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From: Terry Dwyer on 7 Sep 2007 23:53
El Kapitano wrote:

>
> "Terry Dwyer" <es290(a)ncf.ca> wrote in message
> news:fbnikv$h9m$1(a)theodyn.ncf.ca...
>
>> The board seems to have been intended for an AMDXP1800+ since this
>> is the default BIOS setting; it offers various fsb speeds of 100/33
>> to 227/45
>> & I'm using it at 11.5x167/33 for 1921.09 MHZ with an XP2600+.
>> Reviews on the net indicated the MB is not really suitable for this CPU
>> due to cooling problems which seems to be true since I've seen BIOS
>> temperatures
>> up to 78 C. It has overheating protection according to the manual but
>> there is
>> no BIOS setting for the trip point which has activated during heavy
>> floating
>> operations. This was cured by using a PSU with a side cooling fan.
>>
>> Linux dmidecode shows:
>> BIOS version= ASUS A7V333 ACPI Bios revision 1006
>> BIOS date= 04/17/2002 .
>>
>> The BIOS offers CPU multipliers of 9.5 to 14.0x; I thought the CPU
>> would have
>> been locked but it runs ok at 12.5x167= 2087.5 which corresponds to
>> an XP2800+;
>> as an experiment the 13.0-14.0 multipliers were tried but these gave
>> lower speeds:
>> 13.0x167 -> 835.26
>> 13.5x167 -> 918.76
>> 14.0x167 -> 1002.30 MHZ
>> Is this a BIOS problem given its old date or a CPU quirk?
>>
> I had an A7V333 some time since, one of the things I do remember about
> it was it's truly inaccurate CPU temp reporting, 12 to 15�C over
> IIRC. I think MBM reported the temps more accurately. The later bios'
> supposedly reduced the error but not that I noticed.
>
> If you're in the UK I've got a bios saviour for that board if you want
> it (Free to good home).
>
> 1/2 multipliers on that board where BS! BTW.
>
> Andy H
>
Paul in a previous post gave a good explanation & references to the
multiplier topic.
I have installed the latest BIOS & the multipliers > 12.5 have been
deleted; also
adjustable overheating trip points have been added but the BIOS
temperture shown
has increased from 65 to 75 C; the board temperature at 38 C looks
reasonable.
The ADA32 program shows TEMPS of the thermal diode & Cpu as 75/56 C
so I assume the BIOS must be using the diode reading as the trip point.

Terry D.
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