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SkaGuy3876
12-21-03, 12:18 PM
Can a NV7-133R with the new DW bios that adds Thorton support work with a Barton CPU? Becase aren't Thortons just Bartons with half the cache disabled? I was looking at the Barton 2500+ CPU specificly. Thanks.
Dazz
12-21-03, 02:29 PM
Some peoples had Barton's working with the ABIT K7TA (KT133A) so i don't see why.
SkaGuy3876
12-21-03, 02:40 PM
Aren't all Thorton/Barton CPUs bus speed 333MHz? So would the bios support the CPU at that bus speed?
Dazz
12-21-03, 03:24 PM
Yes but you will have to underclock it... if it's still locked. so a XP 2500+ would run at 1.46GHz rather then 1.83GHz. However a person here unlocked his and ran it at 133x12.5
Nutty
12-21-03, 03:47 PM
That would be me. :)

Yeah, my mobo/bios doesn't recognise it at all, perhaps thats why its unlocked. I could choose any multiplier I wanted.

12.5x was the highest my multiplier will go. Though I had to increase my cpu drive strength to maximum for it to work.
SkaGuy3876
12-21-03, 05:09 PM
Originally posted by Nutty
Though I had to increase my cpu drive strength to maximum for it to work.

What do you mean cpu drive strength?
The Baron
12-21-03, 05:15 PM
Originally posted by SkaGuy3876
What do you mean cpu drive strength?
vcore, voltage the motherboard sends to the CPU. when you OC and you find a setting that's not quite stable, increasing vcore will often make it stable at the expense of more heat.
Nutty
12-21-03, 05:38 PM
Not voltage increase. Drive strength was an option in the BIOS in the speeds/voltages screen. Value from 1 to 3.
stncttr908
12-22-03, 06:05 PM
I'd spend that $85 on an nforce2 board before I bought a 2500+ to replace an 1800+ that's perfectly fine.
The Baron
12-22-03, 06:58 PM
drive strength != voltage? crazy. I thought we left those drive strength options in teh days of the Pentium MMX... oh well.
Nutty
12-22-03, 07:08 PM
Well it is an old board.. But still going strong. Abit rock! :)
ragejg
12-22-03, 08:40 PM
Abit does make some nice boards... then and now... my kt266a just won't do anything that deserves me selling it! It's just too cool for an older mobo! ATA-133, RAID, buttloads of OC options, and the ability to run a Barton chip @ up to 2250mhz if set up with the right components... ... heh, tweaked correctly it runs neck and neck with single channel nforce2 solutions in most tests... :)

...anyway... have nv7-133R's been shown to be stable @ at least 166fsb?