ECS K7S5A beta bios

[Canadian-Guy]

I want to overclock my cpu so I decided to get a bios that changes the fsb of my cpu at small increments so I downloaded the most recent beta bios from this page <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://forum.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=27&t=003724">here</a> <BR>I flashed my bios and replaced it with this one but the programmed fsb modes are still the same (either 100/100, 100/133, or 133/133)<BR>I want to update my bios so I can get that little bit of speed for 3dmark to break the 4k barrier on my video card <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Joe]

did the bios specifically say it adds the feature of 1mhz incriment fsb bumps? <BR><BR>i doubt it would ... ecs boards not capable of overclocking .. hense the reason for why they are cheap.

[Avid6eek]

Joe has it backwards...they aren't cheap because they can't overclock, they can't overclock, because they are cheap. In the event that you did overclock that board, it would probably melt into a pile of oozing ************************ on the bottom of your case.

[CompSnake]

<br><br><< <i>Joe has it backwards...they aren't cheap because they can't overclock, they can't overclock, because they are cheap. In the event that you did overclock that board, it would probably melt into a pile of oozing ************************ on the bottom of your case.</i> >><br><br><BR>post pics if this happens

[Colin]

Ok you two break it up! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> <BR><BR>Canadian-Guy I'm not familiar with the ECS K7S5A myself, but I know that board has limited overclocking abilities even with the overclcoker BIOS. Is there anywhere in your BIOS where you can set HW Trap? That looks like the key to unlocking the FSB's...<BR><BR>You'll want to replace that lousy stock cooler on the SiS735 chipset, it'll overheat at high FSB's.

[timberlandman420]

Yes this board is notorious for the chipset heatsink. I read on another forum about this and they say they just use <BR>double back sticky tape to put the heatsink on! I think it was for mass-producing reasons but i took it off, peeled of the tape and used sum type 44 ester based heatsink compound and it helped a whole helluva lot. Now i dont even use this board its basically a paperweight now lol.<BR><BR><BR>AMD Athlon XP 1700+ <BR>GA-7DXE Mobo <BR>768 PC2100 DDR <BR>Radeon 9000 Pro <BR>Sound Blaster Live 5.1 <BR>4.1 Labtec Surround <BR>20 GB Western Digital <BR>15 GB Maxtor <BR>48x Samsung <BR>32x10x40 Lite-On <BR>7 Fans (3 exhast 2 intake cpu radeon) 4 @ 24 volts <BR>Case with 420 Watt PS <BR>Average Temp. 37-40 deg C (never seen it above 45 loaded down) <BR>O/C @ 1595mhz FSB @145/145

[MD_Willington]

Go to either of these links and get the latest Honey-X bios:

<i>PLEASE don't dump threads to other forums.</i>
therealwesty
PCStats Mod

You can OC this board, mine boots at 150/150 and will do 166/166, it depends what revision your board is, I ran my rev 1 board at 13.5x146.7 with an XP2200+. My Pro (rev5) has had Bartons (333 bus cpu's) running on it.

http://milt.websiteallies.com/Beginner's_Guide_to_Overclocking_the_K7S5A.htm


MD

[therealwesty]

MD, this thread was dropped over a year ago. Canadian-Guy ditched the board quite a while ago.

[MD_Willington]

Yeah I just noticed the dates

lol