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A7V266-e thinking 2600 model 10? future-proofing. opinions?
In article , George Orwell
wrote: 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/cpusu...pusupport.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/in...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/fo...n/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/fo...970;st art=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 |
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