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Newb Question regarding Motherboard/Processor Compatibility
I'm just starting out in building my own computer, so excuse the
dumbness of this question. A year or so ago, I built myself a computer. I read some reviews and picked out the K7S5A as my motherboard, as it was cheap and stable (I'm not interested in overclocking or frills) and got a Athlon 1700+ for my precessor. Anyway, now I'm looking to upgrade my processor. Only problem is, I don't know what the K7S5A will support. See, I bought them as a combo originally. I searched the interenet but couldn't find an answer to my question: how do you tell if a processor is compatiable with your motherboard? Thanks! - Z a c h |
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Zach wrote:
I'm just starting out in building my own computer, so excuse the dumbness of this question. A year or so ago, I built myself a computer. I read some reviews and picked out the K7S5A as my motherboard, as it was cheap and stable (I'm not interested in overclocking or frills) and got a Athlon 1700+ for my precessor. Anyway, now I'm looking to upgrade my processor. Only problem is, I don't know what the K7S5A will support. See, I bought them as a combo originally. I searched the interenet but couldn't find an answer to my question: how do you tell if a processor is compatiable with your motherboard? Thanks! You didn't search very hard. It depends on what revision your mobo is (1.x or 3.x or 'Pro') and what BIOS you have. It seems the 1.x supports at least an XP200+ and the 3.x an XP2600+ but I don't know about the pro. http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7s5a.htm or http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/pd_sp...product_id=192 Have fun. -- ~misfit~ |
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~misfit~ wrote:
Zach wrote: I'm just starting out in building my own computer, so excuse the dumbness of this question. A year or so ago, I built myself a computer. I read some reviews and picked out the K7S5A as my motherboard, as it was cheap and stable (I'm not interested in overclocking or frills) and got a Athlon 1700+ for my precessor. Anyway, now I'm looking to upgrade my processor. Only problem is, I don't know what the K7S5A will support. See, I bought them as a combo originally. I searched the interenet but couldn't find an answer to my question: how do you tell if a processor is compatiable with your motherboard? Thanks! You didn't search very hard. It depends on what revision your mobo is (1.x or 3.x or 'Pro') and what BIOS you have. It seems the 1.x supports at least an XP200+ and the 3.x an XP2600+ but I don't know about the pro. http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7s5a.htm or http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/pd_sp...product_id=192 Thanks for the reply, but it seems you've overestimated my proficiency. Under CPU, it says: Socket 462 for AMD K7 Athlon XP/ Athlon/ Duron processor FSB 266/200 MHz Unfortunately, I don't know how to translate that into what processors it supports, besides Athlons, Athlon XPs and Durons. Does that mean it supports any Athlon XP with a FSB of 200 or 266? I have no idea. - Z a c h |
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Zach wrote:
~misfit~ wrote: Zach wrote: I'm just starting out in building my own computer, so excuse the dumbness of this question. A year or so ago, I built myself a computer. I read some reviews and picked out the K7S5A as my motherboard, as it was cheap and stable (I'm not interested in overclocking or frills) and got a Athlon 1700+ for my precessor. Anyway, now I'm looking to upgrade my processor. Only problem is, I don't know what the K7S5A will support. See, I bought them as a combo originally. I searched the interenet but couldn't find an answer to my question: how do you tell if a processor is compatiable with your motherboard? Thanks! You didn't search very hard. It depends on what revision your mobo is (1.x or 3.x or 'Pro') and what BIOS you have. It seems the 1.x supports at least an XP2000+ and the 3.x an XP2600+ but I don't know about the pro. http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7s5a.htm or http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/pd_sp...product_id=192 Thanks for the reply, but it seems you've overestimated my proficiency. Under CPU, it says: Socket 462 for AMD K7 Athlon XP/ Athlon/ Duron processor FSB 266/200 MHz Unfortunately, I don't know how to translate that into what processors it supports, besides Athlons, Athlon XPs and Durons. Does that mean it supports any Athlon XP with a FSB of 200 or 266? I have no idea. Not neccassarilly. It will support CPUs with a 100 or 133MHz bus but it depends on whether the motherboard/BIOS can go above a certain multiplier as well. Also, Palamino and Thouroughbred CPUs have different microcode and a BIOS that supports Pallys may not support Tbreds. (Maybe PCB version 1.x?) What revision is your mobo? It should be printed on the PCB somewhere, often by the PCI slots. If it's a 3.x revision it will support an Athlon XP up to 2600+ (133MHz FSB version, hard to find) with the right BIOS. You may need to update yours to do this. If it's a 1.x revision it will support up to an XP2000+ with the right BIOS. If you look on the 'downloads' link I gave you, that tells you what each BIOS revision did for each version of PCB. For instance, under the BIOS versions for the 3.x, revision k7s5a020809.exe and above say they added support for XP2400+ and XP2600+ CPUs. The last version BIOS released for this board (3.x) says "and support high speed CPU" whatever they mean by that. If you post back with what revision your motherboard PCB is maybe I can help more. -- ~misfit~ |
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