K7T266 Pro and Tbred cores

Hey everyone,
I have a good ole K7T266 Pro ver. 1 and I just bought a new processor after my old one burned up in an unrelated computer. I check the msi website a few months ago and saw that the Athlon XP was supported. Unfortunately, I didn't know things had changed since then and there was a difference between .18 and a .13. And, of course, I didn't find out there was a difference till after my order shipped. The proc I recieved was a 1.5v 1700+ 266fsb.
I've seen the other posts about the K7t266 Pro2 RU but I don't know if that info can relate to my board anyway. My BOIS does allow for voltages down to 1.55 (or 1.57) and it is a 266 board. It seems like it should be able to run it but no luck so far. I'm hesitant to try anything to the processor because I haven't heard from AMD if they will just trade me a .18 for the .13 that i have. If I knew on that, one way or the other, it would be cool. Of course my motherboard has been out of warranty for some time, so thats free for modifications. When i insert the new processor it doesn't register with the mobo (i.e. the D-LED is in the red, red, red, red state). I don't let it sit for too long but nothing appears to get hot and the proc stays cool.
If anyone has any insight to this it would be greatly appriciated. Thanks alot.

By the way, I have the built in RAID on my board. Also, my PSU is rated at 300W with 3.3v@20A and +5V@30A.

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Originally posted by backwoodz
You should post this in the VIA forums........If was me I would first swap the nic card to a differnt slot and try to stop the sharing of videos irq.....secondly try relaxing your memory timings to the most laxed setting
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(Originally posted to wrong group)
Hello everyone. I have been experiencing a problem for some time now regarding lockups and crashes caused by my video card, which vary in severity depending on the driver version used. Since I'm using an MSI K7T266 Pro Raid mobo (version 1) I thought I'd post my question here.
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