Originally posted by Bob05 What's the Honey X BIOS do?
After I had bought the mobo, I looked around for a BIOS update, as I normally do every so often (you know the importance of a good BIOS right) and came across a K7S58 forum where everyone preached the brilliance of someone called Honey X...a self proclaimed bios magician!!! He reprograms, to improve, a regular BIOS with hex file testing to a degree I've never seen before. The impression i got was that he's a rare beast...a level headed overclocker!!! I read a lot of posts to get a better picture before trusting a bios flash to a man i don't know and read only good so trusted him and flashed with his version of the Ami-BIOS for this board. He put extra options on the screen (most i dont touch) but importantly, added the overclocking options on a simple menu. My whole system seemed to run much more smoothly with very few crashes at all, probably one every few months if that. If you've got a K7S58 then give it a try. I think the latest version is still something like 28/12/02 and has been on my system since two days after its release.
Originally posted by Jizumonkey After I had bought the mobo, I looked around for a BIOS update, as I normally do every so often (you know the importance of a good BIOS right) and came across a K7S58 forum where everyone preached the brilliance of someone called Honey X...a self proclaimed bios magician!!! He reprograms, to improve, a regular BIOS with hex file testing to a degree I've never seen before. The impression i got was that he's a rare beast...a level headed overclocker!!! I read a lot of posts to get a better picture before trusting a bios flash to a man i don't know and read only good so trusted him and flashed with his version of the Ami-BIOS for this board. He put extra options on the screen (most i dont touch) but importantly, added the overclocking options on a simple menu. My whole system seemed to run much more smoothly with very few crashes at all, probably one every few months if that. If you've got a K7S58 then give it a try. I think the latest version is still something like 28/12/02 and has been on my system since two days after its release.
Yeah, I'm buying a K7S5A Pro, and I wanted to know if that Honey X added stablity. Right out of the box I have to flash my BIOS (old BIOS revisons won't see the Duron 1.6 properly). And since I am flashing the BIOS, I might as well see if I can get one with O/C'ing features. Theres another BIOS I could use, but I forget the name. I might have to check that one as well.
Originally posted by bob05 Yeah, I'm buying a K7S5A Pro, and I wanted to know if that Honey X added stablity. Right out of the box I have to flash my BIOS (old BIOS revisons won't see the Duron 1.6 properly). And since I am flashing the BIOS, I might as well see if I can get one with O/C'ing features. Theres another BIOS I could use, but I forget the name. I might have to check that one as well.
There's info, testimonials from other users and somewhere, i got an iso file to burn to cd. The cd is then bootable and contains the latest image to flash with. The version I have seems to be the lst one he did which is 09/12/02 but like I said, it's been in my system for a year now and stability is rock solid with an overclocked Athlon.
There's info, testimonials from other users and somewhere, i got an iso file to burn to cd. The cd is then bootable and contains the latest image to flash with. The version I have seems to be the lst one he did which is 09/12/02 but like I said, it's been in my system for a year now and stability is rock solid with an overclocked Athlon.
Hey. Do you by any chance know if the K75SA Pro supports the new Duron Applebreds?
There's info, testimonials from other users and somewhere, i got an iso file to burn to cd. The cd is then bootable and contains the latest image to flash with. The version I have seems to be the lst one he did which is 09/12/02 but like I said, it's been in my system for a year now and stability is rock solid with an overclocked Athlon.
Hey. Do you by any chance know if the K75SA Pro supports the new Duron Applebreds?
Have a read around the forum is your best bet...from a lot of time I've spent there lately, I do remember reading that the mobo does support the new processors such as the Barton but the BIOS isn't configured for their higher multiplier ratings....therefore, anyone trying to use them with the K7S5A will have to software mod the multiplier or do a wire jumpoer trick but you'd be better off reading more yourself to find out exactly what's going on!
Originally posted by Jizumonkey Have a read around the forum is your best bet...from a lot of time I've spent there lately, I do remember reading that the mobo does support the new processors such as the Barton but the BIOS isn't configured for their higher multiplier ratings....therefore, anyone trying to use them with the K7S5A will have to software mod the multiplier or do a wire jumpoer trick but you'd be better off reading more yourself to find out exactly what's going on!
Yeah, I will just spent about $5 more for a XP 1700+ and avoid all the confusion (and gain some performance).
totally shocked after performing the 03 test.....
look at my computer:
running windows XP professional
AMD AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ 2.0 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Driver 4.4.0.3 <---using innovision
1G of RAM (Samsung DDR 400 512 RAM x2)
Magic Pro K7N2.0
Maxtor HD 76.33 GB
and my score is....697!!
i could only get 69xx marks for the 2001 version as well...
can anybody tell me what's the problem? i can't believe that i could only get such a low mark with my system......
Originally posted by silverhawk totally shocked after performing the 03 test.....
look at my computer:
running windows XP professional
AMD AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ 2.0 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Driver 4.4.0.3 <---using innovision
1G of RAM (Samsung DDR 400 512 RAM x2)
Magic Pro K7N2.0
Maxtor HD 76.33 GB
and my score is....697!!
i could only get 69xx marks for the 2001 version as well...
can anybody tell me what's the problem? i can't believe that i could only get such a low mark with my system......