K7T Turbo2 MOBO not supporting processor

Hey all,
Just bought a bunch of new hardware here:
Athlon XP 2100+
MSI K7T Turbo2 MOBO
(plus other stuff that doesn't matter right now...)
My problem is, the BIOS is only reading the processor as being a 1500+ when it boots. The BIOS is the most recent version, everything's up to date, I can't figure out what's going on... ?(
Also, on top of that, I have no sound from the MOBO. It's enabled in the BIOS (onboard sound), and I've attempted to install the VIA AC97 Drivers multiple times, but everytime I try it says, "VIA AC97 PCI Sound is not enabled in the BIOS - please enable it and run the installation again." But like I said, it's already enabled.
Anyone have ANY ideas as to what's goin on? Hopefully the MOBO isn't pooched and there's something we can do about this...
Thanks,
Chad

But it's not even the jumper that's causing the problem - I upped the FSB to 132 MHz (the highest it would allow with J17 still on), and left the multiplier at default (whatever that may be), and the processor is now being recognized as an Athlon XP 2100+. However, when I change the multiplier to 13, which should be the correct setting for a 2100+, the computer refuses to boot, whether the jumper's on or off. In fact, if I set the multiplier to ANY number, the computer refuses to boot. It's only when I leave it on Default that it will boot.
Also, after I removed the jumper and did the above fix, my sound started working... but only for a few minutes. Then the computer crashed and it refuses to work again.
Any other suggestions?
Chad

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X(
It took three weeks of digging, but I finally found out why my MS6330 v5.0 continues to crash when I try to play games on it.
Despite what MSI says about this board supporting the AMD ATHLON XP 2100+, the K7T TURBO2 does not. In fact, AMD doesn't recommend any motherboard that uses 168 pin ram for use with processors XP 2100+ and above.
Needless to say, I'm very disappointed with MSI. I've built my entire system around this motherboard, I bought a gig-and-a-half of PC-133 ram for this computer!
If I hadn't done any homework, and just went out and blindly bought components and hoped it would work, well then I would deserve to have a junk system. However, that is not the case here! I read (before I bought anything) MSI's compatability charts, and I'm well within the parameters stated there.
I just thought that I'd let any potential buyers know this info, so they can save themselves some grief. This seemed to be a very mysterious situation in my previous posts, I have a hard time believing that this forum has never seen problems with this configuation before.

Here is a link to NCP's website:
http://www.hexon.com.sg/hexon_tech/products/desktop_sdram.asp
Also, you should know that I LOVE working with my computer's hardware and other technical components. I don't often find myself with this level of frustration when doing these kind of procedures. Using a methodical step-by-step approach and keeping documentation of these steps usually uncovers the inherent problems of building your own system in a matter of a few hours, perhaps even days... but not months.
As you have suggested, I have, of course started with a barebones system (1 ram, lots, of fans, default bios, 1 hdd-fdd-cdrom) and these problems do not go away, even with the most basic settings.
This is what I've determined by using my AMD Tbird 1.4 CPU on the same motherboard, with the FSB jumper back in: The motherboard is not defective. I can run everything that I'd like to with this different CPU in. Whether the problems I'm seeing with the XP 2100+ are caused by changing the FSB to 133 or not, I'm not certain. However, changing the cpu and the FSB are the only changes that need to be made to see these problems return.
By the way, I can overclock the hell out of my CPU and get my computer to boot too. It just doesn't solve the problems I'm having, so I don't bother -- yet
I've tried a different video card, and I get the same trouble.
I've tried my ram in another system (one at a time and all together) and run memtest86 on it for 25 hours. No trouble there.
My PSU serves up 220 Watts across the 3.3v and 5v outputs. This seems sufficient.
I have a total of 9 high output fans in this system, and my CPU runs at a balmy 56 C while running the distributed.net client. ( I ran it overnight, with no problems)
Obviously, this is a graphics related problem, and adjusting texture detail directly affects the amount of time that passes before the game hangs or crashes. Less is more, if you know what I mean
I've read that this is a known issue with older VIA chipsets. The article was a little dated though, about 18 months ago.
If there is anything that I'm missing, please let me know.
I'll write more details later, if you'd like to help me troubleshoot this problem.

