George Orwell said:
Hi, !!!
Ive read AMDs recommendations for the A7V266-e and seems Id
be matched if I got an Xp 2100 model 6
HEREs what im thinking.... the board is gonna die or Im gonna
replace it... SO... I thought Id get a 2600 but WHICH one...?
model? IDEALLY Id get the model 10 ...will that work WELL in
the av7266-e for a while?
I guess if I did get model 10 it will run slow... no sense
buying the 2600 IF its not gonna be able to be put in a best
board for the model 10 later on...
hmmm...
IDEAS GREATLY appreciated!
IF theres gonna be silly stuff maybe happening id better go
for the 2100+ model 6? or will the model 2100+ model 8 work
as well?
Thanks for ANY ideas!!!
This page lists the officially supported processors. There
are two columns. The first column states what revision of PCB
is required. The revision is some white letters next to the
model number printed on the motherboard. As long as your revision
number is later than the one listed here, you can use that
processor (officially speaking). There is also a column for
BIOS revision, and you should flash upgrade to at least the
release shown in the BIOS column.
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
The a7vtroubleshooting web site has information on the
A7V family of motherboards. See the section on this page
entitled "Will a AthlonXP run in a A7V / A7V133 /A7V266
etc. that does not officially support it?" . This answer
explains how more modern processors need a PI filter (L-C-L
components) for the PLL, and when the filter is missing,
Asus cannot officially support newer processors
on these boards. It means there are no guarantees.
http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com/info/cpu/index.htm
The a7vtroubleshooting site also has information about flashing
the BIOS, including BIOS versions that can cause a flash
upgrade to kill operation of the board. I don't see any
warnings for your board in this section:
http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com/info/bios/index.htm#266e
There is also a user forum. There is a search engine, and
you can enter A7V266-E as a search term. To make the search
engine work, set the second date field to 1000 days, to get
lots of results. The date field is set to 7 days and that
number must be increased, in order to find anything.
http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com/forum/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
For example, here there are users playing with the Mobile
Barton. So, it is possible to use pretty advanced processors.
Note, in this example, the guy had a rev. 1.07 board, which
likely helps a lot. Based on the Asus support table, I think
rev. 1.07 must have the L-C-L filter for the PLL.
http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com/f...rd=a7v;action=display;num=1099432970;start=29
I think if I had a rev 1.07 or later motherboard, I would
attempt your upgrade, as there is a better chance it will work.
Finding a processor with a FSB that matches your board, would
be the safest thing to do. In North America, we have at
least two sources for XP-M mobile processors (newegg and
ncix), and I don't know if they are popular in other
countries or not. The mobile processor has the advantage
that the multiplier is not locked.
HTH,
Paul
