kony wrote:

> 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.

Then you think it will even run at all in spite of that speed conflict? That's my only real concern! I don't really
care if it runs at 950Mhz or 1000Mhz, just so it will work. I didn't want to touch the new mb if it wasn't going to
work and I had to return it.

> 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).

This one has a FSB jumper for 100/133. You may be thinking of 266 FSB which I've seen the KT133A supports in the later
CT-7AIA5 version of this board per: http://www.zen26266.zen.co.uk/CT-7AIA5-page1.htm

> Install floppy drive and run memtest86 to confirm memory
> stability.

I have the PC133 memory so it shouldn't be a problem.

> 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

Thanks again for the great help. If you give the go-ahead, it should be running sometime tomorrow.

Bob