AMD 2000XP and ECS K7S5A

[vfr1000]

I have just bought an ECS K7S5A revision 1 m/board, an AMD 2000XP CPU and 512 PC133 SDRAM chip. Problem: with the BIOS clock speeds set for 100/100 for the CPU and memory the machine boots and works fine. However, obviously this is only allowing the CPU to show as a 1250mhz chip. When I change the BIOS to 133/133 to use the full 2000XP power then I can't even boot beyond BIOS. In fact it blanks out immediately and I have to reset the CMOS via the jumper. The BIOS defaults to 100/100, I reboot, and I get asked for F1 key for setup but at the same time a message is displayed indicating that the CMOS battery is low and the CMOS memory is low.

Question: does the 2000XP run with 133 memory or should I spend more and get the DDR memory? OR is it that the BIOS needs reflashing - its showing 040201 as its date.

 

[lwj81]

the 2000xp runs on 266mhz fsb,so you will need ddr memory.you may have to flash the bios to get it to recognize the xp.

 

[killian2]

I've had tons of headaches with this motherboard. Search old posts and you should find some valuable info/links on what the problems might be.

 

[mjs]

I think that this motherboard should work set an 133/133, because, it was going projected for this. Maybe your memory don't be supported the clock of 133 Mhz, check this. Or try update the BIOS for new version. ;-)

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[peteb]

see <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=faq&notfound=1&code=1" target="_new">this</A> thread

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[lpenix]

hi go to ocworkbench.com they have a huge section on this motherboard.

I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE,,<--- comes out of the closet screaming i am an AMD bieocth fan boy..