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In the "sticky" troubleshooting post theres a link to determine what harddisks your motherboard support.
The link is:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/hdd_support/hdd/spt_hdd_list.php?CHIP=Archives&ID=4
But it is a dead link. Is there a newer link? I tried searching the MSI web site and can't find the information I need.
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MUCH THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

Since I could not find any good awnser here I e-mailed MSI support and got this awnser.
107-041214025RE: Harddrive limitations on MSI K7T Turbo2 motherboard ?
Question: Does the K7T Turbo2 motherboard have 48Bit harddrive adressing in
BIOS ???
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for contacting MSI Technical Support.
This board supports 48-bit LBA. It can support up to 160G or higher HDD. Please refer to this link for more information about your issue: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q303013 then try again. And you are recommended to use WinXP SP1 or Win2000 SP4.
Please feel free to let us know if you still have any further issues or inquiries.
Best regards,
MSI Technical Support
This means, that the motherboard supports all drives of any size thats out there, and you other people talking about limitations are wrong, as long as the bios has 48bit LBA support the only limitation is by the operatingsystem but not by the hardware.
Reason im posting this is for others to find it so they dont have to ask the MSI support.

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I'm not completely sure, but I have a faint memory of PCB 5 of K7T being the turbo2 version. When in doubt I look at the name of the downloadable manual, which of course agrees with me :
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/manual/mnu/spt_mnu_detail.php?UID=24&kind=1
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The Bios is AW 3.6 which is the latest and greatest.
At boot-up I get processor unknown @ 1533
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I’ve email MSI but so far haven’t received any help.
What am I missing?
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I upgraded my sister's computer for her thinking I was doing her a favor. Anyway.. to make a really long story short... I live in Georgia and my sister lives in Boston. I bought all the pieces (including this mobo I mentioned up above) and a new tower and put it all together. Before I mailed it up to her I hooked it up to my monitor and my boston acoustic desktop speakers. It worked beautiful... no problems. I mailed it out to her and she hooked it all up and she has no sound. I made sure she had it plugged into correct port in the back, and from what she told me she does. I had her go into the sound settings and make sure nothing was muted and nothing was. I even had her go into the device manager to see if there were any conflicts.. and there were no exclamation marks indicating any conflicts.
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1) make sure she has the speakers plugged into the right plug in the motherboard
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K7T Turbo2 mobo support tbred b core cpus??

as the topic states... i'm just curious..
any one know??
H

ok.. thanx...
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and... i kinda want to get the athlon 1700+ tbred b core.. because a) they r cheap, b) they overclock like hell!!
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Installing Audigy Card on K7T Turbo2

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please try out the following cleansweep and
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DRIVER TYPE, click OK. Otherwise, select WDM. You will then be
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BIOS.
- That the on-board gameport is disabled through the BIOS.
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solution.
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Hey all, first time here. I am trying to fix my son's computer for Christmas. His old mobo went dead and I picked up a K7T Turbo2 at the local shop. Details below:
K7T Turbo2 mobo - Award BIOS v6.00PG (W6330VMS v3.7)
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WD 40GB hdd
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AirGator

Just wanted to say thanks for all the help. I foud the problem though. It was a faulty CPU. I know that I had swapped it out with my working AMD 1.4, but for some reason, this one would die once any load was put on it. I took my wife's 1.4 out and the mobo booted.
I just went out to ZipZoomFly (from Pricewatch) and bought two new AMD Athlon XP 1800+'s for $48 each. Hopefully they'll come in quickly and I can get my son's PC back to him before the end of his Christmas break. Thanks again all!
AirGator

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wow....... this is a mirror image of what happened to me almost.... to put it blunty... sounds like mobo is dying... or the cpu is dying.... but ....
did u just build this computer or did this just start up recently??? the mobo has some serious issue of POSTing when it's first installed and i have absolutely no idea why..
also... check your hsf on your cpu and c if it's it mounted properly. another thing.. r u changing anything in the bios???
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Welcome
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Just wanted to say thanks for all the help. I foud the problem though. It was a faulty CPU. I know that I had swapped it out with my working AMD 1.4, but for some reason, this one would die once any load was put on it. I took my wife's 1.4 out and the mobo booted.
I just went out to ZipZoomFly (from Pricewatch) and bought two new AMD Athlon XP 1800+'s for $48 each. Hopefully they'll come in quickly and I can get my son's PC back to him before the end of his Christmas break. Thanks again all!
AirGator

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Hi,
I think that it should be no problem to run Linux with a Turbo2. I think I would wait a few weeks until 9.2 is freely available, btw
You will probably find more information at:
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/
or
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/
Hope this helps,
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