Opinions on a ECS K7S7AG motherboard. SiS® 746 problems???

Scrible · TweakNOOB Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

Installed the ECS K7S7ag with a retail packaged 2000+ AMD. Temperature on board says it's running at 77 C degrees! 177? for ferenheit.

Had problems with programs running slow.It has 512 Mb Ram 2700 DDR, and the built in graphics have a built in 64MB of RAM: only board I know that carries it.

I read somewhere AMD shipped the wrong heatsinks with the 2000+. Anyone know?

Also what's the recommende voltage, 1.6V?
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

I would have to say that you definitely have a MAJOR heat problem.

What is your case temperature?
Is your 2000+ a thorougbred or a palamino?
Did you remove the plastic tab from the thermal pad when you installed the heatsink?
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Scrible · TweakNOOB Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

I called AMD on the problem, their FAN IS SUPPOSE TO BE AT 6800 RPM, not 3000 like mine and it's the green one not the black one I got: they packaged the wrong fan like I suspected.

Their's the problem: check your fan speeds on AMD retail packages, especialy the Athlon 2000+.

They've shipped a new one after I got them the serial number on the fan, I'll let you know the difference when I get it.
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Twice the RPM should really help out the temps. But reember, it's the stock fan which never perform that great to begin with.
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