VIA KT400A will not support 400 FSB [Archive]

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MediaMan

26 Jun 2003, 11:23pm

I have discovered that the KT400A Chipset will not support AMD 400FSB processors even though the boards themselves may be capable of setting 400 FSB by the BIOS or by DIP switches.

One motherboard manufacturer confirms that this is not the fault of the motherboard but that of VIA.

Presently the KT400A chipsets support up to AMD 300+ 333 FSB processors. An AMD 3200+ 400 FSB processor was unable to boot on two KT400A chipset boards. It would boot at a 166 (333) setting.

KT600 motherboards due on the market very soon allegedly support the 400 FSB processors like the AMD 3200+.

danball1976

26 Jun 2003, 11:42pm

I specifically remember them producing the KT400A so that it would support the 400FSB. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

At least my next board will be a nForce based

Thrax

26 Jun 2003, 11:46pm

And as Al Kaline, announcer of the Detroit Tigers used to say:

"And it's loooooooooooooooooong goooooooooooone."

Such is VIA.

mmonnin

27 Jun 2003, 12:09am

MM I thought you said that in a review or something you did on a Kt400A board. It offers a lil bit of improvement but its pretty much worthless compared to nForce2.

WuGgaRoO

27 Jun 2003, 1:05am

cmon dudes.. VIA is not a bad company at all

MediaMan

27 Jun 2003, 3:38pm

mmonnin said
MM I thought you said that in a review or something you did on a Kt400A board. It offers a lil bit of improvement but its pretty much worthless compared to nForce2.

I don't think those were my exact words. :) The KT400A chipset hasn't impressed me. If it is meant to compete against NFORCE2...it doesn't but remember the scores are very close.

Omega65

28 Jun 2003, 1:13am

Via said all along that the KT400A would only support DDR400 memory speeds, but not FSB400.

The (now in production) KT600 will support FSB400 along with DDR400

<a href=http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=581>Epox KT600 Preview</a>

mmonnin

28 Jun 2003, 1:46am

nForce 2 > Kt600

Omega65

28 Jun 2003, 3:21am

mmonnin said
nForce 2 > Kt600

NF2 > KT600 > KT400a > KT400

The KTxxx series are still good boards however. You can't find a NF2 board with an HPT Raid Controller unfortunately.

MediaMan

28 Jun 2003, 11:51pm

DFI added RAID 1.5 which is the best of both worlds Raid0 and Raid 1.

Disvengeance

17 Jul 2003, 12:57am

yeah i know, i bought a dfi lanparty kt400a mobo, and i found out that it wouldnt support the 400 mhz fsb, so i had to buy a athlon 3000+ insead of the 3200+, no biggy though, it saved me like 100 dollars, but the fact that dfi included the raid 1.5 capabilities made up for that