Overclocking XP 1700+ w/ K7T266 PRO2 Settings

Hello,
Has anyone successfull overclocked an Athlon XP 1700+(Palomino) with a K7T266 PRO2 motherboard? If so what are the settings and has it been successful? I have Crucial 256MB DDR PC2100 installed with a Visiontek GeForce3 Titanium card.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kind Regards,
rhyno68

Yes, I have the same mobo...In that date, I had an xp 1700+ palomino core, the only way to overclock that cpu, with decent mhz, is to cut the l1 bridges...This mobo only is stable at 144fsb with 2.7 vdim, at 143fsb it does not require more vdim.
I reached 1600mhz with that cpu...I little advice; If you want a lots of mhz, yo have to buy the same cpu, but with tbred core..yo can reach easily 600mhz extra for sure.

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BIOS SETTINGS optimization with K7T266 PRO2 v.2.0

Hye,
Can someone tell me what are the best settings for my BIOS (AMIBIOS) with my MB MSI K7T266 PRO2 v.2.0.[/u]
My BIOS is an AMIBIOS, v.3.7 (released date 10/14/2002)...
My specifications:
-Graphic card: "GECUBE" ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 256MB
-HDD: Seagate BARRACUDA ATA V 120Go
-ATHLON XP 1700+ (1.5GHz)
-DVD reader + CD Writer
Thanks!!!

http://forums.pcper.com/showindex.php?s=&threadid=124482

Have the K7t266 Pro2 -RU suport for Thoroughtbred 1700+ ?

as the topic says suports the K7t266 Pro2 -RU Thoroughtbred 1700+?
edit: sorry for my english :(
grateful for answear
/Kaktus

Yes it works. But you have to do the Bas's C37 Mod for it to work. I did it last week and will guarantee it works with the 1700+ Tbred A/B

K7T266 PRO2 RU constant freezing! need help!

Ok, after two weeks reading every thread in this forum that has this word "K7T266" on it, i decided to write these lines:
My good k7t266 pro2 ru stopped working a few weeks ago, i thought it was the cpu processor (athlon 1800+, i think thorougbred), the thing is that windows xp gots freeze randomly, i have reinstalled almost 10 times, trying everytime different bios combinations (version 3.3 through 3.7) and different settings (the ones written in some tweak/perfomance threads here), i have also tried three different power supplys (250W,350W and 400W) (amps always exceeded your recomendations on other threads), i also have tried different memorys in different combinations (1 bank, 2 banks, etc), tried too 2 different video cards (gforce 4200ti 128mb from evga and a gf4 440mx from excalibur i think), i have removed every other card (nic, usb connectors, etc), also have tried with a different hard disk (40 gb and 60 gb from maxtor and western digital). Tried cleaning and adding new thermal paste to the HSF (is the one that comes with the cpu), tried connectin the cpu fan to the power supply, tried with a different cpu (athlon 1300, palomino i think). I dont remember what else i tested, oh, i have it totally "naked" (no case) , i can send you pictures of it , oh, another thing i tried different via drivers (none, 4.43 and 4.49) , and windows xp has sp1. Ok, i dont remember anything else by now, i am buying a kt6 delta (i saw bas loved it) it must arrive this tuesday but i dont want to throw the k7t266 to the trash, it seems to me that there is some bad capacitor (they dont look abnormal, i have fixed msi boards with blown and inflated capacitors before). Ok , i just wanted to know that i really need your help here, dont know what else to say. Thanks a lot for your answers. :(

Ok, i am not at home to test the voltage thing that h2O proposed (i tried once but was afraid of burning cpu and memory, these things arent cheap in venezuela), and about the temps, they were around 40 (idle) and 50 (playing battlefield1942) (it's very hot in my room), that's why i got the board undressed (no case at all, just PS) . H2O , can you please help me with the voltage thing ? which values are safe and can be tested? tomorrow i will have the kt6 delta but i still want to know if the k7t266 can be used or sold.
Other things
- i have cleared cmos everytime i changed settings proposed here.
- i have clean installed xp (format c: partition) , BTW it sometimes got freeze during the first stages at installation , specially if i set FSB to 133.
- i did not tried to overclock (too hot and too expensive to try, i can not afford and/or find a better cooling device (water, best fan, etc)).
Again, i would really appreciate any help you can give to this poor bastard ;(
PS: sorry for my english, it's not my native language.

