How far can a K7S5A Pro go?

mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
edited August 2003 in Hardware
I have a K7S5A Pro I that Geeky1 bought for me. I know the CPU is good for much more than the RAM or mobo can do. I have some PC133 in there atm.

I was wondering how far this motherboard will go. 145-150?

I heard about a hacked OCing BIOS for this motherboard as well? I dont see many overclocking options in the BIOS other than setting CPU to 166 with RAM at 133.

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Hacked BIOS allows various levels of FSB overclocking control.

    You'll get about 145 out of it.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2003
    Thats 1.666 GHz which will do til Christmas when I can ask for a new motherboard.

    I dont suppose its hosted on the ECS website? Anyone have a link?
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited August 2003
    go to www.ocworkbench.com and search for K7S5A but make sure you get the Pro version!
    mmonnin said

    I dont suppose its hosted on the ECS website? Anyone have a link?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited August 2003
    Thrax, just out of curiosity- do you know why it would max out @ ~145, when there's an option in the BIOS for 166?
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited August 2003
    I'll answer this one:

    The onboard timer of the K7S5A is rather ill-designed to reach a speed of 166. However, people have removed this timer from other mobos, and replaced the K7S5A's with it. After such an operation, people have gotten the board to reach 166 (CPU/MEM permitting).

    It's a rather delicate procedure, btw.
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