Overclocking
n the bios there used to be a setting to let you set between Host+CLK (133) they have changed this to select between 100 and 122, this is good for our labs as we run PC133 Cas2 Ram. Just so you know, with Cas2 it is like running the ram 10Mhz faster than if you are running Cas3. Another nice feature is the fact that there are a large variety of core voltages, going up 0.25 at a time. One feature, which I did like on the ABIT board, was the fact that you could run PC66 Ram on the motherboard this is something, which isn’t in the bios for this board. It was Host-CLK on the ABIT Boards Bios.This board was very easy to fit; it was a normal size board and replaced my KT7 in a matter of seconds. After Kyle from HardOCPs Problem with his TBird 1Ghz and the "alpha" SOLTEK have put a sticker over the Socket A interface warning you of this issue and telling you to make sure of cooling being present. This is to avoid you from frying your chip.
The was a manual with the board and it had all the information in there, but like most people I didn’t even need to look at it, I put the board in and I started to play.
There was a large selection of software bundled with this mainboard
- Norton AntiVirus
- Norton Ghost
- Norton WinFax
- Virtual Drive.
As this is a via chipset board there is a copy of the Via Hardware monitoring software included with the board this is useful for all of us 'Tech Heads' Who want to be able to monitor temperature to make sure the CPU and Voltages aren’t going mental and if they aren’t we can overclock with it.
Like on the Asus A7V, SOLTEK have opted for Dipswitches over the normal Software bios, this is an addition to the SL75KV2-X over SL7KV they even tell you how to unlock you cpu, this is sure a Proper company to go with if you want to overclock! It also tells you how to use the dipswitches. (NICE ONE
SOLTEK!!)
I had already unlocked my 1Ghz TBird to allow overclocking it to 1.2 GHz. This sheet also acts as "Help" for the beginner.
