A7V8X-X - Has anyone gotten it to work at 166fsb? What's the deal?

[Andrew G.]

Here are my specs:

Asus A7V8X-X mobo bios 1006
Athlon XP 2800+
Nvidia GeForce MX 440 video card
512mb Corsair XMS PC2700 memory w/heatspreaders
80gig Seagate hard drive
350 Watt PSU


I have tried several brands of memory, different video cards and a
different PSU, and still cannot get the system stable at 166fsb. The
highest I have been able to set it is 162. Any higher and the system
will reboot when doing anything processor intensive. Has anyone gotten
the board to run at 166??? I'm not getting the full speed out of my
processor, which is unacceptable. Has asus made any comment on this if
it's a known issue? I've gone through the group and have seen post
after post from people with the same kind of issue.

 

[Anthrax442]

Here are my specs:

Asus A7V8X-X mobo bios 1006
Athlon XP 2800+
Nvidia GeForce MX 440 video card
512mb Corsair XMS PC2700 memory w/heatspreaders
80gig Seagate hard drive
350 Watt PSU


I have tried several brands of memory, different video cards and a
different PSU, and still cannot get the system stable at 166fsb. The
highest I have been able to set it is 162. Any higher and the system
will reboot when doing anything processor intensive. Has anyone gotten
the board to run at 166??? I'm not getting the full speed out of my
processor, which is unacceptable. Has asus made any comment on this if
it's a known issue? I've gone through the group and have seen post
after post from people with the same kind of issue.

The A7V8X-X works fine at 333 (166X2). That's the default AMD board my shop
sells, and while we don't sell a whole lot of AMD's (hate 'em, personally),
the systems work okay. I just have a problem selling a product that going
to die in two to three years, like clockwork.

(AMD mini-rant over)Anyway, to answer your question, your problem more than
likely is A) the motherboard, B) the processor C) the power supply. Good
luck, cause you're gonna need it. By the way, I'm not trying to slag your
purchase choice at all, it's just I've worked on systems like that before,
and I know what a headache they can be.
P.S. Make sure to clear your cmos also. You never know when settings might
get corrupted and start crap with the rest of your system.

 

[Henrik Ijäs]

The A7V8X-X works fine at 333 (166X2). That's the default AMD board my shop
sells, and while we don't sell a whole lot of AMD's (hate 'em, personally),
the systems work okay. I just have a problem selling a product that going
to die in two to three years, like clockwork.

(AMD mini-rant over)Anyway, to answer your question, your problem more than
likely is A) the motherboard, B) the processor C) the power supply. Good
luck, cause you're gonna need it. By the way, I'm not trying to slag your
purchase choice at all, it's just I've worked on systems like that before,
and I know what a headache they can be.
P.S. Make sure to clear your cmos also. You never know when settings might
get corrupted and start crap with the rest of your system.

--
Anthrax442

"Well, throw in a rectal exam, and this'll be the best day ever!"
Xander Harris

Waiting 1007 bios to download. Didnt like 1007 beta versions.

 

[KCB]

Here are my specs:

Asus A7V8X-X mobo bios 1006
Athlon XP 2800+
Nvidia GeForce MX 440 video card
512mb Corsair XMS PC2700 memory w/heatspreaders
80gig Seagate hard drive
350 Watt PSU


I have tried several brands of memory, different video cards and a
different PSU, and still cannot get the system stable at 166fsb. The
highest I have been able to set it is 162. Any higher and the system
will reboot when doing anything processor intensive. Has anyone gotten
the board to run at 166??? I'm not getting the full speed out of my
processor, which is unacceptable. Has asus made any comment on this if
it's a known issue? I've gone through the group and have seen post
after post from people with the same kind of issue.

You don't say exactly what is happening when you try to run @ 166. What
app(s) do you consider "processor intensive"? What OS do you use? What are
your temperatures like? How is your fan setup? Since you have swapped
memory, vid card, and PSU, then I think the likely problem is processor
overheating. Have you run CPUID? Maybe you've got a lower-rated, remarked
chip?

 

[Andrew G.]

You don't say exactly what is happening when you try to run @ 166. What
app(s) do you consider "processor intensive"? What OS do you use? What are
your temperatures like? How is your fan setup? Since you have swapped
memory, vid card, and PSU, then I think the likely problem is processor
overheating. Have you run CPUID? Maybe you've got a lower-rated, remarked
chip?

I have a retail athlon 2800+ with the stock cooler. CPU temperatures
are all within the normal range. I'm running win2k w/service pack 4. I
have an aluminium case with 3 fans. Running filters in photoshop, any
sandra benchmarks, 3dmax rendering all cause reboots at 166.