Abit KV7 & AMD XP 2500+

[map200uk]

hey guys,

sorry to hassle you but im desperate for help

I have the kv7 board and am experiencing problems, its not posting, the cpu im using is an amd xp 2500+(333) with 512mb crucial ddt p2100 in slot 1 along with a gforce 2 mx (32) however i have changed the card (just to test) to a gforce 4 ti4800se (128mb) and still no change

any help would be greatly appreciated

also i know this is gonna sound so lame, but is there any chance you could tell me how u set the board up, im 100% sure i did everything right

thanks

Mark

[eGoCeNTRoNiX]

Well, as you've said it's a the 333mhz Barton.. And you're only using PC2100 when you should be using at least PC2700... If the mobo is detecting the default values for the CPU it may not boot for you at all because the ram cannot work with the FSB the mobo is set to.. I could be completely wrong here.. Do you have a 266mhz CPU you could drop in there? GL eGo

[nexus_7]

thats a good idea. I am sure you have cleared the cmos and all that good stuff?

Greg

[VooDoo]

one more thing

welcome to PCA

me

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[map200uk]

Yea i cleared the cmos

thanks ego, will try with an xp2400+ in a few

thing is, its killing me, as i well had this problem with another abit board before...my abit kr7a-raid, it wouldn't post, when i was using my amd xp 1700+ and i never managed to work out why

anyway thanks
any more ideas plz say em

Mark

[map200uk]

Hmm i tried the xp2500(333 fsb) in the max2 board with ddr 2100 and it worked fine, so sureley the ddr being 2100 cant be the problem? :|

[nexus_7]

the kv7 is kind of a strange board. it likes to set the ram at 333+ atleast with the bios that is on mine....might be sonethign along those lines

Greg

[map200uk]

Is there no way to boot up and then change it, i thought it'd be able to run at lower than 333 for ram?

Just like a 333 fsb cpu can run in a board supporting only 266 but obviously only at 266

[nexus_7]

yea....you can its just retarded. if I had a 333 cpu I would work on it and try and figgure it out. but I don't so I cant play with it. sorry.

Greg

[map200uk]

damnit it doesn't even post, how the hell am i gonna fix this, noone seems to be able to help =[

[nexus_7]

if you have another cpu drop it in there and see if you can get a bios update....or atleast see if there is a new bios.

Greg

[eGoCeNTRoNiX]

With either CPU? You may need to try and boot with the slower CPU then go into the bios and change the settings in the CPU part from "default" (which reads whatever the CPU is) to Advanced or Manual or whatever and set it to something lower and then try? If it's not booting at all, I'm not sure what to tell you.. Got the CPU fan connector hooked up to the CPU fan connector plug?

[map200uk]

yep, the cpu fan is connected, ive emailed abit support in the hope of an answer