Kt3 Ultra2, problems with 1700+ Thoro CPU at 166Mhz

hi,
Now i have a MSI KT3-Ultra2 mobo rev 1.0 ( 1.0A ) and a AMD XP 1700+ Thoro ( 0.13 ) unloked by defaulf by AMD.
My DDR is NANYA PC333.
My bios rev is 5.6
My CPU is setted at 166x9 and the DDR is not in overclock, but in SPD specifics.
My bios setting are that one in this help:
here
First time with my bad bios settings, during the windows2000 installation, i had a lot of read-cd rom errors, files don't found, found not certificated Ms ecc...
I changed the bios settings as the giude UP, and i had no more problems during the cd read durind installation, but after that the setup install the network ( 5 or 10 minutes after while finisching windows 2000 installation ) my sistem lock every time    
why this ? Is the pcb 1.0A not good with fsb at 166Mhz ?
Please help me....
i heared that for fsb at 166Mhz i need the PCB 1.0a1 is it true ?

Hi,
Your CPU is only 133....
Overclocking the bus won't work with all 133FSB CPU's....

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