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Bud
5 Dec 2003, 6:46am
k guys i have an ecs k7s5a pro with a 1900+. 256 pc2100 generic from compaq system. I was wondering is there any hope of overclocking?
pseudonym
5 Dec 2003, 6:54am
Not if it still has the bios supplied by Compaq.
Bud
5 Dec 2003, 6:57am
no i meant ram is generic 256mb pc2100 from compaq
SimGuy
5 Dec 2003, 6:58am
What type of cooling do you have on that 1900?
Bud
5 Dec 2003, 7:01am
its a Zalman CNPS6000-Cu with a thermaltake fan from compusa.
SimGuy
5 Dec 2003, 7:01am
It's this board, right? :)

Check this out: ECS K7S5A Overclocking Guide (http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/k7s5aguide/OVERCLOCKING.htm) & ECS K7S5A General Guide (http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/k7s5aguide/)
Bud
5 Dec 2003, 7:04am
mines the pro which is more of a purple
SimGuy
5 Dec 2003, 7:09am
Well, I know on the K7S5A you can change the FSB speed in the BIOS, but I'm not sure about the overclocking features of the Pro version.

What's the difference?
Mt_Goat
5 Dec 2003, 4:55pm
For the Pro version you will need this bios (http://www.ocworkbench.com/2003/bios/ecs/k7s5apro/Chb0120f.zip) and it is for with or without LAN and Fastwrites are enabled. I used it on my wife's old machine and it worked well with PC2100 to 143fsb. After that you will start running into corruption errors due to the system bus being too high for the HDD controller. You will also need the AMI Flash utility (http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/flash_ami.htm) for flashing the bios.
seversphere
5 Dec 2003, 6:28pm
pin mod to a higher multiplier is also an option.
Bud
8 Dec 2003, 2:40am
on the link for the flash utility it says format floppy with copy system files checked. im using xp and win server 2003 and when i try to format a floppy they dont list that option. any clues guys?
seversphere
8 Dec 2003, 8:03am
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

use the win98