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What does the KT333 offer over the older KT266a? Really only two things. The first only only big improvement is the ability to run your memory asynchronous with your CPU bus. When your processor is running on a 133/266 bus you can have your RAM running at 166/333 at the same time. This gives you a 25% increase in theoretical memory bandwidth. Does this hold up though to real world usage?
The second new feature is only an improvement in the South Bridge to support ATA 133. Since most good KT266a based boards sport ATA133 RAID controllers this second feature is really no reason to upgrade.
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Motherboard Specifications | |
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Chipset |
VIA KT333 |
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Multiplier Options |
6x - 15x |
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Bus Speed Options |
100-255 MHz |
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Voltages |
1.4 - 2.2v |
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Dividers |
1/3, 1/4, 1/5 |
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Memory Support |
3 x 184-pin DDR |
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Expansion Slots |
6PCI, 1AGP, 0CNR |
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USB Support |
2x Standard USB ports on the mobo |
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Integrated Components |
6-channel AC'97 Audio |
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Bios |
AMI BIOS |
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Onboard IDE |
2 x ATA133 EIDE |
In the box
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One manual
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One quick installation guide
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One IDE ATA33 cable, One IDE ATA133 cable
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One floppy cable
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One USB riser
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One drivers CD
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One floppy disc with HPT372 drivers
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One CD with Drive image and partition magic
What is this stuff?
There's a 27 page booklet on the RAID controller and setting up your RAID arrays. A users manual dedicated just to the onboard RAID controller is nice to have for all those people who are jumping into RAID for the first time.
The users manual for the motherboard goes over all the basics of the features and it also goes over the available BIOS features. However it does not explain the BIOS features. You're expected to know what they all mean and do.
To install Windows 2k/XP on the HPT372 you are going to have to use this floppy disk. If you know of a way to get around having to use the floppy please let me know!
Partition Magic is a program that will let you change your partition sizes, make new ones and convert file systems all in windows. Drive Image is somewhat like Norton's Ghost. It's made for creating backup images of your drives. It also makes it easy to switch your drives and keep your same old OS installation. Unfortunately the version that is packaged does not support NTFS5 which is what most Windows XP users out there use.
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those settings usually overclock the bus -- but only a small amount, usually its alot of memory timings also.
setting it to turbo will likely bump up your bus by a few (probably 5 or a little less) mhz a small enough overclock to usually not cause any issues, but big enough to be noticed on benchmarks. so if your rig can't handle it your ram might be to blame or your proc, or maybe something else perhaps a NIC (they have the worest overclocking record)
were you one of the guys to go out and got some of the first pc2700 ram released? is it a big brand like crucial(micron) or a no name?
if you did get it really soon after release chances are that manufacturer barely got the ram to hit 166mhz but did get enough of it to sell as pc2700, but nothing higher (not even any more aggressive timings then spec) also crucial is known to be good for overclocking and for reliability, a no-name brand's quality could range from crap to just as good as a name brand, but with really new tech its usually not quite as good.
if you can, try some other ram, or a diff proc, or easier yet, try your ram in a different board, see if you can push that board with timings and bus speed or not.