Fastest AMD for Via KT266A

a lot of older kt266 & kt333 boards had problems using processors that used
multipliers higher than 12.5 so the xp2000+ is the highest one you can
really be sure will work.

"Piotr Makley" wrote in message
...
I am running a Duron in a Syntax mobo with a Via KT266A chipset.
http://tinyurl.com/yt2an

I want to upgrade to an Athlon but the vendor site has no info on
the fastest cpu I can run.

Am I limited to Palomino's?

---

I can't afford to upgrade my PSU. My PSU can deliver the
following. Is this enough power for a low-end Athlon? Which speed
cpu would be the best?

+12V 13A
+5V 27A
+3.3V 20A
Max for +5v and +3.3V combined is 175W.

http://tinyurl.com/3c4ht


Thanks for any help.

"Piotr Makley" wrote in message
...
I am running a Duron in a Syntax mobo with a Via KT266A chipset.
http://tinyurl.com/yt2an

I want to upgrade to an Athlon but the vendor site has no info on
the fastest cpu I can run.

Am I limited to Palomino's?

---
I have the SV266a mobo running a AMD 2400+ (Thorton core)

Regards

Tim

"Piotr Makley" wrote in message
...
I am running a Duron in a Syntax mobo with a Via KT266A chipset.
http://tinyurl.com/yt2an

I want to upgrade to an Athlon but the vendor site has no info on
the fastest cpu I can run.

Am I limited to Palomino's?

---


FWIW my SV266A is happily running a 2200+

On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 14:34:28 +0000, Wooducoodu wrote:

a lot of older kt266 & kt333 boards had problems using processors that used
multipliers higher than 12.5 so the xp2000+ is the highest one you can
really be sure will work.

There's not a problem with the boards, just the people that tried to use
them not knowing what they were doing. There's many ways around that
problem. See link below.

--
Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm

"Piotr Makley" wrote in message
...
Did you have to upgrade the BIOS? My Award BIOS is dated
"02/07/2003" and has this reference after the date:

VT8367-8235-6A6LVE1HC-00

---

Also, what is the rating of your power supply?

I don't think that the BIOS needed to be updated, but I did anyway, just to
be on the safe side.
The latest version being 09/17/2003.
http://64.168.125.230/support/syntax.../2003-0917.zip

I have a 350W PSU, However I have another SV266a running a Duron 1800 using
a 250W PSU, if thats anything to go by.

Regards,

Tim.

"Tim Chapman" wrote in message
...
"Piotr Makley" wrote in message
...
Did you have to upgrade the BIOS? My Award BIOS is dated
"02/07/2003" and has this reference after the date:

VT8367-8235-6A6LVE1HC-00

---

Also, what is the rating of your power supply?

I don't think that the BIOS needed to be updated, but I did anyway, just
to
be on the safe side.
The latest version being 09/17/2003.
http://64.168.125.230/support/syntax.../2003-0917.zip

I have a 350W PSU, However I have another SV266a running a Duron 1800
using
a 250W PSU, if thats anything to go by.

Regards,

Tim.

A Duron 1800 runs really well in this board. I have 3 of these setups. Don't
forget that this processor runs at a full 1800 mhz., which is the equivalent
of an Athlon XP 2400 and almost as fast. It's a great choice budget
processor.

"Piotr Makley" wrote in message
...

FWIW my SV266A is happily running a 2200+


I just replied to Tim Chapman. As you also have the same mobo
(version 1.0) then can I ask you the same question I asked him:

Did you have to upgrade the BIOS? My Award BIOS is dated
"02/07/2003" and has this reference after the date:

VT8367-8235-6A6LVE1HC-00

---

Also, what is the rating of your power supply?

My BIOS is the same. PSU is 250W.