Got Me a KD7 Today!!

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10-23-2002, 12:54 PM
TheDude

slayher

I think the connector covers just cover unused connectors, I don't have them either. The TTGI 520w is the best PS I have ever used, I run 2 of them now.:D
10-23-2002, 01:59 PM
slayher

thanks again OPP.... it got me alittle more on my fsb, but not much.. i guess my 9700 is just a poor one...
10-23-2002, 02:27 PM
dynetk

Consider yourself lucky lol I can't finish 3dmarks at 180fsb. 175 is the highest I can get stabely.
10-23-2002, 02:31 PM
slayher

thanks ..... that makes me feel better to know that i'm not the only unlucky one.
10-23-2002, 02:35 PM
Dissolved

DOES ANYONE have the RED KD7(non raid) mobo?

newegg shows the KD7(non raid) a red pcb.

one of us needs to buy it, and see if we have problems?
cuz im wondering why newegg shows it red when everywhere else its yellow.
10-23-2002, 03:09 PM
twiggy

Quote:

Originally posted by emtp563
Don't bother wasting your time. RMA it- the board sucks. Haven't you read this whole thread?

did u see the date on that e-mail? i RMA'ed that mobo long ago.

i agree its a nice board but not better then the KX7. the r about =. i still think the kx7 is better but thats my opinion. i think the reason i was so mad is cause my 9700 would not work with it. btw my board was red and it was 1 of the 1st ones out so i dont think its anything diff.
10-24-2002, 04:51 AM
badboy

I need to know if the KD7 has access to all of the multipliers without connecting the L3 bridges?
10-24-2002, 04:55 AM
emtp563

Yes. This is a fact with the T-Breds (2200+, 2400+). I don't know if this applies to the Palomino's.
10-24-2002, 07:19 AM
OPPAINTER

It's such a bummer people are haveing Problems with the Radeon and the KD7. I just pluged mine in and had no problem bringing to 200, Luck of the draw I guess.

OPP
10-24-2002, 07:30 AM
badboy

Quote:

Originally posted by emtp563
Yes. This is a fact with the T-Breds (2200+, 2400+). I don't know if this applies to the Palomino's.

That is all I wanted to hear because someone from another sites says that you only have access to just higher multipliers not the lower ones. :)
10-24-2002, 07:48 AM
Marci

There are plenty of posts in this thread that answer your question, and a few others....

Opp showed that EVERY multi is available on the XP1600+ palomino in THIS POST
and someone else showed that the Thoroughbreds will work when going downwards with the multiplier in THIS POST
10-24-2002, 07:58 AM
OPPAINTER

I also showed the 2200 with access to all and even more of the multipliers with no mod at the begining of the thread:) Dude has a 2400 and KD7, all he did was slap it on the KD7 and it was up and running, all multipliers included.

OPP
10-24-2002, 08:10 AM
slayher

Quote:

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
It's such a bummer people are haveing Problems with the Radeon and the KD7. I just pluged mine in and had no problem bringing to 200, Luck of the draw I guess.

OPP

it is a bummer.... Last night i borrowed a friends ti4200 and put it in my KD7... it did 205x11 with no problems... even played unreal2k3 for an hour after that.... my 9700 wont go any higher than 180.....even with the new driver and all the reomended settings.
10-24-2002, 02:07 PM
Camelot One

I can report that the KD7 non raid shipped from NewEgg Monday is yellow. I was not pleased, but not willing to pull it back out just to try for a red one.

BTW, I know several have reported high system temps, but mine seem even higher. Running a 2400+ at 11.5x190, vcore at 1.775. System temp in WinBond HWmonitor shows 63C, CPU at 36C. I would like to change over to MBM5, anyone care to share the sensor settings?
10-24-2002, 02:23 PM
Dissolved

Quote:

Originally posted by Camelot One
I can report that the KD7 non raid shipped from NewEgg Monday is yellow. I was not pleased, but not willing to pull it back out just to try for a red one.

yea, newegg just got a new shipment in maybe these will be RED
id like to buy a KD7, but it seems theres alot of small issues. id only give up my at7 cuz it has low voltage and only 3 pci, other then that id keep it. well i might have a prob with higher then 171fsb but it could be my memory..
but anyways. I still want to know if anyone can find a RED Kd7 and test it.
10-24-2002, 02:30 PM
Camelot One

I called NewEgg when my board arrived, the guy I talked to said the early KD7s were red, but the supply they have been getting lately have been brown/yellow. Could that be the sign of Abit vrs. ECS made?
10-24-2002, 02:38 PM
OPPAINTER

Quote:

Originally posted by Camelot One
I can report that the KD7 non raid shipped from NewEgg Monday is yellow. I was not pleased, but not willing to pull it back out just to try for a red one.

