Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

[brethin]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Nice work, Happy to see it get new life. I always did like the looks of that board.

[bigbeark]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

So here is the Board I bought from Brethin, completely recapped. I removed every single SACON and replaced them as follows:

Location UF V Size Brand

ELC9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 3300 6,.3 10x25 Panny FJ
ELC1,2,3,4,5 1500 16 10x20 Ruby MBZ
ELC8,19,25,26,29 1000 10 8x15 Nichi HM
ELC30,31,CE2+?(group of 4) 1000 10 8x20 Panny FM
CE3,CE1,ELC34,ELC24,ELC20 1000 10 8x20 Panny FM
ELC17,ELC18 1000 10 8x15 Nichi HM
ATX Plug(x2),, EC21 470 16 8x11.5 Nichi HN
EC39,40,34,30,35,17,top of IDE 220 16 5x11 Panny FR
EC41,front AGP,EC45.EC32,EC24,EC20 100 16 5x11 Nichi PW
EC5,7,12-14,16,22,23,26,28,42-44,top IDE 22 25 5x11 Nichi PW
EC1,ATX plug(2),EC4,6,15,16 10 25 5x11 Nichi PY

I recapped two of these boards last week, both working. the non-brethin board had many bulgy caps.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

I knew something wasn't right I just couldn't figure out what without roasting ya..
Your name is Pyro after all. I figure you can handle heat..

A Soltek with an AFU BIOS I can believe.
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[Pyr0Beast]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

*facepalm*
Soltek, not Soyo

>No, it sounds like he knocked the plug loose.
Nah. Other ports failed the same.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

sounds more like a BIOS bug..

No, it sounds like he knocked the plug loose.
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[PCBONEZ]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Oh, I see it now.
Failed to detect the USB keyboard once huh.
Yup that's some problem all right, all Soyo's fault obviously.

Can't see how you had an nforce2 on a Soyo though....
nForce2 came out July 2002.
Soyo's "All mobos' list included discontinued boards at least back to Socket 7.

Here's 'All mobos' list for Dec 2002.
http://replay.web.archive.org/200212...cts/select.php
- No nVidia chipsets at all.

Here's 'All mobos' list for Aug 2003.
http://replay.web.archive.org/200308...cts/select.php
- No nVidia chipsets at all.

Here's 'All mobos' list for Dec 2004
http://replay.web.archive.org/200412...cts/select.php
- One nVidia chipset. An nForce3.
- That does not support Barton.
http://replay.web.archive.org/200412...desc.php?id=16

Checking Nov 2006 shows no new/other Soyo + nVidia boards.

Interesting that you had an nForce2 on a Soyo when Soyo never used that chipset.
Also interesting that you used a Barton on a Soyo nForce board when they never made an nForce board that supports Barton.

Geriatric moment?
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[Scenic]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

sounds more like a BIOS bug..

[Pyr0Beast]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Bios did not recognise USB keyboard despite being successfully detected with everyday use in the past few months.
Disable, save and exit and reenable, cured the problem.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

That was pretty vague.
So describe the problem then.
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[Pyr0Beast]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Where did I say the problem manifested itself in OS ? It was in pre-boot environment and had absolutely nothing to do with any os.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Neither addresses the issue which is on Bios and not on the driver level.

Nope.
Same problem on multiple brands of mobo is not a BIOS issue.

[Pyr0Beast]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Neither addresses the issue which is on Bios and not on the driver level.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Hmm ? Other nforce2 boards and even nforce1 never had a similar issue.

That's not even true. Quite common in fact...
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=670244
http://www.computing.net/answers/har...ont/21868.html
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/1224...s-for-nforce2/
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/11829/

That's why nVidia released this driver for "General compatibility fixes".
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_5.10.html

Please note: Release date on that driver was: September 17, 2004
It came out AFTER XP SP2 and so obviously was not included in SP2.
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[Pyr0Beast]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

No, the cap is fine. Other USB ports (front and bracket) didn't work as well. It was completely a software issue, like something locked machine up and couldn't read USB.

[Uranium-235]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

did you change the cap filter going right to the USB port?

[Pyr0Beast]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Hmm ? Other nforce2 boards and even nforce1 never had a similar issue.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

Is not a "Soyo issue" then.
Just happens to be on a Soyo.
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[Pyr0Beast]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

I think integrated nForce2 USB and Xp

Last time it failed to detect USB keyboard - had to disable then reenable USB keyboard support with PS/2 keyboard.

Otherwise, it runs perfectly smooth with barton@2GHz@1.5V (passive cooling)

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

What is the USB chip and what OS?

[Pyr0Beast]

Re: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum

The soyo socket A board which I have (and have successfully recapped) - bios has certain isues with USB devices.