ECS K7S5A Best Bios high heat

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I have an ECS k7s5a 1.0 board with ami bios 07.00t dated 4/2/01 . The system
locks up after about 1/2 hour from boot when running at CPU/Memory speed of
133/133 with an AMD Palomino XP 2000. Also runs rather hot (50-59 C) at this
speed. I can run it stable at 100/133, but want to get the most out of the
CPU,

I would like to know what the best, stable bios would be for this combo,
also, been a while since I flashed a bios, what is the best safest way to
flash?

Thanks

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"Mark" <analogkid12@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I have an ECS k7s5a 1.0 board with ami bios 07.00t dated 4/2/01 . The
system
> locks up after about 1/2 hour from boot when running at CPU/Memory speed
of
> 133/133 with an AMD Palomino XP 2000. Also runs rather hot (50-59 C) at
this
> speed. I can run it stable at 100/133, but want to get the most out of the
> CPU,
>
> I would like to know what the best, stable bios would be for this combo,
> also, been a while since I flashed a bios, what is the best safest way to
> flash?
>
> Thanks

My two-cents worth: there is no "safe" way to flash. Each time you flash it,
you are taking a risk, especially if the BIOS chip is on an "older" machine.
Over the years, I have flashed different BIOSes on different machines about
ten times. One time on an older machine, I have to send for a replacement
BIOS (there are people who do this for a living; no cheap, though) after
flashing its BIOS. I swore I downloaded the correct version and did all the
right things.

Drive fast, live dangerously, and flash the BIOS.

Cheers,
Al-U