K7t266 pro2 ru freeze

Hello.
I purchased this motherboard on 2002.
This is my config:
Hardware:
Mobo MSI 6380 k7t266 pro2 ru (via kt266a chipset)
CPU AMD Athlon 1800+ Palomino core (no overclock)
RAM Kingston DDR PC2100/266 MHz (no overclock)
Videocard Triplex Millennium Silver Geforce 4 Ti 4200 64 Mb Ram (no overclock)
Analog TV card miroMEDIA PCTV
Digital Satellite TV Card Hauppauge Nexus-s (has mpeg2 hardware decoder onboard)
sound card CMI/C-media 8338 4ch (mobo's internal AC97 disabled)
ISDN TA card Asuscom PCI internal P-IN-100 ISDNLink
Software:
Microsoft XP SP2 slipstreamed, totally "windowsupdated"
Via drivers 4-in-1 "Hyperion" 4.51 installed (latest)
Promise FastTrak 100 Raid controller Driver 2.0.0.0 (latest)
Nvidia drivers Detonators 56.72 WHQL installed (not latest but working very well)
C-media driver for 8738/c3dx 5.12.1.0 (forced but perfectly working! and latest)
Bt 848 generic BtPCI WDM drivers (for the miroMEDIA PCTV, but tried even with pinnacle 4.* VFW drivers and 5.* WDM drivers)
Hauppauge Drivers 2.18c (latest)
The problem is this:
when i'm watching tv, from the analog or the digital card, if i do something on one of the hard disks (on the raid or not, ntfs or not), like transfer file, search a file, or something very HEAVY that requires high data rates on the hdds, the system freezes, EVERYTIME!
I read on this forum about the pci latency unofficial patch by george i-dun-remember-who, but even installing it, it didn't help.
What i must do? The system works not so bad in other situations, so how can i fix this problem?
I get mad when the system freeze 'cause i need to hard-reset everytime and i think this can do damage on xp files :(
Please, if anyone has this same problem and fixed it, help me!!!
Thanks in advance.

