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I just bought a t-bird 1.2 DDR from a local retailer that appears to be unlocked but if I change the multipler to 9.5 it boots at 750mhz
the board is a K7Turbo-R
256megsPC133
Unlocked or Not??

have U tried a different multipler becides 9.5? I have had it on some mboards where it doesnt read right and gives you wrong speeds even when they are unlocked. maby try 10. what Cooling U using by the way?

Greg

All Tbirds from 1200-1400 are factoryside unlocked -> closed L1 bridges.
As nexus said, some boards freak out sometimes with certain multiplier settings. It might be worth to check how old the BIOS version is.

Using a Glogbal 38 to cool and 2 case fans

yea try a different multiplier or a bios update like doc sugested. or U can jstu raise your FSB. that is where the speed really is. if U sase it from say 133 to 150 that is Far betterthen jsut raising the multiplier from 10to 11 or what ever. might need more cooling for that though.

Greg

I got it to post @1466 but no on booting windows multipler is @11.
tried to go lower to the 10 or 10.5 multipler it boots at 800,850 mhz
I need the new bios for the MSI K7Turbo-Raid board mine is 2.9
Which bios should I flash to?

well here is whatthey have to offer. http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/socket_a.php just pick your board and you are ready yo go. Just pick the latest. maby of U had a better heatsink it would have booted and been stable at that speed.

Greg

A FOP 38 or WBK 38 will adequately cool a 1.2 Bird... I ran mine at 1.6 for a while and actually got better temps than i get now with this Taisol and Delta....

wanting to get a pelter what is a better HSF setup for this thing

Peltiers are for extreme overclocking any good copper HSF setup will do the trick... the CAK 38 the SK6 Alpha has a new copper one out i think... to me peltiers are a waste of time that global you have right now should be more than enough i ran a 1.33@1.6 on mine for a month with a qbk38 but then changed mobo's and broke the center peg on my 8k7a so i got a taisol and put on it.

Tried new bios still the same any other tricks

why do you keep trying to change the multiplier? Changing the fsb like nexus mentioned is far better than changing the mult. When the fsb is faster everything else is faster. Doesnt your baord offer fsb adjustments? If it doesnt I would invest in one that does. Is your chip a 200 or 266? I'm assuming a 266 with 9 on the multi?

You could also check the forums at http://www.amdmb.com ... maybe it's just a jumper ... I remember A7V and A7V133 boards didn't do 1.85V in jumperfree mode when the voltage jumpers were on that setting, you had to set the voltage jumpers to 1.85V to get this working in the jumperfree mode ... strange but true and the voltage jumpers are ignored in jumperfree mode.

Just another idea

This is a DDR chip on a non DDR board.
FSB will probably not go any higher than 138 anyway I want more

if i were you i would put that board up for sale and get a good one. a good motherboard makes all the difference.

what are you running the voltage at?