Should a Gigabyte GA-7VA work with AthlonXP 2600+?

[Me]

I've got a Gigabyte GA-7VA motherboard that says it supports FSB333 and I
have bought an Athlon XP 2600+ FSB333 to go with it. Unfortunately it
doesn't work. The motherboard works with an older XP with a lower clock
speed so that seems fine, but on looking at the CPU it states that it has
512KB L2 cache. The motherboard only mentions 128K L1 & 256K/64K L2 cache
on die. Is this likely to be the problem? The CPU I ordered stated it only
had 256K L2 cache so I think they sent me the wrong one.
Any ideas anyone?

 

[Fitz]

Download SiSandra 2004 or AIDA32- it will give you all the info on your CPU
and motherboard so you can verify what you have.

Fitz

 

[Me]

Download SiSandra 2004 or AIDA32- it will give you all the info on your CPU
and motherboard so you can verify what you have.

Fitz

Without wanting to sound rude, the processor doesn't work so I can't run
anything!

 

[Fitz]

Sorry... by "not working", I thought you meant it wasn't running at the
correct speed.

 

[Guest]

I've got a Gigabyte GA-7VA motherboard and an AthlonXP 2600+
333FSB processor which won't boot at all. All the parts are
new and the motherboard works fine with an AthlonXP 1900+

300W Jeantech model no. ATX-1125BTA
+3.3V 20A +5V 26A +12V 13A

+3.3V & 5V combined load 175W

The power supply's +3.3v & +5V combined capacity may be too low since
the GA-7VA motherboard runs the CPU from the +5V (only 1 power
connector), and while 175W should be enough, published ratings are
often exaggerated. Try borrowing a quality power supply rated for at
least 350W, and if the computer works with it then you know that the
Jeantech is defective or inadequate.

 

[Sooky Grumper]

I've got a Gigabyte GA-7VA motherboard that says it supports FSB333 and I
have bought an Athlon XP 2600+ FSB333 to go with it. Unfortunately it
doesn't work. The motherboard works with an older XP with a lower clock
speed so that seems fine, but on looking at the CPU it states that it has
512KB L2 cache. The motherboard only mentions 128K L1 & 256K/64K L2 cache
on die. Is this likely to be the problem? The CPU I ordered stated it only
had 256K L2 cache so I think they sent me the wrong one.
Any ideas anyone?

Max CPU for that chipset is XP2800+. You may need a BIOS update. You
need to provide more information than just 'doesn't work'.