
> newest BIOS we can use is the Nov 21, 2001.
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