Hi there.
@Fredrik Åsenius:
Look, i was wrong about cas latency, it was 2,5 set by SPD, not 2. For the HD disks, they are ALL cooled by fans of 4x4 or 5x5 (cm), that i obviously clean regularly, so you can understand that i touched they with the finger and they are kinda at ambient temp.
Anyway, this are the pci card placings:
Slot 1 -> empty
Slot 2 -> miroMedia PCTV card
Slot 3 -> Asuscom ISDN TA card
Slot 4 -> C-media/CMI 8338 audiocard
Slot 5 -> Hauppauge Nexus-s DVB-S TV card
More infos: like i said in the first post, I ever installed from the beginning, that means when i fresh installed xpsp2, the "PCI Latency timer patch" from George Breese (now i remember him ^^) from this page http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/#PCI, but didn't help.
Actually i followed the hint from MGP, and a little more, so i tried to enable wait states, delayed transactions and stuff, and disable fastwrite, low agp x factor (from 4x to 2x), even highen PCI Latency timer in the BIOS to 248, the maximum, and seems that the situation is better, i tried to watch tv (from the Nexus-s with Progdvb) and do a search on all my hd, the system didn't freezed and the video didn't glitched as before. Only when i ran the PC Alert's Cooler XP, continuing watching dvb-s tv and continuing searching, the system freezed. Well, a little better but i'm investigating some more: i was asking and googling if there's a PCI test bench software but had no luck, a guy from irc told me to try Sandra and Aida. Actually i tried Sandra, the latest, and read about the pci card infos.
I found an interesting thing: not all pci card have the same PCI Latency timer, there are some that has a personal entry. I googled for PCI Latency timer again and found a program named PCI Latency Tool 3, that let you set every card's timer separately. This program shows exactly the same settings as Sandra, so i'm sure that is good working ^^
Actually i reset the timer at the default entry, 64, and this is the entry list of every card's PCI Latency timer:
miroMEDIA PCTV -> 64
Asuscom ISDN -> 16
C-media/CMI 8338 card -> 64
Hauppauge Nexus-s -> 255
This are the timings of the other pci related and mobo integrated devices:
CPU to PCI bridge -> 0
PCI to AGP bridge -> 0
PCI to ISA bridge -> 0
Controller IDE VIA BusMaster -> 32
Promise Fasttrak 100 Raid ctrl -> 32
Microstar (NEC) USB 2.0 ctrl -> 64
Nec Usb ctrl 1 -> 64
Nec Usb ctrl 2 -> 64
And finally this is the timing of the AGP card:
Nvidia geforce 4 ti 4200 agp4x -> 248
I dunno if there's something wrong so i didn't changed anything, but i think that's the Nexus-s timing is really high and over the maximum allowed by the mobo, so can be this the problem cause... if not i dunno where to hit my head
@ osnavi:
No, i dun think can be the power supply not enough, i dun have a friend with a better one but i tried uninstalling all the others cards (sound, pctv, isdn) and all the other Hd and the dvd-rw too, so only the basic needed to try: mobo + cpu + ram + agp card + dvb-s card + 2xhd 80gigs, and did exactly the same... well, i dun think now that 17 A is not enough, even if it's not so the minimum... Ah, did i said that it did the same even with a "low power" gefo2mx ? well i'll write it again :p ^_^
@MGP:
I know that's not an MSI fault and is a Via fault... but it got me sad, cause i like MSI hardware and stuff, but this bad experience, and more of this no support at all from the manufacturer.... well is no good :p
For the other things look above, i tried but i dun think agp stuff is related.... I think that is pci latency related, cause i know that i.e. eide or raid performances are not so good. Thinking that when my issue pops out is exactly when i'm watching tv and doing hd stuff, that means poor eide or raid.. or pci performance, than here comes out that it can be only this the cause.
Ah, i dunno if i told you all, guys:
watching tv from the pctv analog card (and i mean at maximum resolution of pal 768x576) or from the dvb-s card (with hardware mpeg2 decoder that means 720x576) means that there's needed a maximum bandwidth of 32 MB/s (it means: 768x576 for frame x 25 frame per second x 3 bytes color (32 bits/8 =3 bytes) = 32 megabytes for every second), that's pretty much, but not to saturate pci bw. The matter is when 32 MB/s is occupied and the eide or raid needs bw: the chipset seems to freeze cause can't manage well the bw needings, and so is related to the latency timer.
Sorry again for longness ^^

K7T266 Pro2-RU & DDR333 ???

Hello!
I just ran head-first into a serious problem:
I had a VERY, VERY reliable PC which ran with total memory of 3 x 512 mb. They were Kingston-brand, KVR266X64C25/512 memory modules designed for 266 MHz (PC2100).
I did not do anything else, but replace those three DIMMs with newer ones; also Kingston-brand, but KVR333X64C25/512 memory modules designed for 333 MHz (PC2700) operation.
The computer turned to be completely unstable. Now, if I run it with only ONE of those in place, it works great; no problems/crashes at all. Add a second, and .... no good, no good at all!
Upgraded BIOS to version 3.7 in hope to resolve the crashing but no help. Default BIOS settings basically, no tricks done. Tried also to fiddle around with memory settings but no good; they are back to defaults now (SPD/SPD).
What I'd like to know is: CAN my M/B run these memory DIMMs @ 266 MHz?? SHOULD they work?? I have no intention/need to overclock.
Here's what I have:
K7T266 Pro2-RU (6380 v2.0)
AMD Athlon XP 1800 + (1.53 GHz)
2 x IBM Deskstar 60GXP 60 Gb drives (RAID-1)
3 x KVR333X64C25/512 (Creative 3D Blaster GeForce 3 Titanium 500
2 x 3Com Fast Etherlink 3C905C-TX-M
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum
Liteon DVD-ROM LTD-163
Liteon CD-RW LTR-32123S
I don't remember my power supply right now (I edit it here later when home), but I think it is 340 W. At least 300.

