well i have done that already...shutting off power, etc. it still doesnt POST and now nothing turns on when u press the power button. My 8k5a2+ works fine
Edit: BTW my ram voltage was at 2.6v and that when i happened
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well i have done that already...shutting off power, etc. it still doesnt POST and now nothing turns on when u press the power button. My 8k5a2+ works fine
Edit: BTW my ram voltage was at 2.6v and that when i happened
Then i would be pretty sure its a bad mobo m8 :(
I switched back to the c8 bios tonight and it is totally stable again.I was trying all sorts of mem settings and volts for about an hour and never had to reset the cmos.I stil get the reg errors and stuff above 215x9 or 212x9.5. I was able to run 212 at fastest ram settings but couldn't do 213 at relaxed?
I would suggest a reflash of c8 to anyone having trouble with booting.
I concur 100%Quote:
Originally posted by SlimHitman
I would suggest a reflash of c8 to anyone having trouble with booting.
Flashed back to the C8 BIOS, and played around some :D
http://home.tiscali.no/kartoffel/cpuz2003.jpg
Sandra Mem at 207 max timings
http://home.tiscali.no/kartoffel/sandra207.jpg
Got a new 3DMark score too,14662
CPU will go higher, but not with air cooling. I find 2Ghz on air to be quite satisfying though, especially with 200mhz FSB to go with it :D This board is gold
Drodoz im having problems to. Had my kd7-e running aircooled for 2 days when my prometeia came in. Took 2 days and installed it right into the prometeia. Ran great for about 8 hrs then all of a sudden the whole system shutdown. Well I didnt know what caused it at first and every now in then it would boot up but would shut down after about 20 seconds. When I hit the power button nothing works. If I hold button in everything flashes and then shuts down. Thought it could be my prometeia so installed heatsink and fan and same thing happens. Then switched out cpu's and same thing. So for now ill switch out ram and go from there but I think the board croaked on me. One last thing my cpu temp was reading -11c on the internal diode and about 1 hour before it died I checked it again and it was reading -80c so I reinstalled mbm and still did the same thing. I think it burnt out the diode and thats why it want boot. I loved the board but will have to see if more people have trouble with them.
It seems like mdzcpa is the only one truly getting desirable results from his KD7-E. I hope I have as good of luck as mine is in transit. :doh:
Well...looking back through the thread it seems that SlimHitman and Duran are doing pretty good with it too. Slim and Duran found much better performance by using the C8 BIOS as did I. So, again, this is highly recommended for those who might be having trouble.
Other than that, I would like to add that I am using a two channel ATA 133 Rocket RAID card for my HDs running in RAID 0. I'm not sure if this has really helped me achieve higher stable FSB speeds or not...but I'm sure it's not hurting either.
There are also a good number of KD7-E success reports at AMDMB for what that might be worth.
As far as the chipset goes, other than lacking AGPX8, it is otherwise the exact same as the KT400 KD7 boards. In fact, it is obvious that the chipset used on the KD7-E is the "new" KT333 which is really the "neutered" KT400 which has the AGPx8 disabled. All I know is that my R9700 loves this mobo for running high FSB speeds.. Running AGPx4 is key.
I may be using the KD7-E for a few client builds coming up soon. If that happens, I'll be sure to report my experiences. We have too small of a sample of users in this thread to draw any concrete conclusions, so any other expereinces anyone else cares to share would be helpful:)
so C8 is good for KD7-Raid??
My KD7-e is still going strong. I am now able to run 213fsb with fastest ram, settings, but am unable to run 214fsb with the slowest .Traded out my WD hdd for an IBM and the IBM will only let me do 210fsb.
Mine too. Ill do some cold air benching tomorrow to see what i can achieve with this setup. My TwinMOS does not like high voltage, but it shines at 3.05 :D
It's a long thread and perhaps it was just the problems with the CS BIOS that I saw them having. I am looking forward to giving this board a shot, it will be my first non Epox board in over two years.
I loved it while it worked but a little condensation got on the back pins and killed it. Not the boards fault at all. Gonna order a new one asap.:D
Hi guys:D
I think I had enough from my Asus, I was waiting for the next BIOS and fix up all these problems the nf2 are having, but no...Asus chose to take their time slowly...
Anyway, I think I will sell this mobo, and get the KD7-E for the time being. What do you guys think of this swap? Think its a good idea?
mine works now...it was in the Abit box for 3 days, i took it out and tried again, what ya know it booted.
That's the exact swap I made...and I haven't looked back since.Quote:
Originally posted by Kato
Anyway, I think I will sell this mobo, and get the KD7-E for the time being. What do you guys think of this swap? Think its a good idea?
From a technology standpoint, the KD7-E is kinda "old school" compared to the new NF2 boards. It's also very very light on features. No onboard anything. But, if you want to overclock, and that's your main criteria, the KD7-E kicks major azz (not to mention it's about $60 cheaper).
By the way, my replacement A7N8X just arrived back from RMA this morning! What a shocka...NewEgg just sent it on the 19th. It had suffered the dreaded "BIOS Freeze of Death"
Anyway, I'm going for round 2 here. If the board won't do close to 200mhz on a 24/7 basis, it's going to a buddy and the KD7-E goes right back in. I'll keep ya posted.
well my Abit KD7-E is still running very solid, so I don't think he is the only one getting good results.
I just dropped by the Abit site and the CS BIOS has been removed. Obviously they became quickly aware of the issues people were having.
Well...the KD7-E stays put. I gave the A7N8X to my buddy. The replacement A7N8X overclocked a bit better than my original board, but still no where near as stable as the KD7-E at 200mhz.Quote:
Originally posted by mdzcpa
By the way, my replacement A7N8X just arrived back from RMA this morning! What a shocka...NewEgg just sent it on the 19th. It had suffered the dreaded "BIOS Freeze of Death"
Anyway, I'm going for round 2 here. If the board won't do close to 200mhz on a 24/7 basis, it's going to a buddy and the KD7-E goes right back in. I'll keep ya posted.
Hey SPQQKY:
Any initial results with your KD7-E?
Won't be able to do any real testing until maybe next weekend, but I will definitely be posting my results.
My KD7-E is still running strong at 200mhz fsb, i think i will keep this board and buy a new GFX card instead :)
Well, I got my new rig (listed below to include the KD7-E) together last night and will start OCing and tweaking today. Will report results here later.
Looking forward to your results:)Quote:
Originally posted by bigdawginva
Well, I got my new rig (listed below to include the KD7-E) together last night and will start OCing and tweaking today. Will report results here later.
http://home.attbi.com/~96impalass/Bl...lock_Temps.jpg
First pass. Hopefully, it'll do at least as good as my KX7-333R and my first 2400+ that went 2430mhz @ 1.9v 24/7.
This one needed 1.7v to go first O/C.
It's running at 180*12.5 with 1.85v so I can already tell the chips not as good as my first one which would run 2300mhz on 1.8v.
For me, the mobo temp sensor reads as high as the first KD7 I had. My system temp is reading 51c although my CPU sensor says its running 34c.
Anyone know if they used the same method for all KD7s?