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Reply #30 - 15.02.05 at 22:15:39
 
Well the difference are there, you  can see them. I once compare some colormax Voodoo graphics card with some other reference V1's the A-trend's they where exactly the same. I couldn't find a difference. Only minor ones (that means the crystal oscillator was of a different brand. But still these cards wouldn't run and the A-trend's would. And those Colormax cards where working on an old P1!!!!!!
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Reply #31 - 15.02.05 at 23:15:31
 
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But it still sounds wierd though they all have the same Chipset....


What the chipset supports and what a board maker chooses to support are two vastly different things!

I have one KT333 board here that has no support for 3.3V on the AGP slot required for Voodoo cards.

Same chipset.

Never assume, always check, check again and then get a yardstick and check one more time Wink
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Reply #32 - 16.02.05 at 00:30:21
 
The board here is a KT333 board (not a lite) and the bios only shows 1.5/1.6/1.7 volts for the AGP even when it is set to 1 or 2 x AGP.

Clearly it is a fault of the bios software since 1/2x modes are supported and shown in the bios and the chipset supports 3.3 V AGP.

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Reply #33 - 16.02.05 at 01:17:15
 
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Did you try to update the bios ?


Yup, last revision, 5.7

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did you try also to contact the manufacturer ?



For a 5 year old product that I'm not the original purchaser?

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What's this mobo ?


MSI KT3 Ultra2-R version 1.0

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Reply #34 - 16.02.05 at 13:52:01
 
More on the MSI starting up at 100mhz bus-

According to the (freshly downloaded) owners manual this is normal and you have to manually set the bus speed if the CPU is designed for a faster spec.
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Reply #35 - 17.02.05 at 05:50:18
 
Needed to be that way for backward compatiblity for the old 100MHz chips or they wouldn't POST. I'm pretty sure.
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Reply #36 - 22.02.05 at 17:42:30
 
i can recommend the Epox 8K5A2... runs with all voodoos fine (6000 included) And it supports Athlon XP-M (Barton, fastest processor for socket A )
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Reply #37 - 24.03.05 at 16:47:31
 
@TM30.
The Epox 8K5A2 runs well with a BARTON 3000+ 166FSB?

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Reply #38 - 24.03.05 at 17:21:06
 
with the newest Bios you should be Fine Osckhar Wink
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Reply #39 - 24.03.05 at 18:16:21
 
If it can help you I could run a Voodoo 5 6k (not mine) on a Gigabyte GA-7VRX revision 2.0 equiped with an Athlon 2800+ (Barton with 266MHz FSB, quite rare in fact).
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Reply #40 - 24.03.05 at 18:36:47
 
Thanks Minuteman, but I am seeking boards compatibles with V6k + BARTON 3000+ 166FSB. I don't like my MSI KT3 ULTRA REV2. I want to try another different board...

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Reply #41 - 24.03.05 at 19:14:51
 
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I don't like my MSI KT3 ULTRA REV2. I want to try another different board...


I don't like mine either as I strongly suspect it doesn't support the Voodoo cards with the correct 3.3 volts.

The Epox 8K3A+ revision 1.2 I'm running on the other hand gets a RAVE REVIEW.

It's dead stable, runs the Barton 3000+ with ease, the bios is more full featured then the MSI board *AND* the bios correctly ID's the video boards AGP 1/2/4 modes correct and AGP voltage too.

Matter of fact on boot up all the voltages are displayed at the bottom of screen for a few seconds so if something is wrong you can shut down before something bad happens.

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Reply #42 - 25.03.05 at 05:24:58
 
Avoid MSI mainboards like the PLAGUE! Shocked

They genuinely SUCK AR$E! Angry
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Reply #43 - 25.03.05 at 12:12:29
 
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They genuinely SUCK AR$E! Angry


it really depends on what you use them for, I know like 12 people which have a MSI board and I have one alsookay it's a dual Opteron board  and it never failed me, but EPoX is a real hell. maybe you have a bad experience with MSI like I have with EPoX Wink
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Reply #44 - 25.03.05 at 14:54:06
 
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it really depends on what you use them for, I know like 12 people which have a MSI board and I have one alsookay it's a dual Opteron board  and it never failed me, but EPoX is a real hell. 


I'm sure that this is true but in keeping in the context of the situation (running a 3.3V AGP 3dfx board and Barton 3000+) the Epox board I have is much better then the MSI Ultra II I also own.


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