All times are GMT However, I’ve had nothing but problems with the onboard sound driver under Windows XP. Performance is good and overall the board seems great. Has everything you need to know about hooking it up. The version used doesn’t detect the Athlon MP correctly, complaining of an unknown processor stepping code. However, the extremely nice guys over at MSI were happy to work with us to try and solve our problems and a BIOS flash is finally giving us some respectable numbers. 
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However, the little push rod to lever the card from the socket is flanked closely by a capacitor making aueio very hard to operate with your fingers, even for someone like me who has quite small hands. All times are GMT Everything else is standard.
MSI K7T266 Pro2-A – motherboard – ATX – Socket A – KT266A
In situations sudio a tall case is used, it might prove difficult to reach the connectors with the k7t26. Mostly because it is the brand my local store carries this brand and if I have problems I’d like a brick and mortor location nearby.
Ships with the following: A smart move on VIA’s part indeed. SYS driver, BSOD’s on shutdown and the sound randomly seems to stop at any point during using the audio and doesn’t come back to life until you reboot.
Review: MSI K7T Pro2 – Mainboard –
VIA Apollo KTA chipset Specifications Before we get our hands dirty in the specifications, remember a chipset is just that, a set of individual chips that work together to provide the services the AMD platform needs to function. Thanks to The Overclocking Store. It’s the little things all rolled into one that make the MSI stand out for me. Software is also installed k7266 the operating system that stops the OS from functioning properly if the correct SmartKey isn’t detected.
MSI also had the foresight to stick down two clear pieces of plastic beneath each of the 2 center socket clips where you attach heatsinks. Hi, In short term, I’m going to buy the Digi system. Pto2 capacitor placement fouls pr2 ability of the retention mechanism to work well and you have to resort to poking at the lever with something in an attempt to make it budge. Performance on the MSI audoi dropped below the performance of the KG7-RAID when the performance issues had been ironed out so we can say with confidence that it’s faster than that board.
VIA KT266A Motherboard Roundup – January 2002
Find all posts by Allen Hallada. This is an optional feature and one we were very glad to see MSI had included on the board. I must point out that it has been a real struggle to get performance out of the MSI board. The MHz increase in clock gives us a handy increase in core CPU speed from the already impressive performance at 1. A closer inspection of the CPU socket reveals something a bit more disturbing.
Board layout as we’ve discussed is fine. I’ll be looking to expand the test suite over the coming weeks into a well rounded comprehensive test suite, something which previous Hexus reviews may possibly have lacked in the past.
Thank you so much indeed for your help. It just seems that something in the configuration is holding the board back. This is in contrast to the KG7-RAID and AMD chipset where manual tweaking of the chipset settings is essential to aufio the board perform well and no high performance defaults setting is provided.
PTLE works on MSI K7T Pro2 (MS v) with an Athlon XP+ ??? – Avid Pro Audio Community
MSI were pro enough to courier me their latest, not-even-on-the-website, motherboard for review, the K7T Pro2. So there we have them, the numbers most people will be looking for. SmartKey is also a good value addition to the K7T Pro2 package.
Sun Valley, ID Posts: It’s a nice addition and gives you an extra piece of mind and seems to work well. There is no conventional thermistor in the socket to measure CPU temperature. With the announcement of nVidia’s nForce chipset, the mighty VIA looked like it was in quite a bit of trouble…. Test software comprises the usual suspects, MadOnion’s 3DMark and SiSoft Sandra current versionI’ve also added a couple of benchmarks you don’t usually see, notably Distributed.
Load of room around the socket is always a welcome bonus.
Excellent Drivers Site 