BD7 original [ex]-users.

[will_perdikakis]

I have an Abit BD7 (original), Corsair PC3200, and a 2.53b

During overclocking, the CPU will go up to 157MHz FSB at 1.54v running P95 indefinitely.

However, If I up the FSB to 158MHz+ I get errors in P95. Even at high voltages (1.8v) I still either error out, or get lock ups. This is at 1:1 Mem ratio and lax timings (2.5,3,3,7).

Stable at 155MHz FSB at 1.55v and unstable at 158MHz FSB regardless of voltage leads me to believe that the board is the unstable component. Any other suggestions?

This board, I believe, is ECS manufactured, so I will not be hard pressed to believe that it is the board's fault.

Has anyone else experienced any problems with stability in ECS manufactured Abit boards?

[OPPAINTER]

The orignal BD7 I got was an Abit made mobo, it did plenty high fsb if I could remember right when tested with a 2.26 chip. As far as ECS they do put out some cheap built stuff and I can see that an Abit built model would most likelly be more stable. I have a KD7 ECS mobo right here and boy is it a cheap looking thing. It does run OK though and Overclocks very nicelly.

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[will_perdikakis]

Am I safe in assuming that the board is crap? I will hold out for the It7-Max2 rev 2 with the i845PE chipset. This memory I have seems to like 220Mhz C2 at stock volts. :) Probably will never max it out with this chip though.

[OPPAINTER]

Well the It7-Max2 rev 2 is definitely the better choice. This will be my next Intel mobo.

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[hamzam]

Does Abit still manufacture the BD7? I don't think you could get a BD7 manufactured by ECS, but you'd have to know if they still manufacture them.

As for your problem, all I can think of is..... sorry, geuss not. You're probably right, it is ECS manufactured. :/