When I set the processor to 133 to get the full speed of the 2400, Windows
XP loads shows the desktop and then hangs while it is loading god knows
what. I did a clean install on a bare drive and still had this problem. At
100 the bios lists the processor as an XP 1800 and XP loads and runs fine
(using it right now actually). But I bought this to get more speed than the
plain old Athlon 1.4 I had in my old machine (which had a regular K7S5A).

Any suggestions?

Power supply is 350W no name.
ATI 7500 All in Wonder Video Card
512MB of 133 SDRAM
SB! Live value card
Firewire Card
2 DVD Drives, 1 HD, 1 Floppy

I've read that some of these issues relate to power supply problems but
there's not a lot of stuff in this machine.

Thanks all.

PS: Replies that I should have bought an Asus board or something else is not
helpful and I kind of already suspect that anyway.

"Robin" <gambhir (AT) swiftnet (DOT) org> wrote

This is probably a power supply problem. The K7S5A series boards can be very
power hungry and your generic unit is probably not providing sufficient
current on each rail for your setup. Try a QTEC 550w Gold PSU.

I have a 300w enermax.
No problems.
My CPU is a 1800+ which uses alot less power that the 2400.

"Mr. Slow" <millenniumgold (AT) crouchvale (DOT) freeserve.invalid> wrote

My K7S5A Athlon XP 2100+ system was built with a "no-name" "Duro" "400W
Max" power supply. When I added and upgraded some of the hardware, the
power supply got pretty warm, and lasted about 30 minutes. I figured
with a "400 watt" power supply, I would have more than enough power to
run just about anything on my system. A couple of days of reading and
researching power supplies, I learned that advertised "400 watts"
doesn't always mean "400 watts." I bought an Antec 550 watt model power
supply, installed it, and have never had a problem with inadequate power
supply issues or heat. It was a little larger than I really needed; one
of the Antec 400+ watt models would have done just fine for me, but the
550w wasn't that much more expensive. A low quality or inadequate psu
will really get hot when it's pushed to its limits. Inadequate power
supplies and heat seem to be the two biggest problems causing
malfunctions with the K7S5A systems.

- Scott -

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