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All other things being equal, the CAS2 DDR RAM should* be better than CAS 2.5, however it is iffy as to wether any mainboards are able to use CAS2 effectively/with stability. (There is a shootout...

If your MB supports multiplier adjust and your CPU's L1 bridges are closed, I wouldn't think shooting for 1.13 Ghz (8.5 x 133)would be too extreme with decent cooling.

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The A7A266 is a good motherboard, although it lacks multiplier adjust features that many *****ious overclockers look for. However, if not really into the dark world of overclocking, the A7A266's...

The Kyro II sems to offer performance in between an GTS and an MX in Q3 framerates. However, with several GTS cards down to about $118 on Pricewatch, that's the way I'd lean.

The only way to overclock a recent Intel processor is by running the FSB higher than designed, and your FSB is already at 133 MHz; you may not select a higher multiplier, however, with quality...

What type of heat sink/fan are you using?

Did you remove the little useless thermal pad from the heat sink, and apply a small dab of thermal paste spread thinly on top of the cpu core only?
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Certianly not a drastic difference,no....which model T-Bird and mainboard/video card are you currently using, and what are the system's typical uses? (For 3D gaming such as Quake3 at medium/high...

I will likely be reading this another 8 seconds in one last attempt to make any sense of it....but so far, no luck!

As for the rubber feet on top of the procesor, good point! It's *much* better to...

This option was indeed present in many Apollo Pro133 boards, but it does not allow (successfully, anyway, despite the directions)the memory to be run at 100 MHz FSB with the cpu at 66 MHz FSB.

The A7V133 usually comes with jumpers set for default/auto detect operation as far as the cpu is concerned, so very little jumper fiddling should be required. However....you did not specify if your...

There are a wide variety of cards, from DDR Radeon66, to V5/5500, to GF2/3 series being used with the Athlons to good effect.

I would double check that every form of power management referenced in the BIOS/setup is disabled.

For effective Windows screensaver power mngmt, you might want to ensure the correct PNP Monitor...

The general consensus is that the current socket format indeed dies at present speeds, i.e, 1700 MHz, with the newer socket debuting later this summer/fall at possibly 2.0 GHz.

Have you tried boosting the Vcore a notch or two? (I'd shoot for at least .1v increase)

That is indeed the absolute worst kind of problem to confront!

Power (Enlight 300 should be enough, ut perhaps it is the rare lemon)

memory (I'd sure change it for bootup problems)

cooling...

The initial benchmarks looked pretty encouraging....once the motherboards aern't $600, there might be a chance for a new BP6 equivalent! :-)

The one time I've seen an "internal error" dealing with MS Office 2k was with a bad CD, a, uhhh, non-original back-up.

Is complete AGP/USB functionality installed as a result of a normal install when performed with a BX board when using Win95 OSR 2.1?

I'm troubleshooting dismal performance for a guy with a BX board using an GF2 MX, in that his framerates completely suck. (35, should be 55 fps)

Anyway, as he is using Win95 OSR2.1 on an Abit...

The new P4 motherboards with Intels next socket format (Socket 478, was it?) are only just now starting to be shown at Computex, and none of the newer P4s are yet released. Unless, you will be happy...

The Duron 900 will outperform it with sheer clock speed advantage, but I'd instead save up another $20-$30 or so for a 900 T-Bird!

If looking to upgrade for minimal dollars, and one already owns an ample supply of PC133, I'd agree...but a few of the recent DDR boards (all AMD chipset based) will shade even an A7V133 or KK266 in...

If your memory will handle it (PC2100 hopefully?), why not attempt the jump all the way to 133 MHz FSB x 7.5, for an even 1 GHz...might need a core voltage boost by a notch or two, though...(but more...

What sort of motherboard? (BX, 815, Kt133a, etc..)

Incidentally, the MX is slower than the v5/5500, with the latter being closer to GTS performance...

a 230 watt supply might be pushing it for dual cpus. I'd sure start there as a probable cause, then try unplugging various drives, unnecessary cards, etc. (Try a decent 300 or 350 watt unit.)