On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:09:45 -0700, Robert Heiling
<robheil@comcast.net> wrote:


>> Here's one for $40, there may be others if you look around
>> the 'net.
>> http://www.targetpcinc.com/Details.a...mID=2485&Res=2
>>
>> I"m not claiming it's a great board, but rather I have no
>> experience with it and generally avoid Chaintech. Even so,
>> $40 less with option to return it if it doesn't work right
>> seems a worthwhile risk.
>
>and yet another question! As mentioned in another post, I ordered the Chaintech board above that you found at
>TargetPC, it has arrived, and I've got everything apart and am ready to drop the cpu & memory into the new board
>and install it. However, before I do .....
>
>The new board is the CT-7AIA and has a KT133 (note: not a KT133A) chipset and Socket A. Its included manual says:
>"Supports AMD Socket A processors up to 950MHz". My cpu is 1000Mhz (1GHz and I read on another review site of a
>different board that: "As with any other Socket A based board, the issue of CPU multiplier selection is locked
>after by the CPU itself with an internally locked multiplier."). I've been so used to seeing the websites give
>Socket A claims of up to 1.2GHz & 1.5GHz that I didn't realize that the TargetPC site didn't mention cpu speed at
>all. In fact, my old board, which is also KT133 claims support for 500MHz to 1GHz. Is it possibly the case that
>950MHz was the fastest Athlon out at the time they wrote that manual and that it will actually support 1GHz? or am
>I in trouble?

Yes that is possible.
Install the CPU, video and memory for the time being.
When it posts, note what the board reports for CPU.
If necessary (and possible) adjust bios settings or onboard
jumpers to accomodate your CPU- keeping in mind that KT133
(non-"A") does not support 133FSB (I dont recall the
particularly of your system at this time and I'd deleted the
original post).

Install floppy drive and run memtest86 to confirm memory
stability. Memtest86 will display the CPU frequency too
even if the BIOS POST screen misidentifies the CPU. Trust
memtest86's report over the BIOS report, BUT also you can
later run a windows CPU ID tool to confirm operational
frequency. For example, "WCPUID" would tell you, as would
"CPU-Z", http://www.cpuid.org/download/cpu-z-129.zip