I have no idea whether the old were or new ones are buffered or unbuffered. Kingston's web page does not say it in their product description.
The specs for these memory modules can be found here (PDF):
266MHz: http://www.valueram.com/datasheets/KVR266X64C25_512.pdf
333MHz: http://www.valueram.com/datasheets/KVR333X64C25_512.pdf
The only difference, apart speeds, are that the components used on modules are:
the 333 uses 4M x 8-bit x 4 Bank / 166 MHz
the 266 uses 8M x 8-bit x 4 Bank / 133 MHz
Amount of these components in both are 16 (the memory chips themselves).
Please note that the DIMMs themselves are supposed to be exact same except of course the speeds are different! Even the model numbers suggests that...

K7T266 Pro2 RU: Boot problem, wrong CMOS setting

Hi All,
I have had the Pro2 RU MB for a year now with very few problems. Over Christmas I was cleaning up my computer and was going to do a format :C and reload windows. When I went to start the computer after cleaning it up (remove all cards, clean up dust) I got 4 red leds on d-led. Tried everything (different memory, reset bios, unplug everything except video, ect) always 4 reds. Bought a duron 1.3 GHz put it in started the computer it start to post, went through fastrack raid screen and then I got "CMOS settings wrong" "press F1 to setup", "F2 load defaults" ...... screen I go F1 into setup make ajustments and everytime I save and I get 4 red leds on reboot. If I go F2 load defaults and continue it will try and boot, my hard drives are in a raid 0 array and it will check floppy, ide 0, cdrom by default so it can't boot. If I reboot at this point it will go 4 red leds. I can't flash the bios which is ver 3.2 because the bios protection is enabled and I can't change any settings. I could use some help this one has my stumped.
I have tried 3 different power supplies, and that is not the problem.
K7T266 Pro2 RU
Duron 1.3GHZ, retail box HSF
256MB Cruical pc2100 ram
300w AMD approved PSU
Geforce2 GTS 32MB
2 60GB Quantum HD in raid 0 array
Win 2k pro
Cheers Rugger

I have reset the cmos with pc unplugged...yes.
I have read the FAQ at this site, I have used the search feature at this forum I have googled my problem searched a few other sites and I am stuck. I have been building computers and troubleshooting problems for 3 years now. If it was a new board I would RMA it at my wholesaler.
It seems like there is a problem with the cmos chip because it will not accept any changes to the settings. As soon as you save the changes in the cmos the computer reboots and I get 4 red leds in d-led.
Cheers Rugger

K7T266 Pro2 and G4MX440-T incompatability

Hi, everyone i am using K7T266 Pro2 and G4MX440-T. The problem that i am facing is that my PC will always hang when i am surfing the net and listening to mp3 at the same time. The temperature at that time is about 54. I am using Windows XP Pro SP1 and Athlon XP 1700. Can someone please help me to rectify my problem ? I am really desperate.
Best Regards,
Mark

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Originally posted by Bas
The GF4MX problem is something different, then the computer will only start after pressing reset lot's of times if it starts at all :D
What is actual problem with GF4MX cards? I have same MB and after updating videocard to GF4MX maybe 1/5 of boots fails (pc keeps beeping), only reset helps.
Is it problem with AGP volts or something like that?

Problem between K7T266 Pro2-RU and ASUS GeForce 3 V8200

Hi, i've installed an ASUS GeForce 3 V8200 in my K7T266 Pro2-RU.
The system starts correctly, but when i force the AGP from BIOS at 4x all games doesn't run very well...
I usually play games like UT or RTCW and when i run they i see many problem with the 3D rendering and shadow build...
All drivers are up to date...
How can i resolve this problem ???
Thanx...

