Fixing problems with K7M

[PS]

Use the registry hack that forces AGPx2.
It worked for me

[Maggi]

LOL ... others report they had to force to AGP1x ...

[Zenfe]

To get rid of the "Plaid Death" on cold boot ups with an Athlon and Asus K7M mobo you must force AGP 2x :P

Lot of people have been having this problem and AGP 2x is the only solution.

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Athlon 500MHz @ 750MHz 1/3
G400 32 meg Dual-Head Vanilla @ 160.2/200.25 (400.5, 2.5/2.0/2.5)

[Gum]

Yes, forcing AGP2x IS the way to solve problems with G400 & K7M.
:-D

[Designer]

Zenfe, How did you get your Athlon 500MHz to 750MHz? I can only get my Athlon 550MHz to 600MHz. I have the same motherboard.
Designer

[Zenfe]

I changed the CPU clock ratio from 2.5 to 3.75
Either you have to get a mod to do this or like me before mods were widely available I had to solder little tiny resistors into different places on the actual chip. Well I didn't do it myself I got the guy I bought the CPU from to do it for me :P

[Temp]

Thanks for all those who helped with my problem. In my case, the incompatibility was caused by using any MORE RECENT BIOS than 1007 (I have a Rev C6 Irongate chipset on my K7M, and using these beta BIOS enabled bypass).

Reverting the BIOS to 1007 and applying the AGP 2X patch solved the issue.