Upgrade Bios to allow latest cpu?

[steve podleski]

I have an Asus a7v-133 mother board with an Athlon 1.1Ghz cpu that I bought
back April 2001. Can I update the motherboard with the latest bios
(AVU1009) and therefore upgrade the cpu to Athlon XP 2100+(Model
6)(Palomino)?

 

[Paul]

I have an Asus a7v-133 mother board with an Athlon 1.1Ghz cpu that I bought
back April 2001. Can I update the motherboard with the latest bios
(AVU1009) and therefore upgrade the cpu to Athlon XP 2100+(Model
6)(Palomino)?

Sometimes there is a little supplemental info on this site,
for the A7V family of motherboards. For example, for some of
the Asus motherboards, there are warnings about certain flash
upgrading problems, and you should check the Asus download page,
or in your case, this site as well:

http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com/info/bios/index.htm#133

The cpusupport web page has info on officially supported upgrades:
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

Notice how, if you search on A7V133, it mentions the revision
number printed on the motherboard, must be "1.05." with a
trailing dot, for your suggested upgrade to work.

I tried a search in Google on the two terms (including the
double quotes in the search dialog box):

"no trailing dot" 1.05

and got this post. So, unofficially it is possible for other
versions of the motherboard to be used. Some more Googling
might uncover info on other motherboard versions.

http://groups.google.ca/[email protected]

For some reason, Asus produced one motherboard with a
revision number of "1.05" and a later one as "1.05." .
I don't think this was a common practice for them, and
most other motherboards will use a simple incrementing
number scheme, to document copper board revision.

HTH,
Paul

 

[Ed]

I have an Asus a7v-133 mother board with an Athlon 1.1Ghz cpu that I bought
back April 2001. Can I update the motherboard with the latest bios
(AVU1009) and therefore upgrade the cpu to Athlon XP 2100+(Model
6)(Palomino)?

Yes if the board is a PCB 1.05.

According to http://www.asus.com/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
you'd need a revision 1.05 board (PCB 1.05) and flashed to BIOS 1007 or
later. (revision number is usually printed in between the PCI slots
after the model name.)
Ed

 

[steve podleski]

Paul and Ed.

Thank you very much for the info. After some googling, I was getting
discouraged by some of the old posts.