BTW, I know several have reported high system temps, but mine seem even higher. Running a 2400+ at 11.5x190, vcore at 1.775. System temp in WinBond HWmonitor shows 63C, CPU at 36C. I would like to change over to MBM5, anyone care to share the sensor settings?

The system temps are strange, they go up with the cpu temps, the hotter the cpu the hotter the sys temps.

OPP
10-24-2002, 02:47 PM
Dissolved

Quote:

Originally posted by Camelot One
I called NewEgg when my board arrived, the guy I talked to said the early KD7s were red, but the supply they have been getting lately have been brown/yellow. Could that be the sign of Abit vrs. ECS made?

Hm thats weird. if the yellow is liek a second rev, and theres still problems, then i guess its still not worth it to upgrade.
10-24-2002, 03:06 PM
slayher

I have a yellow one... (RAID Version) it will do 205 and after that it corrupts the hdd no matter which controller its on. I cant find a version number and all sandra and wcpuid reports is 1.x.
The system temps dont seem high to me but i do notice the same trend as OPP... the system temp follows the cpu temp very closely.
I never realized how much of a difference in temp there was between the internal diode and the surface (if its right.) On mine there is about a 13C to 17C difference...
as for how well the board operates it seems to be working real well except for the data corruption. But that doesnt matter for me cause my 9700 wont let me go over 180 anyway...
10-24-2002, 04:29 PM
badboy

I am getting my XP 2400+ tomorrow. Now I want to know what default mhz is. 1.93ghz or 2.0ghz. I been on some sites saying it was either one.:confused:
10-24-2002, 04:42 PM
slayher

its 2.0ghz....
10-24-2002, 05:22 PM
Camelot One

technicaly, its 1995mhz. (15x133) As though anyone would run it at stock anyway....
10-24-2002, 05:26 PM
mdzcpa

Quote:

Originally posted by Camelot One
technicaly, its 1995mhz. (15x133) As though anyone would run it at stock anyway....

Actually...technically it is a 1999.95mhz (15 x 133.33) :D
10-24-2002, 05:28 PM
mike.elmes

Quote:

Originally posted by Camelot One
I called NewEgg when my board arrived, the guy I talked to said the early KD7s were red, but the supply they have been getting lately have been brown/yellow. Could that be the sign of Abit vrs. ECS made?

According to Abit the only boards made by ECS are the ones they ship to System integrators.... Have a peek at this : cut n paste
interview with abit and Chainbolt, overclockers au

OCAU: Where do you produce?
ST: Our factory is in China, close to Shanghai. It’s a huge facility, the size of 15 football fields, with 600 workers. Additionally we have around 400 staff in our Taiwanese head-office.

OCAU: And this huge facility is now idle?
ST: What is this question supposed to be?

OCAU: Well, you recently outsourced your production to ECS! So, what for do you need a factory?
ST: Wait! The ABIT motherboard production is 85% branded and 15% SI, we outsourced ONLY the SI part!

OCAU: What is “SI”?
ST: SI stands for “System Integrators”. This is the way we call non-branded boards sold to system integrators, who sell complete system under their own brand name.

OCAU: Does this mean that all motherboards that come in an “ABIT” labeled box are produced by ABIT in the ABIT factory in Shanghai?
ST: Absolutely yes! Every ABIT board is produced by ABIT! (looks very serious)

OCAU: I guess you are aware about the rumors that certain newer ABIT boards are performing not as good anymore because they are apparently manufactured by ECS. And some people even speculate that your mobos coming in blue boxes are from ECS and the red-boxed boards are from ABIT or the other way around.
ST: ahh..these rumors! ABIT’s Intel chipset based mainboards come in blue boxes and boards with Athlon chipsets get a red box.

OCAU: Wait a moment! I had in total 4 BD7-II mobos, 3 of them came in a blue box and 1 in a read box.
ST: Oh yes! During the soccer World Cup we shipped worldwide all ABIT boards in a red World-Cup box. But now we are back to the usual Intel = blue box and AMD = red box policy.

OCAU: Good to know that all branded ABIT boards are manufactured by ABIT! It’s important for the faithful to know that they get the real thing. Could you tell us about the capacitor problem on your mainboards?
ST: A couple of years ago we used capacitors that might leak after an extended period of use. Affected were mainly boards with the Intel BX chipset. Since around 2 years we are not using this type of capacitor anymore.

There's more if anyone cares to read....
10-24-2002, 05:37 PM
OPPAINTER

mike,

Could you start a thread posting all this info?? It's great stuff.
It's actually Front Page news:D

OPP

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