KT4 Ultra FSB prob! HELP!

Hey all,
I'm having an issue trying to get my fsb up to 133mhz w/ the kt4 ultra. It sticks at 100. Also it's detecting my processor speed as a 1500 instead of the 2100xp that it is. I hope you guys can help me, it seems like I'm not the only one to have this problem. My other hardware is great, just moved it over from an old computer. I'm still new at this whole msi thing, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Here's my hardware config too. Thanks guys,
Justice
MSI KT4-Ultra BSR
Antec SmartPower 350w Power supply
AMD Athlon XP 2100
Thermaltake CPU fan
512x1 Mushkin PC2100 DDR RAM
WD 40 GB Hard drive
Maxtor 60 GB Hard drive
Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
Linksys NIC card
Lite-on 32x cdrw
Pioneer 16x dvd

Hi,
Did you set in the BIOS - CPU FSB to 133Mhz?
Start read here, most probably is cooler location or thermal grease application, as ur PSU seems OK.

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Sorry but I don't understand what about you are talking.
I'm a french guy.
I reset de MB with the factory default setup.
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Originally posted by wonkanoby
change fsb in bios to 133
read manual

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Ok, the FSB thing is fixed, thanks for the help.
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Overclocking with MSI KT4 ULTRA

Hi,
I'm currently overclocking my XP 1600+ Palomino to just under an XP 2200+. My Idle temp is 39C and 47C at Load. My CPU is still locked and I'm running at 167FSB x 10.5 = 1758Mhz / 334 Mhz DDR. So far this is the highest stable overclock I am able to get with my current config. I want to get up to atleast a FSB of 180 - 185 to give my GeIL 512MB DDR433 PLATINIUM some sort of challenge, but I can't get the board to post at anything higher than 168FSB. Is it my board topping out or my CPU? What kind of overclocks is everyone else getting with their KT4 ULTRAs? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks )

Hehe so u think all is about MHz!!!????
If u think so go and get some education about overklocking!
I have reached 209FSB!!! Thats overkill!
And im running my system now on the min level x9 Multippel.
And that wil give me a damn strong and powerfull system, I can overklock it to reach the MHz frequence to but i dont right now, i must get a new mobo first, MSI is only !!!
Its up, i wil get a ABIT, or EpOX mobo. then i+ll show u :D
Hmm i have a picture if u want.
But i dont know how to make a link to it, becouse i dont have a webpage now.

MSI KT4 Ultra (ms-6590) error's

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5. "Corrupt Media", "Corrupt Installation Files" when installing cd's.
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Regards
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Hi gruberstuber,
It sounds horribly like you're IBM Deskstar may be living up to it's more threatening nickname of DeathStar. These HDDs have a pretty awful history for reliability and from the symptoms you describe, I would be feeling pretty nervous about continuing with it.
Do you have access to another known good HDD at all, preferably from Western Digital or Maxtor? If you do, it would be worth substituting your IBM for one of these and giving that a go. Might work wonders.
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Read ....http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=22&t=000815 .....
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off my folks yesterday i got...
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thanks!!!yes, it really seems to be a power source issue...
i am using a powerline 450W power source, and the smart doctor utility form asus reported a reading of red marked warning 3.12 volts intead of 3.3 volts, also i tested the 3.3 rails using a multimeter while the system was on and capture drivers under conflict and it reported a 3.25 voltage.....i opened the power source's box and clean its dust, and so, the problem is not happening anymore!!.anyway smart doctors is reporting a 3.15 voltage instead of 3.3 (not in red or under warning message)and the multimeter is reporting 3.27. but everything is working fine: capture and tv out fetures while using the processor as an athlon 2800+ for the first time since i bought the motherboard........
the 5 volts line is reported by the multimeter with 4.95 volts after and before the problem was happening, same with smart doctor.
the hardware i used was:
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-asus v8460 for all boards
-same ddr memory for all msi motherboards
since the voltage is still not 3.3 volts reported, even if the entire video card is working fine, and i only cleaned the box, and didn't change anything to its structure, maybe the problem could happen again, i guess i should buy another power source then.
i am very thankful
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Hello all, I have a kt4 ultra and have been experiencing stability problems these past few months. I have an athlon xp 2600+ (333mhz) and whenever I set the fsb to 166mhz in the bios and clock it up to the factory speed, my whole computer shuts down.
Initially I thought it was a power issue, but after testing it with 3 good power supplies (good strong amps), I found that it could be another problem.
It is not a heat issue either because I am running that computer open case. Tested RAM and all seems fine (Crucial ddr).
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