fruitlesspuppy said:
Mark Adams said:
I ran that test this is the info I got from it.. I do have the manual on
this mother board but this way was really easier... and very up to date as I
did a bios upgrade a while back.
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
750 megahertz AMD Duron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
64 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: KM266-8235
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 10/07/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
137.43 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
123.92 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-5236V [CD-ROM drive]
WDC WD1600AAJB-00PVA0 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n
WD-WMAP99237916, rev 00.07H00, SMART Status: Healthy 992 Megabytes Usable
Installed Memory
Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Slot 'A3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 137.43 GB 123.92 GB free
Thanks again,
Pup
That still isn't enough info to go on. There is at least
one board that goes by "KM266-8235" but no brand is listed.
And you need a brand, in order to be able to go to a website
and check the CPU Support chart.
If I know the chipset, I can go to a website like this.
If I select "ProSavageDDR KM266 VT8235" for a chipset,
I get 28 different motherboards matching that description.
http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/
This is one of them, from Asrock.
http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/ASRock/K7VM2/
And this is the Asrock support chart for the K7VM2. I didn't copy
the whole chart, just a few examples.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=K7VM2&s=462
462 Athlon XP 2600+ 2133MHz 266MHz 256KB n/a All
462 Athlon XP 2400+ 2000MHz 266MHz 256KB n/a All
....
462 Duron 900 900MHz 200MHz 64KB n/a All
So the KM266 seems to support FSB266 processors, as well as your
FSB200 processor. The FSB266 processors go up to the 2600+ model.
That particular model is hard to find, and even if you found one,
someone could have "cooked" it. It runs at the upper limit for that
family of design.
That is an example of a chart for a KM266, but you should still
track down who makes your board. The BIOS screen itself has a
"BIOS string" when the computer starts and that can be used to
trace down a motherboard. In obscure cases, where all identifying
marks have been removed, some people use the FCC ID of the motherboard
to track the maker. Depending on how "shy" the maker is, some
of them can be a pain to work out. For example, some cheap motherboards
have illegal BIOS (they didn't pay Award/AMI/Phoenix), so the
BIOS string might be a fake copied from another board.
You could always try Belarc Advisor, from belarc.com . Or CPUZ
from cpuid.com . Even Sisoftware Sandra or Everest can be used
to enumerate hardware. There are ways to get more info.
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php (CPU-Z 1.52 32-bit.zip, no install)
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
*******
The following is a table of processors after the Athlon/Duron
generation, to show some of the 266MHz options. There are also
some AthlonXP-M mobile processors, but for those, it helps to
have just the right motherboard (needs an overclock controller
chip with five FID bits - my board only had support for four FID).
Family Core P.R. Pkg CPU Cache Mult Core Tmax Power
Freq Clk Volts
XP Model 10 2200 (3200+) OPGA 200 512 11x 1.65V 85oC 60.4W \
Barton 2100 (3000+) OPGA 200 512 10.5x 1.65V 85oC 53.7W \
\
XP Model 10 2167 (3000+) OPGA 166 512 13x 1.65V 85oC 58.4W \
Barton 2083 (2800+) OPGA 166 512 12.5x 1.65V 85oC 53.7W \ Wrong
1917 (2600+) OPGA 166 512 11.5x 1.65V 85oC 53.7W / FSB,
1833 (2500+) OPGA 166 512 11x 1.65V 85oC 53.7W / too
/ fast
XP Model 8 2167 (2700+) OPGA 166 256 13x 1.65V 85oC 62.0W /
Thoroughbred 2083 (2600+) OPGA 166 256 12.5x 1.65V 85oC 62.0W /
XP Model 8 2133 (2600+) OPGA 133 256 16x 1.65V 85oC 62.0W <--- Fastest
Thoroughbred 2000 (2400+) OPGA 133 256 15x 1.65V 85oC 62.0W FSB266
CPU ID 0681 1800 (2200+) OPGA 133 256 13.5x 1.60V 85oC 57.0W
1733 (2100+) OPGA 133 256 13x 1.60V 90oC 56.3W
1667 (2000+) OPGA 133 256 12.5x 1.60V 90oC 55.7W
1533 (1800+) OPGA 133 256 11.5x 1.60V 90oC 55.7W
1467 (1700+) OPGA 133 256 11x 1.60V 90oC 55.7W
XP Model 8 1800 (2200+) OPGA 133 256 13.5x 1.65V 85oC 61.7W
Thoroughbred 1733 (2100+) OPGA 133 256 13x 1.60V 90oC 56.4W
CPU ID 0680 1667 (2000+) OPGA 133 256 12.5x 1.65V 90oC 54.7W
1667 (2000+) OPGA 133 256 12.5x 1.60V 90oC 54.7W
1600 (1900+) OPGA 133 256 12x 1.50V 90oC 47.7W
1533 (1800+) OPGA 133 256 11.5x 1.50V 90oC 46.3W
1467 (1700+) OPGA 133 256 11x 1.50V 90oC 44.9W
XP Model 6 1733 (2100+) OPGA 133 256 13x 1.75V 90oC 64.3W
Palomino 1667 (2000+) OPGA 133 256 12.5x 1.75V 90oC 62.5W
1600 (1900+) OPGA 133 256 12x 1.75V 90oC 60.7W
1533 (1800+) OPGA 133 256 11.5x 1.75V 90oC 59.2W
1467 (1700+) OPGA 133 256 11x 1.75V 90oC 57.4W
1400 (1600+) OPGA 133 256 10.5x 1.75V 90oC 56.3W
1333 (1500+) OPGA 133 256 10x 1.75V 90oC 53.8W <--- Slowest
FSB266
You could try Ebay and search for "Thoroughbred 2600+" for some
examples. But first, figure out *exactly* what the motherboard
is, so you don't make a mistake.
Processors like that, come with a bare silicon die. The four
rubber bumps in the corners are important. They prevent the
CPU cooler from rocking from side to side, when you're reinstalling
it. You put a thin coating of thermal paste (Arctic Ceramique or
equivalent) on the die, to take the place of any air gap that
would be there, if there was no paste. If you're not careful
when reinstalling the heatsink, you can crack the edges of the
brittle silicon die.
http://img.tomshardware.com/de/2002/08/21/in_letzter_sekunde_stallregie_mit_athlon_xp_2600_/cpus.jpg
To clean the heatsink or clean up the processor you end up
buying, you can use this stuff. When the surfaces are dry
and clean, then apply your thermal paste.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100010
Example of a thermal paste. A half-rice-grain would be enough.
When you place the clean heatsink on top of it, it spreads out,
and you can tell how good the coverage is, with that quantity of
paste. You only want enough paste to cover the die well, without
oozing all over the resistors next to the die.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100009
The heatsink installation technique is very important on these
processors. The die size is small and the power is relatively
high for something that size. It helps if the heatsink has a
copper slug or preferably, a heatpipe to transport the heat
from the hot die area, into the fins.
This is a bottom view of the cooler I used. There were some
better ones at the time, but this is all I could afford.
http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/35-118-115-S03?$S640W$
Oh, and before you even think about disassembling your current
rig, *make sure* the BIOS revision in the BIOS flash chip of the
motherboard, is the correct version to run one of the faster
processors. It would be pretty embarrassing, to get the new
processor all installed and the risky heatsink thing all done
up, and then discover the motherboard won't start because the
wrong BIOS is in there.
Good luck,
Paul