Abit KT7-RAID ?: can't upgrade to new CPU

[JerryH]

Help!

I've just recently upgraded from a Duron 750 to a 1Gig Thunderbird on my Abit KT7-RAID mobo, and have tried setting the new info within SoftMenu. But at boot up, the BIOS still reports my chip to be a 750. Everything runs just fine (Windows and all peripherals are happy).

Do I have to reset the CMOS somehow to make the correct speed show up?

One thing I did not do was change the voltage, because I figured it would be automatically detected. Am I wrong?

[cjolley]

Does that board have DIP switches that override soft menu
like some Abit boards do?
Check to see if it does.
Also check for bios updates on the Abit site.
Chuck

[birdy]

It sounds like you have a 133mhz chip which has a multiplier of 7.5. 7.5 *100mhz = 750mhz.

If you board is a KT7 (100mhz only) and not a KT7a (100 or 133mhz) the best you can hope for out of this chip (without the pencil trick) is 750 -800.

To run a 1 gig chip on this board you need a 100mhz fsb model and not a 133mhz fsb. the 100 chip has a multiplier of 10 and will work fine with the KT7.

Hope this helps

[Dr Mordrid]

Sorry...but IMHO that is one of the single worst MB's I've seen yet. Almost on a par with a PC-Chips product

Dr. Mordrid

[DentyCracker]

I have a KT7 (non raid) and until I got my LTR-24102B I had no real problems with it. The problem with the LTR-24102B has been sorted out also but I'll admit the board can be a little weird at times. PC-Chips .... Nah, they're in a class by themselves