Upgrade Options for AMD Thunderbird 1 GHZ KT7A Raid Ver 1.0

[J Poy]

I am looking to upgrade the following system to allow me to continue
recent games such as Call of Duty and Half Life 2.

My Current system:

AMD Thunderbird 1GHz processor on KT7A RAID Version 1.0 mobo (4x AGP), 1 G
SDRAM, PC133 CAS 3
ATI ALLINWONDER 9600 PRO

This works fine running the (aged) Quake 3 engine - eg Jedi Outcast -
but I want to know what options I have to upgrade without changing my mb. I
don't think the 1.4 GHz processor is worth it.

I would like to get a XP 2500+ M, but Abit says this my V 1.0 mb will not
support XP processors. Wish I new what Abit did to the V1.3 mb's they
support the XP processors. Anyone perform this hardware upgrade or know to?

Abit website says,

ABIT KT7A / KT7A-RAID V1.3 mainboard is hardware compatible (ready) and can
support AMD Athlon XP processor via BIOS update. ABIT KT7 / KT7-RAID all
version and KT7A/KT7A-RAID V1.0/1.1/1.2 "cannot support AMD Athlon XP
processor".
1.. ABIT has release BIOS for KT7A V1.3 to patch the CPU model name. If
user did not upgrade to the latest bios, users can also manually set the
suitable working frequency for AMD Athlon XP processors in SoftMenu BIOS.
AMD Athlon XP Processors SoftMenu III Setup -> CPU Operating Speed ->User
Define With above setting users can use AMD Athlon XP processors flawlessly.
The incorrect CPU information during POST can be fix via BIOS update.
2.. As for KT7 and KT7A old version mainboards, which launched earlier
than AMD Athlon XP processors, "they are not hardware compatible with new
CPU."
Any suggestions would be most welcome!

Thanks

 

[gdp]

I am looking to upgrade the following system to allow me to continue
recent games such as Call of Duty and Half Life 2.

My Current system:

AMD Thunderbird 1GHz processor on KT7A RAID Version 1.0 mobo (4x AGP), 1 G
SDRAM, PC133 CAS 3
ATI ALLINWONDER 9600 PRO

This works fine running the (aged) Quake 3 engine - eg Jedi Outcast -
but I want to know what options I have to upgrade without changing my mb. I
don't think the 1.4 GHz processor is worth it.

I would like to get a XP 2500+ M, but Abit says this my V 1.0 mb will not
support XP processors. Wish I new what Abit did to the V1.3 mb's they
support the XP processors. Anyone perform this hardware upgrade or know to?

Abit website says,

ABIT KT7A / KT7A-RAID V1.3 mainboard is hardware compatible (ready) and can
support AMD Athlon XP processor via BIOS update. ABIT KT7 / KT7-RAID all
version and KT7A/KT7A-RAID V1.0/1.1/1.2 "cannot support AMD Athlon XP
processor".
1.. ABIT has release BIOS for KT7A V1.3 to patch the CPU model name. If
user did not upgrade to the latest bios, users can also manually set the
suitable working frequency for AMD Athlon XP processors in SoftMenu BIOS.
AMD Athlon XP Processors SoftMenu III Setup -> CPU Operating Speed ->User
Define With above setting users can use AMD Athlon XP processors flawlessly.
The incorrect CPU information during POST can be fix via BIOS update.
2.. As for KT7 and KT7A old version mainboards, which launched earlier
than AMD Athlon XP processors, "they are not hardware compatible with new
CPU."
Any suggestions would be most welcome!

Thanks

There were a lot of posts at amdmb.com in the forums on this, at least
for version 1.1. You might want to check out this thread...

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=336508&highlight=kt7a+raid