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Originally posted by Fredrik Åsenius
I guess you got your problem solved. Just wondered about:
Did you uninstall the previous drivers?
Do you have any PCI cards near the AGP?
What are your system temperature, according to BIOS?
I think i'll follok the Toenne suggest. The difference between the AGP 2x and 4x is very small, anyway my drivers are (un)installed correctly and i don't have any PCI card near the AGP slot. Instead i think that in the future i'll pay more attention at the temperature problem: my Athlon XP 2000+ is hot also with a good copper cooler...
Another questios is, can anyone help me to find the best BIOS settings for my system?
In the next days i'll post my BIOS configuration so we can see where i've mistaken.
Thanx again...

Bad Motherboard? (K7T266 Pro2)

I've got a K7T266 Pro2 motherboard w/an AMD Athlon XP 1700+. How do I know if the board went bad? My machine will not turn on and I've changed out the power supply. Any solutions? I do have the BIOS set to input a password to boot, but my keyboards are fine. Any help is MUCH APPRECIATED.

well my board is almost a year old and mem slot 2 the one in the middle just went bad
now I'm looking for a cheap mobo to use for I can send this back two MSI
it's real f****** bullshit that MSI can't send a replacement motherboard out
almost all hardware manufacturer do a hot swap another words you give them a credit number they send you a replacement when you get it you send them the damaged board
but not MSI
My next Mobo well not be MSI I'm going back to Iwill or ASUS
(Watch your language, Bas.)

Recomended RAM for K7T266 Pro2

I have a K7T266 Pro2 with a 1600+ Palomino Core (Top of the Line in Dec01) oced to a 1900+, I can feel Im on the edge of breakin max overclock!!
I currently have it up to 148 FSB My aim is to get to the Max Oc which was said to be 155FSB.
I have PC3200 RAM and PC2700 RAM both which are over the PC2100 Required.
2 x 40GB Hard Drives
1 x 52x CD-ROM
1 x CD-RW
WhisperRock 4 Heatsink w/Fan
2x 80MM Case Fans Both Blowing Out
Im gonna put a new Northbridge Heatsink on http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod262.htm
and a new PSU:
http://www.littlecomputers.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=90&products_id=1189
but what else can I add or do to make this overclock more?
also what is some High Performance Memory to go with this Motherboard?

as you're looking for something to allow you to overclock further, i am going to move this to the Overclockers & Modding Corner, seeing as you have no particular problem with your board otherwise
you'll find a lot better help and advice for performance components here
good luck!!

K7T266 Pro2 RU problem and question

Hello
I recently upgraded my CPU from an Athlon Thunderbird 1.400 to a AthlonXP 1700+ on my MSI K7T266 Pro2 -RU (MSI 6380 v2.0). The problem is that when i have the option Fast Command enabled in the bios, windows (Windows XP Professional) will crash and reboot after a couple of minutes (this happens even while i am browsing the net). With my previous CPU the fast command option didn't cause any problems. I wanted to ask if there is a way to solve the problem as the Fast Command increases the performance of my PC by 6-7%.
Also while the mobo won't support the tb2200+ will it support a lower clocked tb cpu (like 2000+)? And will i have a problem if i take an AXP2000+ and o/c it to 2200+ or 2300+?
Sorry if the above questions are already answered but its 02:40 in the morning and i don't have the courage to search the forum
Thank you for your replies
Palpatine
AMD AthlonXP 1700+ @1600MHz
Globalwin WBK68 HSFAN
MSI K7T266 Pro2 - RU (3.6 bios, Via 4in1 v4.00)
2 x 256 mb Corsair XMS 2400
2 x WD400BB 7200rpm in RAID 0
Leadtek Geforce 3 (with DetonatorXP 40.41)
Soundblaster Live! Player 1024 (latest creative winxp drivers)
Compex NIC 10/100 PCI
Teac W540E CDRW 40x/12x/48x
Pioneer DVD 106S 16x/40x
Herolchi 350W PSU

I had the fast command problem with the 512 mb generic ram (2x256) which i replaced later with the corsair XMS 2400, so i don't think that the cause of the problem is the memory. The memory now runs at 145 at CAS2 stable.
I will try tomorrow flashing the mobo with the 3.3 bios and see if it solves it (i had the 3.6 before i installed the new cpu).
Also i read in another forum that a mobo supports up to a specific cpu because higher clocked cpus require higher current and might destroy the circuitry in the mobo. If this is not true and its just a bios support issue then i will buy a XP2000+ and will try to o/c it to FSB 145-150 (2200+ to 2300+).
Do you have the fast command enabled? I see we have the same mobo, memory and (almost) the same cpu.

K7T266 Pro2 incompatibilty problem with Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4200

I just bought the GeForce4 Ti 4200 from Siluro and installed it on my MSI K7T266 Pro2 MB and have since then experienced some problems when booting XP pro.
Everything seems to work fine untill the very last application loads in XP after boot. Then the screen turn white, the mouse cursor becomes a black and white stripped square and the system reboots automatically. Generally after second boot, evreything seems to work fine but I get an XP error message stating that "the Nvidia Geforce4 TI 4200 drivers may be the origin of the critical problem encountered".
I have all lastest drivers for both the MB (Bios 3.7 + lastest VIA drivers) and the Nvidia GeForce (Detonator 41.09) and yet experience the problem... Help!!
MB K7T266 Pro2 MS-6380 Ver. 2 (Bios 3.7)
Siluro Geforce4 Ti 4200 (Detonator 41.09
XP Pro

I have an AMD Athlon 1700+
768 MRam DDR 266
Sound card is Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum EX
I have an ADSL connection with Alcatel Modem
I hope this is what you required... If not, let me know exactly what it is as I do not really know what PSU and the rest stands for (or when I can get that information on my PC!)
Thanks again for your help!

Random Clicks and Beeps K7T266 Pro2

For a long while now I have had a small issue with my K7T266 Pro2 motherboard. Every know and than for whatever reason (never have been able to figure it out) my motherboad will click and than I will get a beep from my PC's internal speaker.
I have had this problem soo long I couldn't even tell you when it started or what the situation was when it first started to happen. I have finally decided to see anyone on these forums can help me out.
Here are my system specs.
400 watt power supply
AMD 1700+ xp
Kingston 266mhz DDR ram 2 sticks of 256 megs
Geforce 4 ti 4200 (agp slot of course)
Sound Blaster Audigy sound card
Network card
Ati Tv-wonder (pci) card (it is just a tv tuner not another video card)
DVD rom (ide2 master)
CDRW (ide2 slave)
40gig IBM 7200rpm hard drive (ide1 master)
40gig Seagate 7200rpm hard drive (ide1 slave)
A: drive as well.
Now the above is what my current set up is for the computer. The main components Cpu and Memory have not changed, the sound card and the DVD rom and CDRW have not changed either since I started using the current Motherboard. Everything else has changed a bit over the last couple of years but I still get the same click and beep every now and than no matter what I have changed out. Last year I even got a new box for the comp with a 400 watt power supply and still it happens.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Try remove one of the ram and see if it boot. If it doesn't boot, replace the other with the one that was removed.
If it boot with one ram, then one of the ram is bad.
If both ram will boot by itself, then try lower the memory setting in the bios.

K7T266 Pro2-RU + AMD 2100+ Palomino

Is there i way i can overclock my CPU, AMD 2100+ PALOMINO (1.73 Ghz) on this kind of mainboard? K7T266 Pro2-RU
I have 2* 512 Corsair PC3200 on it but FSB is 266 cause CPU and Mainboard are old :(
I tried to OC my CPU by increasing the FSB but it freezes.Is there anything i can do or is this the maximum i can get from my CPU and Mainboard?
Thanks

CPU:    AMD 2100+ Palomino
Motherboard:    K7T266 Pro2-RU
Graphics Card:    Hercules 9800 PRO
Memory:    2* 512 Corsair TWINX1024-PC3200 C2PRO
Hard Drive:    2* 80GB Hitachi 7K250
Cooling:    Thermalright ALX800
Power Supply:    ENERMAX 475W
Sound Card:    Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum
Monitor:    Hyundai L90D+
Case:    ENERMAX CS-718
Operating System:    Windows XP Professional SP2
Mouse:    Logitech MX700
Keyboard:    Logitech
I just add 3 FSB more but it's not stable.
I want at least 1.8Ghz... is it that much? or 2Ghz if posible :D

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